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Download full textMink, Meridith Beck – Council on Library and Information Resources, 2016
In September 2015, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) a grant to investigate the early impacts of the National Digital Stewardship Residency (NDSR) programs, in order to inform subsequent development of similar programs by others with a vested interest in building…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Library Services, Information Management, Library Automation
Weaver, Donald C. – 1980
Based on ten years of testing a skill building strategy with graduate students, this manual attempts to provide a knowledge base in community leadership, a schema for theoretical discussion, and opportunities for group interaction and critique. The conceptual skills developed in the strategy include the ability to screen information, identify…
Descriptors: Community Education, Community Leaders, Concept Teaching, Higher Education
Covington, David H.; And Others – Engineering Education, 1984
A writing assistance program at North Carolina State University is designed to help students gain the communication skills they need as professional engineers. The program involves teaching, tutoring, advisory services, and workshops on special topics of wide interest. Each of these program areas is discussed. (JN)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Engineering Education, Higher Education, Program Content
Buckley, William K. – Writing Program Administration Journal, 1987
Describes a cooperative project funded by a linkage grant to support ten high school teachers and five college teachers to meet on a regular basis in workshops and classrooms for one year to improve writing skills among high school students. (HTH)
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Higher Education, Instructional Improvement, Program Content
Peer reviewedMcQuade, Donald; Ponsot, Marie – Journal of Basic Writing, 1982
Describes a collaborative effort among New York high school and college teachers, administrators, and students to improve writing skills. Discusses the project format and the writing/reading and writing instruction principles underlying the program. (HTH)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College School Cooperation, Higher Education, Program Content
Terrell, Louis M. – Teaching Political Science, 1979
If the political science discipline is to succeed in conveying sound intelligence to the policy process and in providing training for students in nonacademic careers, major curriculum reforms will be needed. A policy science track with emphasis on applied policy analysis research skills and nonacademic career orientation should supplement the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Higher Education, Intellectual Disciplines
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY. – 1981
The following papers on teacher education are presented: (1) "How to Break Out of the Never-Ending Circle of Retraining: A Self-Adjusting Mechanism for the 1980s," by Frank M. Grittner; (2) "Preservice Teacher Education: Some Thoughts for the 1980s," by Elizabeth G. Joiner; and (3) "Inservice Teacher Education: Content and Process," by Helen L.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Language Proficiency, Language Teachers
Peer reviewedProefriedt, William A. – Clearing House, 1985
Discusses the "Philosophy for Children" program developed by Matthew Lipman and Ann Margaret Sharp of the Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children at Montclair State College in New Jersey. Explains how the teaching of philosophy can also be incorporated into the teacher education curriculum. (FL)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Critical Thinking, Elementary Education
Loeb, Helen M. – 1982
Northeastern University (Boston) offers an internship program to train technical writers for the computer industry. The program is designed for 20 individuals with bachelor's degrees and writing experience. Students attend classes at night, taking one computer science course and one graduate level writing course per academic quarter. The computer…
Descriptors: Evening Programs, Higher Education, Internship Programs, Job Skills
Peer reviewedBradley, Leo; Dyas, Lynne – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 1999
Describes the 'Geography for the New Undergraduate' project that is based at Liverpool (England) Hope University College and aims to develop a program of seminars (small-group teaching sessions) to enable first year undergraduate students to acquire a range of skills that will enhance their degree studies and future careers. (CMK)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Foreign Countries, Geography, Group Activities
Peer reviewedD'Rozario, Vilma; Jennings, Len; Khoo, Angeline – Chinese University Education Journal, 1999
Traces the history of Singapore's personal and social education program called Pastoral Care and Career Guidance. Identifies the components and rationale for the new initiative called Affective and Career Education that includes programs for the development of life skills. Addresses restructuring the knowledge base of teacher education. (CMK)
Descriptors: Career Education, Daily Living Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedKoulish, Robert – PS: Political Science and Politics, 1998
Discusses Citizenship Service Learning (CSL) where students prepare immigrants for legal-status citizenship by providing English as a Second Language discussion groups, citizenship classes preparing immigrants for naturalization, and assistance with citizenship applications. Presents the Bentley Service Learning Center program that adopts the CSL…
Descriptors: Citizen Role, Citizenship, Citizenship Education, English (Second Language)
Tuchowski, Barbara, Comp.; Lopardo, Genevieve, Ed. – 1982
In order to substantiate the need for college level developmental reading programs, this paper reviews research conducted in the area from 1971 to 1981. The paper provides bibliographic information for 96 entries drawn from a search of ERIC, Dissertation Abstracts International, the William S. Gray Research Collection in Reading, and journals in…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Higher Education, Individualized Instruction, Program Content
Peer reviewedFisher, Robert E. – Music Educators Journal, 1991
Maintains that music teacher education should attend to the development of personal skills for effective classroom teaching. Describes the following exercises for skill development: positive-negative experience inventories, personal self-assessment questionnaires, and situation scenarios addressing specific areas. Illustrates how these exercises…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Higher Education, Individual Development, Instructional Materials
