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Jung, Charles; And Others – 1966
Information from the social sciences, related to the development of substantive content for social science curricula at the secondary school level, is recorded in 16 interviews with small groups of social scientists. A cross-representational team of psychologists and educators conducted these two-and-one-half-hour interviews to obtain the social…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Fundamental Concepts, Information Utilization
Lavin, Richard J. – 1974
Despite the development of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), strategies for bringing the capacities of educational research and development to local educational agencies have been largely ignored. This report suggests the need for "linking" strategies to bridge the gap, and proposes how they might be implemented.…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Diffusion, Educational Innovation, Educational Research
Cherns, A. B.; And Others – 1974
Within the context of UNESCO publications concerning science development, this first survey of country studies on Belgium, Chile, Egypt, Hungary, Nigeria and Sri Lanka gives information on the present state and organizational structure of social sciences. Evaluations of achievements which should contribute to the development of research and…
Descriptors: Careers, Comparative Analysis, Financial Support, Government Role
Peters, John M.; And Others – 1991
This volume is a companion to "Adult Education: Outlines of an Emerging Field of University Study" (more commonly known as "the black book"), a classic work published in 1964. It explores the developments, accomplishments, and changes in the field since 1964 and charts new directions for research, theory, and practice in the study of adult…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Development, Educational History, Educational Psychology

Merrimack Education Center, Chelmsford, MA. – 1972
The need for a new function in education, that of the knowledge linker, is advanced. The need for a linker is explained in terms of a presumed gap between the researcher and the practitioner. The linker's suggested role in ascertaining the practitioner's needs and translating the researcher's findings is outlined. Various problems with the concept…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Diffusion, Educational Research, Elementary Education
Nash, Nicholas, Ed.; Culbertson, Jack, Ed. – 1977
This volume is designed to achieve several objectives--to produce for educational leaders an up-to-date synthesis on the role of linking agents and agencies in educational improvement activities and, in the process, to identify and discuss important knowledge utilization issues of interest to the research, development, and training communities; to…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adoption (Ideas), Bibliographies, Change Agents