Presents a process for developing certificate programs based on components of Kemp's Instructional Design model: learning needs, job tasks, learner characteristics, task analysis, pretesting, learning objectives, teaching/learning activities, instructional resources, support services, learning evaluation, formative evaluation, summative…

A survey of 388 universities received 131 replies indicating (1) an increase in certificate programs; (2) 50 percent involved in cooperative efforts with external agencies; (3) a trend toward self-supporting units; and (4) wide variety in program activities and requirements for instructors and students. (SK)

Reports the results of a survey that identified 2,500 certificate programs at more than 400 universities. Discusses findings related to quality, nomenclature, governance, management, curriculum, faculty, students, and finance. (SK)

This paper examines the value that secondary trainees on England's Graduate Teacher Programme (GTP) and those on a secondary Postgraduate Certificate in Education Programme attached to the university-based and school experience elements of their respective programmes. Indications emerging from the data suggest that all trainees value the school…

Faculty learning communities provide an authentic forum through which to engage academics from diverse backgrounds in the scholarship of teaching, learning, and curriculum practice. The authors examine the development and impact of FLC strategies that were employed in an 8-month faculty certificate program on the scholarship of teaching and…

This study analyzed learner characteristics that affect satisfaction in an online certificate program under two main purposes. The first purpose was to examine relationships among selected variables (age, gender, educational level, and online course experience), learners' initial perceptions (online technology self-efficacy, online learning…

A plea for the retention of professional status for all teaching functions. Author believes this means a mandated minimum preparation with its essential features determined by the totality of practitioners. (RB)

Discusses legal bases on which administrator selection procedures will be challenged; suggests steps that school officials should take to insure legality of selection procedures. (LR)

This article points out the need for higher standards and a more structured system for the registration and certification of students in the field of parks and recreation. (JD)

Uses positional conflict theory to examine New Zealand's National Certificate of Educational Achievement, purportedly an opportunity for working-class students. Analyzes the position of these students in a market-led, government-developed training system that replaces traditional job networks. Argues that the system is a mechanism for low-skill…

Provides a history and overview of the Child Development Associate (CDA) program. Focuses on the CDA credential award system, the new council model, and program outcomes in the early childhood community. (RJC)

The Master's of Business Administration model includes skills, functions, and strategy and focus on traditional "management"; formal knowledge acquired may be unrelated to practical experience. The certificate in management model focuses on competencies, disaggregation, managers, and experiential, work-based learning but may ignore a…

In this study, four variables were found to have a significant association with competitive employment outcomes for blind and visually impaired consumers of vocational rehabilitation services. These variables were the receipt of education as a rehabilitation service that resulted in an educational certificate or degree, having worked since the…

The 2006 Education Act provided an entitlement for all 14 year-olds to take a specialist diploma from 2013. Despite concerns of many educationalists and politicians, the first diplomas will begin in September 2008. New Labour claims that the diplomas are innovative and challenging; however, this article argues that they exhibit many of the…

This directory lists state approved programs for the preparation of education personnel in Illinois. Addresses, telephone numbers, and contact persons for each institution are listed. The directory presents programs in terms of: (1) alphabetical listing of recognized institutions and approved programs; (2) approved early childhood education…