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Lavrnja, Ilija; Klapan, Anita – 2000
Science plays an extremely important role in predicting the future of social phenomena, including pedagogy and andragogy. Research in these areas must be based on an interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, systemic, and structural approach that is based on the assumption that upbringing and education are specific phenomena in which human…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Andragogy, Change Strategies, Educational Change
Beginning Special Educators: Characteristics, Qualifications, and Experiences. SPeNSE Summary Sheet.
Billingsley, Bonnie S. – 2001
This report from the Study of Personnel Needs in Special Education (SPeNSE) provides a profile of the characteristics, qualifications, work experiences, and career plans of teachers with fewer than 3 years of experience. Findings indicate: (1) beginning teachers were more likely to work in suburban systems (50 percent); (2) the majority do not…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Disabilities
Parrila, Rauno K.; Ma, Xin; Fleming, Darcy; Rinaldi, Christina – Human Resources Development Canada, 2002
In part, this focus is a result of substantial research demonstrating strong links between early social competence and later life adjustment and healthy development. The close connection between prosocial skills and a wide variety of future developmental outcomes provides a compelling rationale to examine what factors are associated with…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Ecology, Interpersonal Competence, Child Development
Tuckett, Alan; Sargant, Naomi – 1999
Adult participation in education in the United Kingdom in 1999 was examined in a survey during which a sample of 5,054 adults over the age of 17 (2,366 men and 2,688 women) throughout the United Kingdom were interviewed. The following were among the major findings: (1) 23% of adults enrolled in courses were taking computer courses; (2) the rate of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Age Differences
Sandler, Martin E. – 2002
The effects of selected variables on the academic persistence of adult students were examined in a study of a random sample of 469 adult students aged 24 years or older enrolled in a four-year college. The survey questionnaire, the Adult Student Experiences Survey, collected data regarding 12 endogenous variables and 13 exogenous variables…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Ryan, Chris – 2002
The individual results to vocational education and training qualifications (VET) and the implications thereof for lifelong learning were examined by analyzing data from Australia's 1997 Survey of Education and Training. Private rates of return to various VET qualifications for individuals were calculated by using the internal rate of return, which…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Cost Estimates, Definitions, Education Work Relationship
Segel, David – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1934
The great growth in college enrollments, the changes in the availability of positions for college graduates, and the development in the science of testing go hand-in-hand in making the problem of the prediction of college success of greater importance than ever before. This bulletin brings the attention of educators upon the work which has been …
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Prediction, Guidance, College Freshmen
Tobias, Sigmund; Everson, Howard – College Entrance Examination Board, 1996
This report describes 12 studies dealing with the knowledge monitoring component of metacognition. It is assumed that knowledge monitoring is basic to other metacognitive activities, such as evaluating learning, selecting appropriate strategies, or planning, because distinguishing between what students know and do not know ought to be a…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Learning, Knowledge Level, Multiple Choice Tests
Liau, Albert K.; Shively, Randy; Horn, Mary; Landau, Jennifer; Barriga, Alvaro; Gibbs, John C. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2004
The present study provided a randomized outcome evaluation of the psychoeducational component of the EQUIP program. The psychoeducational curriculum was implemented in a community correctional facility for adult felony offenders. The psychoeducational curriculum is designed to remedy offenders' delays in moral judgment maturity, social cognitive…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Value Judgment, Interpersonal Competence, Psychoeducational Methods
Takanishi, Ruby – Future of Children, 2004
Many young children in immigrant families do not have good access to health and education services. To the extent that their life prospects are compromised as a result, these children--and the entire society--suffer. This article discusses the needs of children from birth to age eight, with a particular focus on the education needs of young…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Young Children, Family Literacy, Immigrants
Khatskel, S. B. – Russian Education and Society, 2006
Studies by many scientists have shown that the fetal period is the most important one for the development of a baby. It has been shown that this is the time when the basis for many diseases of the adult is formed. Among risk factors, the work environment is of considerable importance, as its influence on the woman's organism stands at 25 to 40…
Descriptors: Adoption, Child Development, Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies
Williams, Linda – 1995
A program for increasing the social skills development of fourth grade students is described. The targeted population consisted of fourth grade students in a growing, low socio-economic status, urban community including a public housing development. The problems of poor social skills and disruptive behavior were documented through observations,…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques, Conflict Resolution
1998
This document contains four papers from a symposium on the changing workplace and its relationship to human resource development (HRD). In "Globalization, Immigration and Quality of Life Dynamics for Reverse Brain Drains" (Ben-Chieh Liu, Maw Lin Lee, Hau-Lien), the factors responsible for the brain drain from Taiwan to the United States…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Brain Drain, Education Work Relationship, Employee Attitudes
Rzonca, Chet, Ed. – 1993
These proceedings include the agenda of the conference, a list of its cosponsors, and the texts of the following six papers presented at the conference: "Hepatitis Vaccine: Are Health Occupations Education Students Protected?" (Cynthia Chappelka); "Integrated Academics: An HOE Model" (Karen E. Gable, Beverly Ransdell); "The Ability of Work Related…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Certification, Communicable Diseases
McEnery, Jean M.; Des Harnais, Gaston – 1988
The proposal for a study of success factors for overseas business interns is presented. The proposed research would investigate predictors of success for undergraduate and graduate international trade majors from the United States and Western Europe who are interning in foreign countries. Predictors to be considered include personal…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Adjustment (to Environment), Business Administration Education, College Students