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Smith, Robert M. – 1980
Although communication scholars have given little attention in the past to researching and consulting in educational institutions, the consulting prospects for the coming decade are excellent for this type of work. The demographic and economic changes occuring in educational organizations will have dramatic effects on their management and…
Descriptors: Careers, Change Agents, Colleges, Consultants
Finney, Robert G., Ed.; Neckowitz, Alan, Ed. – Feedback, 1980
The seven articles in this journal issue examine trends and topics related to radio and other broadcast media. The articles discuss the following: (1) current trends in radio audience measurement, (2) the policy implications of radio research, (3) a research study of the relationships between age and radio usage, (4) the role of the part-time…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Audiences, Consultants, Futures (of Society)
Fitzgerald, Thomas P.; Clark, Richard M. – 1978
The reactions of participants to the presentation sessions of a staff development training program were assessed using participant questionnaires and non-verbal metabehavior estimates of participant attitudes. Fifty reading specialists and administrators participated in a two-session workshop dealing with reading material and methods. Each session…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Body Language, Inservice Teacher Education, Interaction Process Analysis
RYAN, WILLIAM F. – 1964
A HANDBOOK TO GUIDE AND DIRECT EDUCATORS IN NEW YORK STATE IN UNDERSTANDING, SELECTING, UTILIZING, AND EVALUATING TEACHING MACHINES AND PROGRAMED LEARNING MATERIALS IS PRESENTED. PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION IS DEFINED AS THE UTILIZATION OF PROGRAMED MATERIALS IN ACHIEVING EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES. TEACHING MACHINES ARE DEFINED AS DEVICES THAT HOUSE,…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Bibliographies, Catalogs, Consultants
BLOOM, LEWIS G.; AND OTHERS – 1963
FOUR AREAS ARE CONSIDERED - SURVEYS AND PUBLICATIONS, WORKSHOPS AND CONSULTANT SERVICES, PILOT PROGRAMS, AND RESEARCH PROGRAMS. UNDER SURVEYS AND PUBLICATIONS ARE LISTED ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL, SUMMER SCHOOL SESSIONS, RESOURCE CONSULTANTS, AND KEYS TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF GIFTED CHILDREN. UNDER WORKSHOP AND CONSULTANT SERVICES…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Consultants, Educational Programs, Gifted
ZANT, JAMES H.; AND OTHERS – 1965
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT WAS TO RELATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MATHEMATICS TO EDUCATIONAL MEDIA BY IDENTIFYING THE OBJECTIVES, CONCERNS, AND PROBLEMS OF THIS AREA, AND PROVIDING SPECIFICATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE USE AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEWER EDUCATIONAL MEDIA. TWO POSITIONAL CONFERENCES WERE HELD WITH EXTENSIVE POSITIONAL PAPERS PREPARED BY…
Descriptors: Conferences, Consultants, Course Objectives, Educational Problems
Feldmann, Shirley; And Others – 1980
Thirty-eight college students were the subjects of a study designed to examine the efficacy of training graduate reading specialists through a diagnosis simulation program versus the use of a traditional child study approach. The major task of this investigation was to compare, by way of univariate or multivariate analysis, various combinations of…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Higher Education, Information Processing, Reading Consultants
Hammond, Eugene R. – 1979
A study of the advice given by professional writing consultants was undertaken because of the weaknesses found in many freshman composition texts. The findings suggest that these writing consultants have an edge over freshman composition instructors in their concern with their audience (sparing them excess verbiage and inflated prose), in their…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Consultants, Educational Resources, Guidelines
MORRILL, KATHERINE A. – 1965
AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP OF 18 FIRST-GRADE TEACHERS FROM FIVE SCHOOLS WAS RELEASED 1/2 DAY TWICE EACH MONTH FOR A SERIES OF DISCUSSION MEETINGS WITH THE READING CONSULTANT. A CONTROL GROUP OF 17 FIRST-GRADE TEACHERS FROM THE OTHER FIVE SCHOOLS IN THE SAME DISTRICT WAS EXPOSED TO THE TYPICAL CONSULTANT SITUATION -- HELP GIVEN AT THE REQUEST OF THE…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Grade 1, Inservice Education
Lloyd, Helene M.
An inservice training program was conducted by the New York City Board of Education in a school district in the South Bronx section of the city with an ethnic minority pupil population of 68 percent. The objectives were to improve intergroup relations, to help teachers to respond positively to problems posed by desegregation, and to gain parent…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Consultants, Inservice Education, Intergroup Relations
Jesser, David L., Ed.,; Stutz, Rowan C., Ed. – 1966
In order to provide a wider variety of curriculum offerings and meet the individual needs of students, the Western States Small Schools Project (WSSP) realized it would be necessary to revise or alter drastically the existing organiztional structure of educational programs. Modular scheduling has become the most popular method of meeting this…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Computer Oriented Programs, Consultants, Faculty
Schoeller, Arthur W. – 1968
Wisconsin's 1968 certification proposal for reading teachers, specialists, and supervisors is described in detail. A three-step sequence of advanced course work and direct experience in the field are proposed to prepare qualified personnel for the state schools. The proposal includes (1) recommendations for changing and improving the present…
Descriptors: Developmental Reading, Reading Consultants, Remedial Reading, Remedial Teachers
Golomb, Solomon W. – 1978
The benefits of faculty consulting to the consultant, to the organization receiving the consulting, and to the university are discussed in this speech. The first benefit is that consulting supplements faculty income. It is argued that this enables a university to retain people they might not otherwise be able to afford. It is also pointed out that…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Consultants, Educational Economics, Higher Education
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National Arts and the Handicapped Information Service, New York, NY. – 1977
Three types of resources for planners of programs for the arts and/or the handicapped are indicated in this directory: technical assistance, information services, and consultants. In this context, technical assistance is defined as free or low cost professional advisory service provided by telephone, mail, or personal visits. Resources listed…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Consultants, Directories, Disabilities
Ivers, Merle Hairston – 1975
The purpose of this study was to identify and compare concepts of the ideal role and functions with the actual role and functions of the reading specialist. The public elementary reading specialists, classroom teachers, principals, and reading supervisors of Franklin County, Ohio, served as subjects. A Q-sort instrument was used for gathering the…
Descriptors: Developmental Reading, Elementary Education, Q Methodology, Reading Consultants
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