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Hess, Fritz, Ed. – 1986
To provide guidance and advice regarding day-to-day responsibilities of new and experienced school administrators and superintendents in New York State, this compendium of knowledge and advice submitted by practitioners is presented with emphasis on all major aspects of superintendency. The section on general aspects of superintendency includes…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Board Administrator Relationship, Budgeting, Collective Bargaining
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
Baker, Colin, Ed.; Hornberger, Nancy H., Ed. – 2001
This book contains 19 readings covering three decades of the work of academic Jim Cummins. Section 1, "The 1970s," includes: "A Theoretical Perspective on the Relationship between Bilingualism and Thought"; "The Influence of Bilingualism on Cognitive Growth: An Synthesis of Research Findings and Explanatory…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Child Development
O'Neil, Harold F., Jr., Ed. – 1997
This book, which is intended for professionals in the assessment/evaluation/measurement, vocational and technical education, and educational psychology communities, contains 16 papers examining specifications of work force competencies and assessment of competencies. The following papers are included: "Review of Workforce Readiness…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Graduates, Competence, Competency Based Education
Kissam, Ed; Dorsey, Holda – 1997
This handbook is intended to help administrators and instructors of adult basic education and English-as-a-Second-Language programs use the 30 Tierra de Oportunidad (Land of Opportunity) instructional modules, which address four strands or clusters relating to the different major domains in which adults function: work life, family life, community,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Basic Skills
Weeks, Kerri – ARIS Resources Bulletin, 2001
Two Australian agencies planned, developed, piloted, and evaluated an online resource for teaching independent living skills to adult students with a mild intellectual disability using technology and the Internet. The resource, called Life Online, is a package of support resource materials tested in regional classrooms in Victoria, Australia.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Budgeting
Bickart, Toni S.; Jablon, Judy R.; Dodge, Diane Trister – 1999
Addressed primarily to elementary school teachers working with children in grades one through three and grounded in developmentally appropriate practice, this book provides a practical framework for making teaching effective and learning meaningful for children in these early grades. Chapters in Part 1 of the book each present one of six teaching…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Computer Uses in Education
Reynolds, Joan – 2002
Industry representatives and academicians alike have long recognized that many business school graduates lack the international business management skills that have become critical since the expansion of global markets. One proposal to address this lack is to have U.S. liberal arts programs incorporate international business elements into their…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Change Strategies, Colleges, Computer Uses in Education
Carney, Thomas Q., Ed.; Luedtke, Jacqueline R., Ed.; Johnson, Jeffrey A., Ed. – Collegiate Aviation Review, 1999
This document, published annually, contains six papers devoted to aviation education. "Enhancing Global Competitiveness: Benchmarking Airline Operational Performance in Highly Regulated Environments" (Brent D. Bowen, Dean Headley, Karisa D. Kane, Rebecca K. Lutte) outlines a model to help policymakers and others evaluate the effects of…
Descriptors: Airports, Aviation Education, Aviation Technology, College Faculty
Van Dusen, Gerald C. – 2000
This book examines the promise and some of the perils of the new digital age in higher education. It addresses how cost and affordability impact on universal access, noting that current virtual and distance education options will result in a digital divide. The book advocates removing barriers to higher education in order to make digitized…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Access to Education, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education
Booker, Di – 2000
This booklet, which is intended for general readers wishing to understand important trends in vocational education and training (VET) in Australia, provides an overview of the basic issues in online delivery of VET. The following topics are discussed in the booklet's first six sections: (1) basic principles of online delivery; (2) benefits and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Computer Uses in Education, Delivery Systems
Language Australia, Melbourne (Victoria). Adult Education Resource and Information Service. – 2001
The adult literacy community is undergoing a period of rapid change due to the expanding role of information and communication technologies (ICT). Developments in instructional and educational design and enhanced technical capabilities have impacted on the range of online learning being offered. The online learning environment has evolved into a…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy
2002
These papers examine various perspectives on the gender debate in education: (1) "'Too Strong for a Woman': The Five Words That Created Title IX" (Bernice R. Sandler); (2) "Feminists Discover the Hidden Injuries of Coeducation" (David Tyack and Elisabeth Hansot); (3) "Images of Relationship" (Carol Gilligan); (4)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Bullying, Coeducation
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Thurston, Thomas J. – Social Education, 1996
Briefly describes a World Wide Web site developed in conjunction with the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and IBM. The New Deal Network is seen as being more than an online photographic archive. It will include online essays, discussion groups, and teaching guides. The Web site is http://newdeal.marist.edu. (MJP)
Descriptors: Archives, Business Cycles, Capitalism, Computer Networks
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Pemberton, Lyn; Fallahkhair, Sanaz; Masthoff, Judith – Educational Technology & Society, 2005
Interactive television (iTV) is a new media technology that has great potential for supporting second language learning, particularly for independent adult learners. It has many characteristics demanded by modern second language (L2) learning theories and is technologically quite sophisticated. However, in order for it to succeed it needs to fit…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Focus Groups, Second Language Learning, Adult Learning
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