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Carlsen, G. Robert; Sherrill, Anne – 1988
Drawing on thousands of "reading autobiographies," in which generations of students wrote about their experiences with reading, this book investigates what makes young people want to read. Chapters include: (1) Growing with Books; (2) Learning To Read; (3) Literature and the Human Voice; (4) Reading Habits and Attitudes: When, Where, and…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Influence, Librarians
American Council on Consumer Interests, Columbia, MO. – 1982
This document contains the proceedings of a conference on the themes of career competency, consumer education, and consumer research conducted in April 1982. The proceedings consist of 69 research reports (each with abstract) as well as a list of the conference participants, their affiliations, and addresses. The reports, which are indexed by…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Advertising, Career Choice, Career Development
Bangasser, Vi; And Others – 1984
This project was designed to provide a model for secondary and postsecondary educators in planning and developing a well-articulated competency-based delivery system focusing on high-technology training. The model was to be implemented in several vocational-technical programs so that secondary students would acquire the necessary competencies to…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Communications, Community Colleges, Competence
Readling, John; Kiley, Lawrence A. – 1981
Periods of executive change provide an ideal time for the development of planning efforts for public school systems and for self-examination of the system's strengths, weaknesses, and long-range needs. In the anonymous school system under study, the new superintendent's application of general systems theory to school district management entailed a…
Descriptors: Accountability, Board Administrator Relationship, Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role
Foundation for Oregon Research and Education, Portland. – 1983
Following a brief welcoming statement by Gwen Ericcsen, Executive Director of the Foundation for Oregon Research and Education (FORE), conference papers address a wide range of issues on the current challenges of educational reform. Among these issues are the hard choices brought about by the changing economics of education, and the value of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, College Role, Educational Change
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1983
The curriculum guide is intended to assist families, school administrators, and teachers providing educational services to hearing impaired (HI) children in regular and special classes in Alberta, Canada. Explained in the introduction are such curriculum aspects as goals and purpose, population to be served, eligibility criteria, three…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Art, Auditory Training, Communication Skills
Jones, Thomas N., Ed.; Semler, Darel P., Ed. – 1984
A wide variety of contemporary legal issues are addressed in the 15 separate papers that make up this volume. The introductory chapter by William C. Bednar, Jr. provides a broad-based rationale for "Preventive School Law." Chapters 2 and 3, both by Gerald A. Caplan, review "Current Issues in Reduction-in-Force" and "First Amendment Claims by…
Descriptors: Accountability, Civil Rights, Compliance (Legal), Constitutional Law
Council of Chief State School Officers, Washington, DC. – 1988
Examined in this book are issues related to the education of at-risk children and youth. Part 1 of the volume consists of 12 original papers presented and discussed at the Council of Chief State School Officers' (CCSSO) 1987 Summer Institute. Papers concern: (1) values, standards, and climate in schools serving students at risk; (2) schools and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acceleration (Education), Community Support, Disadvantaged Youth
Ellis, James D., Ed. – 1989
Designed to assist science educators in improving preservice/inservice teacher education, this yearbook contains resources and ideas addressing the integration of recent research into a format suitable for practitioners and students. Topics of the papers included in this volume are: (1) applications of microcomputers in science teaching; (2)…
Descriptors: College Science, Computer Uses in Education, Continuing Education, Elementary School Science
Perona, Gerald; Fowler-Hill, Sandra – 1985
This curriculum guide is intended to serve as a model for the educational component of a Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) reemployment training program for dislocated workers. The first section consists of a profile of the Dislocated Worker Project curriculum and an institutional data sheet. Included in the next section are an introduction to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Behavioral Objectives, Career Counseling, Career Education
Bell, Camille G.; Glosson, Linda R. – 1984
A project was conducted to identify the occupational curriculum elements needed by vocational home economics education teachers in Texas and to develop a plan for implementing these elements into teacher education programs in the State. To determine exactly which skills need to be taught to individuals preparing to teach vocational home economics…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Competence, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs
Franklin, Sharon, Ed.; Madian, Jon, Ed. – Writing Notebook: Creative Word Processing in the Classroom, 1986
Produced using a Macintosh Plus and LaserWriter Printer, these journals present articles relating to word processing in the classroom. Articles and their authors for the November/December 1986 issue include: "Computer Assisted Instruction: Western Europe" (Owen and Irene Thomas); "FrEd Writing" (B. Fleury); "Writing Up a…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Cooperative Learning, Creative Writing
Bilson, Barbara, Ed.; Woodruff, Bert, Ed. – Inside English, 1986
Designed primarily for English faculty at two-year colleges in California, "Inside English" includes articles on instructional innovations in teaching remedial writing, literature courses, and freshman composition, and on major curricular, administrative, and employment issues in the field. The four issues of volume 13 include the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College English, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction
Ingram, Judith K. – 1982
The practical steps outlined in this manual are based on the experience of establishing Marquette (Michigan) Alternative Senior High (MASH), organized in 1978 to serve rural youth who had dropped out or were not benefiting significantly from the regular high school programs. Chapters are organized in chronological progression and each refers to…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Dropout Prevention, Employment Potential, Faculty Development
Muscella, Deborah – 1987
The central theme of this paper is that multimethod, multitrait research is essential to uncover learning beliefs and learning structures. The year-long social-ecological study clearly illustrated the efficacy of such a research process. This was a study of the elements of a kindergarten classroom environment and the beliefs that parents,…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Beliefs, Cognitive Dissonance, Cognitive Style
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