A visitor education strategy was developed, implemented, and tested for its effectiveness in raising levels of knowledge and attitudes toward state nature preserve management. Visitor sociodemographic and site-specific data were also collected and analyzed. Methodology, results, conclusions, and implications are reported. (Author/JN)

This article focuses upon information that is made available to the mass of the people and the information that is withheld from the public. The term "information" is examined as it relates to knowledge. Information technology as it relates to the media and implications for adult education are discussed also. (CT)

Suggests that academic instruction in environmental studies will fall short of its full potential if it comprises no more than multidisciplinary course offerings. How to develop a metadisciplinary curriculum that is comprehensive, coherent, focused, and flexible is discussed as a major challenge for environmental educators. (BC)

Children's knowledge increased with age but was unrelated to sex or previous experience with disabled persons. In contrast, children's social-distance ratings were unrelated to age but did vary with previous experience and sex. Children with more experience and girls expressed greater willingness to interact with disabled peers. (Author/CL)

Investigated overall level of marine/aquatic awareness (knowledge/attitudes) of grades five and nine Ohio and grade 10 Virginia students. Also identified specific weaknesses in their marine/aquatic knowledge and examined relationships between specific experiences and knowledge scores or attitudes. Implications for instruction based on results are…

Stresses the development of complex cognitive processes during adolescence and sees the challenge of the curriculum in the question of greater match between the learner's cognitive level and the material to learned. (JOW)

Results from a statewide survey (Arkansas) indicated that (1) accetpance of more severly disabled persons is likely; (2) that the knowledge about mentally retarded, cerebral palsied, epileptic, and autistic individuals is accurate; and (3) that attitudes toward the disabled and community living facilities are positive. (Author/CL)

Academic Content Standards are statements of what students are expected to know and be able to do at specified grade levels. Standards serve several important functions and roles. This document contains the following sections: (1) Overview; (2) Guidelines and Forms; and (3) Subject Area Documents. The following subject areas are included: (1)…

What counts as knowledge and whose knowledge counts? When does going away help shape a clearer sense of home, and when does it not? How does living abroad change our perspectives as teachers and learners? The educators who have contributed to this Occasional Paper share a formidable combination of purpose, curiosity, courage, and self-awareness.…

The establishment of the "three-dimension-in-one" objectives in the new curriculums has changed the "knowledge-centered" objective model in the traditional teaching syllabuses. This change will cause the transformation of knowledge learning ideology, i.e. from stressing the explicit knowledge acquisition to concerning the value of tacit knowledge.…

During "lesson study" teachers formulate long-term goals for student learning and development, collaboratively work on "research lessons" to bring these goals to life, document and discuss student responses to these lessons, and revise the lessons in response to student learning. This document summarizes the content of a…

This book explores the power of educators to serve as HIV and AIDS prevention agents. The definitive text represents the work of a distinguished panel of teacher educators and health scientists who identify core information and skills effective educators of HIV and AIDS prevention should learn as they prepare to attend to the academic and human…

Noting that early intervention can be an effective method to help children who have special needs and their parents, this study explored the relationship between a mother's knowledge of development and the age at which she recognizes her child's special needs. The second portion of the Knowledge of Infant Development Inventory was used to quantify…

This document consists of four issues of a quarterly newsletter focusing on knowledge management. Articles include: "Who Are the Knowledge Management Role Players?"; "Integrating Human Resources"; "Knowledge Management: An Integrated Science?"; and "The Knowledge Management Plan." Included in the Spring…