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Lamb-Parker, Faith, Ed.; Hagen, John, Ed.; Robinson, Ruth, Ed.; Clark, Cheryl, Ed. – 1998
This report summarizes the conference proceedings of the fourth Head Start National Research Conference. The focus of the conference was on creating a shared agenda for researchers, practitioners, and policy makers related to serving children and families in an era of rapid change. Keynote topics and speakers are: "Countering the Health…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Child Development, Child Health, Classroom Environment
Hopkins, Dianne McAfee; Zweizig, Douglas L. – 1999
The Library Power program is a school improvement initiative of the DeWitt-Wallace Reader's Digest Fund that began in 1988, designed to promote the full integration of the school library media program into the school curriculum in public elementary and junior high/middle schools. With a total investment exceeding $45 million, Library Power is the…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education
Lide, Edwin S. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1933
This manuscript reports a study that was made of procedures in curriculum building. The author discovered that there were three general types of curriculum revision aside from revision in a very few independent schools. These types were a city-wide type, a county-wide type, and a state-wide type. The first was found in a great many of our cities…
Descriptors: Educational History, Secondary School Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Design
Doolittle, Martha; Ryan, Marci – Online Submission, 2000
This report summarizes results of the AISD federally-funded Title IV Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities program evaluation for the 1999-2000 school year.
Descriptors: School Districts, Educational Legislation, School Safety, Elementary Secondary Education
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Dunn, Phillip C. – Arts Education Policy Review, 1995
Asserts that the general educational curriculum tends to be fragmented and compartmentalized and that this situation would be improved by curriculum integration. Argues that an interdisciplinary arts approach would require new teacher attitudes and instructional strategies. (CFR)
Descriptors: Art Appreciation, Art Education, Art Teachers, Cultural Enrichment
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Morris, Sid; Hudson, Wayne – Australian Universities' Review, 1995
It is suggested that Australian higher education must change as student exchange increases. Issues discussed include a broader array of delivery methods for instruction, cooperative learning, teaching of generic skills (critical thinking, weighing evidence), curriculum design, teaching location, student communication skills, computer-assisted…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Attitude Change, Change Strategies, College Instruction
Venezia, Andrea; Callan, Patrick M.; Kirst, Michael W.; Usdan, Michael D. – National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, 2006
This case study is part of a broader research project examining state policies and governance structures that span K-12 and postsecondary education. Georgia was the first state to have state and regional P-16 councils, and its regents' office in the University System of Georgia oversees a variety of projects that focus on connecting K-12 and…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Governance, Educational Change
Motala, Shireen; Dieltens, Veerle; Carrim, Nazir; Kgobe, Paul; Moyo, George; Rembe, Symphorosa – Online Submission, 2007
Meaningful access to education requires more than full enrolment; it requires high attendance rates, progression through grades with little or no repetition, and learning outcomes that confirm that basic skills are being mastered. This Review describes and explains patterns of access to schools in South Africa for children between the ages of 5…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Statistical Analysis, Access to Education, Attendance Patterns
Jurmo, Paul – 1995
The final evaluation of an English-as-a-Second-Language and mathematics basic skills program, provided by a college, for limited-English-proficient workers in a manufacturing company, is presented. The program was originally designed to teach job-related skills, but was amended by managers to build worker self-esteem and worker participation in…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Corporate Education
Deakin Univ., Victoria (Australia). – 1994
This publication is part of the study materials for the distance education course, Curriculum and Competencies, in the Open Campus Program at Deakin University. It contains 39 papers on the nature, historical development, and delivery of competency-based training (CBT) and on the Australian and international debates surrounding CBT. The following…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Education, Behavioral Objectives, Competence
Parkinson, Brian, Ed.; Mitchell, Keith, Ed. – Edinburgh Working Papers in Applied Linguistics, 1995
Papers in this serial on aspects of applied linguistics include: "An Investigation into Teachers' Attitudes to Using Literature in the Language Classroom" (Marie Gilroy); "Creating Multimedia Courseware for ESP" (Philip Goertzen, Ron Howard); "A Comparison of Listening and Speaking Tests for Student Placement" (Anne Heller, Tony Lynch, Linda…
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Applied Linguistics, Comparative Analysis, Computer Software Development
Stone, Sandra J. – 1996
School restructuring movements have gained a great deal of national attention. This guidebook addresses the multi-age classroom movement, in which a mixed-age group of children stays with a given teacher for a number of years. The work provides a complete design for the mixed-age primary classroom, from philosophy and rationale to sample lesson…
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Continuous Progress Plan, Cross Age Teaching
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Office of Workplace Preparation and Continuing Education. – 1995
The New York State School-to-Work Opportunities System Plan, which is based on New York's original application for a federal school-to-work implementation grant and contains the 23 federally required elements, outlines the state's plans to develop and implement a statewide school-to-work opportunities system within a 9-year period. The plan…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Articulation (Education), Career Awareness, Career Education
Graves, Kathleen, Ed. – 1996
The collection of essays on teachers as course developers is designed to help teachers understand how to develop courses or modify existing ones using their own experience and the experiences and theories of others. It attempts to capture this process through the stories of six teachers who have developed courses. Each narrative focuses on a…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Advanced Courses, Allied Health Occupations Education, Chinese
High/Scope Educational Research Foundation, Ypsilanti, MI. – 1997
These conference proceedings provide summaries of 66 presentations on various aspects of the High/Scope educational approach. In addition to summaries of special presentations on music and movement, topics addressed include: (1) observation/feedback strategies; (2) adult-child interaction; (3) songs in daily routines; (4) High/Scope for infants…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Art Activities, Behavior Modification, Classroom Techniques
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