An American Fulbright lecturer finds lessons learned about the growth of architectural education in Tunisia and Afghanistan relevant for other developing nations. He emphasizes the responsibility that accompanies the imposition of a foreign system: recognition of local variations from the model and evaluation of programs and curriculum responsive…

Article concerned an informal evaluation made to determine whether activities and programs fit the goals of a school. (Editor/RK)

Six types of reading experts are described who actually help to deprive students of the chance to learn to read. (JH)

This module is designed to provide teachers, teacher trainers, and administrators with an introduction to consultation as a service to support students with disabilities and/or challenging behaviors in their home schools. The module provides a rationale for the use of consultation as a part of school programs, a review of research on its current…

The teacher consultant model is seen as one way to develop collaborative working relationships between classroom teachers and special educators. A triadic model of consultation as modified for special education settings is presented as an educational team linked in shared responsibility to resolve a common goal. Considerations in the consultative…

Consultation describes a collaborative, indirect service that might address a variety of problems. The specific process used depends on the consultant's theoretical orientation. An academic consultation role has been proposed for the school psychologist in which he/she would function as an educational problem-solver who collaborates with teachers…

This directory of consultants is intended to provide a reference tool to rural educators seeking advice and assistance in adapting existing programs or building new programs to serve the rural adult. Introductory material notes that the process used to locate these professionals included a national survey of rural model programs conducted by the…

This chapter considers the factors that can aid the process of interaction between an instructional development consultant and a client. The client-consultant relationship is approached through an analysis of the needs of both the developer and the client that brought them together in the beginning. Ways to build on this beginning are discussed,…

When universities and colleges approach alumni and other segments of the public for advice, particularly pertaining to academic areas, any branch of the academic administration can tap the expertise of people whose valuable insights might otherwise be unavailable. Such a volunteer advisory board works well at all levels. It can link the academic…

As more and more organizations are utilizing media such as videotape, electronic mail, computer-based training, and video-conferencing, the role of the media professional becomes more crucial. The responsible media communicator must be cognizant of the ethical concerns of the consultant and adapt these to the special needs of the client and the…

Consultants share ideas on how teachers can get themselves - and their students - "into" math. (Editor)

The operations consultant provides manpower and systems scheduling, operating procedures and programing, maintenance directions, and generally acts as the manager's agent to establish cost and control systems. He also works with the consulting engineer during the design phase in the development of operating criteria. (Author)

The literature on psychological consultation process and training has tended to ignore the influence of the attributes and expectations of consultees on consultation outcomes. Factors affecting the consultation process in one-to-one consultation services in the schools are discussed, and suggestions are presented for the preparation of teachers to…

This is one of three companion volumes that present the theoretical basis, instructional strategies, and participant materials for the Preparing Educational Training Consultants: Organizational Development (PETC-III) program, an instructional system for training school system organizational development (OD) consultants. This particular publication…