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Marrs, Lawrence W. – 1983
While most rural special education leaders agree on the universality of certain problems (funding inadequacies, personnel recruitment/retention, transportation, low-incidence handicapped populations, staff development needs, resistance to change) in rural areas, no agreement exists regarding generalizable solutions which will work in all rural…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Involvement, Community Resources, Cooperation
Chachra, Vinod; Heterick, Robert C. – 1982
Options for using computers in managing higher education institutions and technological questions are considered in a collection of nine essays developed by the authors for this monograph. An introduction considers historical developments and provides an overview of computing modes and languages. After considering some of the economic and…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Administrator Guides, College Administration, College Planning
Rowles, Graham D. – 1982
A 3-year (1978-81) participant observation study examined the involvement within the spaces and places of the lives of 15 elderly residents (ranging in age from 62 to 91) of a declining rural Appalachian community, to develop an understanding of their milieu and its relationship to their level of well being. Close interpersonal relationships were…
Descriptors: Community Satisfaction, Delivery Systems, Environmental Influences, Human Relations
Cohen, Moshe; Miyake, Naomi – 1985
A worldwide international computer network, called the Intercultural Learning Network, has been developed to provide students from different cultures with opportunities to work cooperatively. Prototype activities have been developed and tested which facilitate and contextualize interactions among secondary and college students. Joint projects in…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Games, Computer Networks, Cooperative Learning
Grodman, Randy H. – 1989
The Organization for Rehabilitation through Training (ORT) is a private, nonprofit, nongovernmental organization that operates a worldwide network of vocational education and technical assistance programs. ORT has provided training to more than 2 million people around the world. There are two facets of ORT: a network of educational institutions…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Alumni Associations, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
Halliwell, Gail – 1989
This early childhood curriculum study focused on the practical understandings that teachers held about their classroom experiences, as a way of gaining access to the dynamics of curriculum implementation and innovation. Two problems were addressed: (1) the lack of knowledge about the dynamics of curriculum implementation in settings where early…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Context Effect, Curriculum Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
South Carolina State Library, Columbia. – 1989
The 1989-1990 Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) program is presented in this report for the South Carolina State Library. The document includes fiscal information and project descriptions for the following LSCA Title I projects: (1) General Administration; (2) Library Interpretation; (3) General Operations; (4) Strengthening the State…
Descriptors: Library Administration, Library Cooperation, Library Expenditures, Library Networks
Mao, Leii – 1990
This instructional guide, one of a series developed by the Technical Education Advancement Modules (TEAM) project, is a 16-hour introduction to plant floor operations. The guide is designed to develop the following competencies: (1) understanding the characteristics and components of personal computer (PC) networks; (2) computer networking…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Computer Networks, Computer Oriented Programs
Lewis, Anne – 1990
This publication describes four school health programs from the standpoint of young people who participate in them. Its purpose is to indicate how committed staff members in comprehensive school health programs can help students to succeed. The publication identifies four well-respected programs in diverse settings that are using innovative…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Case Studies, Comprehensive Programs, Health Programs
American Association of School Administrators, Arlington, VA. – 1990
Empowerment is based on the viewpoint that power shared is power multiplied. It contributes to increased school effectiveness by providing people with the opportunity and necessary resources to understand and change their world. The interactive processes by which people empower each other and benefit from them are discussed in this report.…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Group Unity, Intergroup Relations, Leadership Responsibility
Smith, E. Jimmy – 1983
On June 1, 1980, the South Carolina Department of Education, Office of Vocational Education, entered into a contractual agreement with the Governor's Office, CETA Division, for the purpose of operating a Manpower Training Coordinators Program in 10 school districts serving rural areas. The project was designed to establish and maintain effective…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Business, Community Cooperation, Diffusion (Communication)
Michigan State Univ., East Lansing. Dept. of Agricultural and Extension Education. – 1987
This proceedings contains 18 papers on agricultural research issues selected by panel review plus the keynote address, a conference summary, and the conference agenda. The following papers are included: "Research in Agricultural Education: Requisites for Further Progress" (Warmbrod--keynote address); "Marketing Agricultural Education" (Casey,…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Assessment
Bruman, Janet – 1986
This report addresses alternative means of interconnecting or providing access to the various automated systems within the 17-member North Bay Cooperative Library System (NBC), with emphasis on providing information on the availability of materials for loan, the principal objective of the NBC Telecommunications Project, Year Two. Advantages and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Computer Software, Higher Education
Disinger, John F. – 1986
An International Congress on Environmental Education has been announced for Moscow, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), during late summer 1987, to mark the tenth anniversary of the October 1977 Intergovernmental Conference on Environmental Education, held in Tbilisi, Georgia, USSR. This document reviews the outcome of the 1977 conference,…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Global Approach
Oregon Univ., Eugene. Center for Advanced Technology in Education. – 1984
The 13 conference presentations in this proceedings are arranged by general and special interest sessions and listed within each session in the order in which they were presented. These papers are: (1) "Key Issues for the Near Future" (David Moursund); (2) "Educating with Computers: Insights from Cognitive Psychology (and Video Games)" (Morton Ann…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Course Objectives
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