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A Conceptual Model for Supporting Para-Teacher Learning in an Indian Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)
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Raval, Harini; McKenney, Susan; Pieters, Jules – Studies in Continuing Education, 2010
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are being recognized globally for their influential role in realizing the UN Millennium Development Goal of education for all in developing countries. NGOs mostly employ untrained para-educators for grassroots activities. The professional development of these teachers is critical for NGO effectiveness, yet…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nongovernmental Organizations, Models, Lesson Plans
Adopting a Resourceful Approach.
Jones, Elizabeth; Berrick, Sandra – Special Education: Forward Trends, 1980
The resource room program at the Carterton Comprehensive School in England is discussed. The school teaches 750 11- to 16-year-old students with provision for up to 30 special education students. (PHR)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Intervention, Mainstreaming
Virtual Schooling Standards and Best Practices for Teacher Education
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Ferdig, Richard E.; Cavanaugh, Cathy; DiPietro, Meredith; Black, Erik W.; Dawson, Kara – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2009
The number of students taking online courses in K-12 has increased exponentially since the inception of virtual schools in 1996. However, K-12 virtual schooling is a relatively new concept for those involved in teacher education. As teacher education departments build pre-service preparation programs, in-service professional development…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Standards, Best Practices, Educational Research
Staffing and Logistics in a Sixth Form College
Shaw, K. E.; Frankland, A. D. – Educational Administration, 1978
Descriptors: Case Studies, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Organization
A Look at Programs for the Blind Child with Additional Handicaps in England
Jones, Gideon – Education of the Visually Handicapped, 1974
Descriptors: Blindness, Exceptional Child Education, Foreign Countries, Multiple Disabilities
Analyzing School Decentralization--The Case of New Zealand.
Thomas, R. Murray – 1990
In October 1989, the government of New Zealand responded to results of a 1987-88 study on school management by passing legislation that shifted control of education from a central bureaucracy to local boards of trustees. Using a question-answer format, this document presents a model of the decentralization process as it analyzes the 1989 plan in…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrative Organization, Bureaucracy, Change Strategies
Reflection on School Inspection
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Palmer, W. P. – Online Submission, 1992
The author was employed as an inspector of education in Nigeria from 1973 to 1978, in what was a completely new system of national inspection. His experience as an inspector has given him a long term interest in educational administration, particularly in relation to the types of school inspection that different countries have in relation to their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Administration, Inspection, Comparative Education