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Hobar, Nicholas – 1981
Examples are cited of educational research and development findings that have specific implications for improving classroom management and school effectiveness in a comprehensive educational program. Described is the West Virginia Department of Education's current use of research on brain growth as one basis for realigning the curriculum. Patterns…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Delivery Systems, Developmental Stages
Crutchfield, Juliet E. – 1981
The Language Experience Approach (LEA) is a particularly effective means of increasing the motivation and reading skills of students enrolled in adult basic education classes. A form of personalized rather than individualized instruction, the LEA is designed with the personal needs of a specific student or group of students in mind. The LEA is a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Behavioral Objectives, Definitions
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Dept. of Occupational Education and Technology. – 1980
Designed for use in teaching a clothing service program, this clothing service guide is suitable for use with students in vocational education for the handicapped (VEH) programs and with mainstreamed special education students in other occupational home economics programs. The first section deals with various aspects of home economics VEH,…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Clothing, Clothing Instruction, Competence
Malinka, Robert M., Ed. – 1981
The eight studies contained in this volume complete the effort pursued by the National Middle School Association to provide practitioners with some of the research available from the recent past. Research briefs deal with such topics as teacher attitudes; the degree of middle school program implementation; gifted students' and educable mentally…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Administrative Organization, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Role
Seligman, David – 1979
A brief description of Israel (physical setting, population, society and culture, economy, politics, and communications) and its educational system introduce a description of Everyman's University. Everyman's University is a nontraditional institution offering postsecondary education by extension to a nontraditional college population. Elements of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrative Organization, Admission Criteria, Budgets
Surwill, Benedict J. – 1980
A survey conducted as part of the continuous review of Eastern Montana College's teacher preparation program produced written responses from 62 classroom teachers, 8 principals, and 9 superintendents from rural schools in 4 Montana counties, who strongly supported the need for specialized preparation for rural teachers. Respondents recommended…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Course Content, Education Courses, Elementary School Teachers
Download full textGreenan, James P.; And Others – 1981
Public Law 94-142 and other federal legislation mandate that all handicapped children receive a free and appropriate public education, including vocational education. In order to implement these provisions, personnel development of vocational and special education personnel is needed; therefore, each state that applies for federal funds must…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Disabilities, Educational Finance, Educational Needs
Kentucky State Dept. of Education, Frankfort. – 1981
Intended for day care providers in Kentucky, this publication contains sample forms and guidelines for filling out the forms required by the Division of School Food Services of the Kentucky Department of Education. Topics covered include allowable expenditures during the month, program income, records, auditing, reimbursement for sponsors of child…
Descriptors: After School Day Care, Bookkeeping, Children, Day Care
White, Michael R., Ed. – 1980
This monograph provides various audiences with background material necessary to the successful establishment of an elementary school industrial arts (IA) program. Chapter 1 discusses needs of children in respect to activity-based learning and addresses concerns teachers have as they move from print media instruction to an activity-based elementary…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Administrator Role, Child Development, Childhood Needs
Rea, Lorraine – 1981
This document is a leader's guide for conducting a course in improving self-esteem for mature middle- and upper-class women. After a section on characteristics needed by group leaders and pointers on conducting group discussions, the document contains lesson plans for eight discussion-group lessons. Topics covered during the eight sessions include…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Assertiveness, Communication Skills
YWCA of Boston, MA. – 1981
This leader's guide is part of a multi-media curriculum package aimed at informing students in grades 6 through 9 about women's work prospects and problems and new opportunities for women in nontraditional occupations; it is also designed to help students engage in school activities to explore skilled trade and technical fields. The first section…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Education, Career Exploration, Education Work Relationship
Hecht, Kathryn A. – 1980
Eight on-site visits (focusing on school districts which did not use federal Vocational Education Act funds) were made with state vocational education administrators and rural school superintendents in two states to identify factors related to providing vocational education to rural secondary students, to ascertain why some rural districts did not…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Agricultural Education, Career Education, Community Involvement
Asplen, Donald; And Others – 1980
These training materials are designed to help vocational education teachers introduce students to the utilization and installation of mini- and microcomputers in residential and small business buildings. It consists of two chapters. Chapter 1 contains general materials, designed to promote awareness, and chapter 2 contains materials which are…
Descriptors: Air Conditioning, Building Design, Building Operation, Building Trades
Women's Bureau (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1980
This report focuses on economic, social, and legal development affecting women's employment in the United States during the first half of the United Nations Decade for Women. The first section reports on the economic roles of women in the U.S. as their participation in the labor force reached historically high levels during the last half of the…
Descriptors: Adults, Affirmative Action, Agency Role, Blacks
Fitzsimmons, Stephen J.; Freedman, Abby J. – 1981
The study documents what happened in 10 rural communities when a federal educational funding program (Experimental Schools) in 1972 provided 5-year grants for demonstration projects designed both to improve the school system and, through the schools, to address a variety of community needs. The study employs two strategies to document the ways in…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Community Attitudes, Community Change
