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Borg, Michaela – TESL-EJ, 2005
Within education there has been considerable research into the process of learning to teach. This has often taken the form of investigations of trainee-teachers' knowledge and beliefs. However, within ELT, empirical research into the development of trainees' thinking whilst taking a formal training programme is limited. This article reports on a…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Educational Practices
Kasworm, Carol E., Ed.; Lyle, Buddy L., Ed. – 1978
Selected contributions from a workshop on competency-based adult education (CBAE) are presented in this monograph. The articles define the current trends in the theory and practice of CBAE. The monograph consists of five major sections. Section 1, the overview, offers a historical frame of reference, examination of terminology and definitions, a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Basic Skills
White, Rebecca Leigh, Ed. – Alabama Department of Education, 2004
"Alabama Education News" is published monthly except for June, July, and December by the Alabama Department of Education. This publication, authorized by Section 16-2-4 of the "Code of Alabama", as recompiled in 1975, is a public service of the Alabama Department of Education designed to inform citizens and educators about…
Descriptors: Bond Issues, Art Teachers, Public Education, Teacher Education Programs
Robinson, Dana Jones, Ed. – Laboratory for Student Success (LSS), The Mid-Atlantic Regional Educational Laboratory, 2003
The causes of reading failure are numerous and complex. If instruction provided by the school is ineffective or insufficient, even some otherwise capable learners will have difficulty learning to read. Improving literacy instruction through professional development is an ongoing process involving all of the members of a schoolwide literacy team in…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Reading Failure, Professional Development, Reading Achievement
Falk, Ian, Ed. – 2002
This document presents 13 papers that are intended to serve as a professional development resource for language, literacy, and numeracy practitioners and others involved in enterprise-based training provision in Australia and to provide a framework for evaluating workplace language, literacy, and numeracy programs. The following papers are…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Education, Case Studies, Competence
A Competency-Based Framework for Professional Development of Certified Health Education Specialists.
National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc., Allentown, PA. – 1996
This document presents a competency-based framework for professional development of certified health education specialists (CHES). Section 1 outlines a process that colleges and universities can use to analyze their curricula for coverage of the health education competencies expected of CHES. The framework's development is traced, and guidelines…
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Behavioral Objectives, Certification, Colleges
Shluker, Jamie – 2000
This document explains how the business community can enhance school leadership by helping school principals develop the same executive leadership and professional qualities that are required of chief executive officers. The introduction describes the role of the principal in high-performing schools as follows: (1) engage all members of the school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Qualifications, Definitions
Franz, Nancy K. – 2002
In this report, transformative learning processes in 10 successful extension staff partnerships involving a campus researcher and a county extension staff member were studied with a methodology that combines grounded theory and case study traditions with a constructivist approach. Data collection activities included a literature review;…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Case Studies, Change Agents
Alamprese, Judith A.; Stickney, Eric – 2001
By establishing its Outreach and Technical Assistance Network (OTAN) in 1989, California became the first state to spend substantial funds on building a technological infrastructure for adult education. OTAN's goals are as follows: foster communication among state officials, researchers, and local administrators, instructors, and staff in adult…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning
Lukin, Annabelle; Ross, Linda – 1997
The numeracy handbook is a practical guide for teachers of numeracy and literacy to learners of English as a Second Language. Focus is on teaching numeracy and integrating numeracy and literacy. It considers issues in defining and teaching numeracy, examines numeracy in the workplace, designing a course and a unit of work, and analyzes numeracy…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Calculators, Concept Formation, Course Organization
National Council on Family Relations, Minneapolis, MN. – 1994
These conference proceedings contain short abstracts of major sessions from the conference of the National Council on Family Relations held in observance of the 1994 United Nations International Year of the Family. Topics for the sessions were wide ranging, and included: (1) parenting and parent education; (2) marriage and family relationships;…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Cultural Influences, Family Attitudes, Family Caregivers
Nevada State Dept. of Human Resources, Reno. Early Childhood Services. – 1997
This final report describes activities and accomplishments of the Home Activity Program for Parents and Youngsters (HAPPY) Rural Outreach Project, a collaborative effort to provide family-focused early intervention services to children with disabilities (ages birth through 5) in rural Nevada, primarily including Native Americans and Hispanics. The…
Descriptors: American Indians, Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Development, Delivery Systems
Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield. – 1998
The Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) has utilized its workforce preparation grant resources to provide an array of services to local businesses and new entrepreneurs. Community colleges in Illinois provided services that resulted in the startup, expansion, development, and retention of several thousand jobs and companies. These services…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Business Education, Career Development, Community Colleges
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Bilingual Education. – 1994
The manual provides a framework for two days of training in English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instructional methods for monolingual special education teachers at intermediate and junior high school levels in New York City (New York) schools. The materials help teachers without ESL certification provide mandated ESL services to…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Bilingual Education, Caregivers, Classroom Techniques
Odgaard, Gunde – 1999
In forestry, as in other fields, technological advances have resulted in significant changes in work practices and skill requirements. Vocational training and improvement of forestry workers' skills through lifelong learning can help achieve sustainability in forestry. The objectives of lifelong learning are to integrate people into working life…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Apprenticeships, Career Development