The consortium/teacher education council approach to collaboration in teacher education centers seems to close the gap between token school involvement and actual involvement. (Author)

This book is written to support parents and practitioners who wish to understand movement and how it contributes to all aspects of learning--intellectual, social and emotional, as well as the movement/motor aspect itself. Moreover, as there is a huge increase in the number of children with movement learning difficulties (Keen, 2001), that is…

Educational improvement efforts are doomed as long as schools are viewed as unique organizations. The concepts of coordination and collegiality are key to all organizations, especially schools. The introduction to this book discusses the charter-school movement, which judges existing school systems as inimical and intractable to achieving improved…

Although interorganizational collaboration is becoming increasingly significant as a means of achieving organizational objectives, it is not an easy process to implement. Drawing on the work of authors with extensive experience, an accessible introduction to the theory and practice of creating collaborative advantage is presented in this volume.…

The President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health solicited public comment from stakeholders in the mental health community on various topics related to the Commissions mission. The goal was to gain a better understanding of the publics experiences with, concerns about, and hopes for the mental health care system. More than twelve hundred…

Tourette's syndrome, which includes the compulsive vocalization of obscene words, has been attributed to both organic and psychological factors. Although no conclusions about the etiology of the behavior could be drawn, the operant nature of the symptoms was demonstrated in the present case study in the manipulation of responses by varying…

Discusses the divergence in interest and philosophy between the academy and industry, beginning with World War II. Suggests that engineering faculties and industry take measures to restore their rapport which is necessary for the technological society to ensure a success in man's quest for future well being and progress. (CC)

The concept of career education as a fully integrated system offers vocational educators a chance to join as full partners in an enlarged view of the educational enterprise; partisanship, however, must be abandoned, and liberation from a limiting definition of vocational education must be achieved. (AJ)

Describes a cooperative community education program encompassing 12 school districts and 18 communities in the Battle Creek, Michigan, metropolitan area. (Author/DN)

Describes the efforts of the Committee on Undergraduate Teacher Education, which intended to organize and administer the Colleg's undergraduate B.Ed. program and to further diversity in teacher education models. (Author/RK)

Discusses the present status of technician and technology-oriented institutions and the two curricula offered by the Textile Department, Clemson University. Indicates that technical school, junior college, and community college graduates are allowed to complete formal training to the four-year degree level in the Clemson program. (CC)

Looks at ways of controlling the size of the German higher education system since it is no longer economically feasible to continue an essentially open admissions policy. (Editor/HS)

Author discusses the need for cooperation and coordination at local, state, and federal levels in the development of a revitalized postsecondary educational community. (Author/RK)

Schools are moving toward greater differentiation of instructional staffs through the use of paraprofessionals. A sophisticated differentiated instructional program requires the assistance of paraprofessionals. (Author)

Study examined the effects of an integrative or central information processing variable on visual-motor task performance of normal and mentally retarded Ss. (Authors)