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Plattor, Emma; Maguire, Thomas – 1986
A two-year study designed to evaluate an elementary language arts program in the Grande Prairie School District (Edmonton, Alberta) through an assessment of student achievement was conducted from 1983 to 1985. This final report describes all facets of the study and presents the researchers' findings and conclusions. Following a preface, the report…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Assessment, Educational Research, Educational Testing
Scottish Curriculum Development Service, Edinburgh. – 1986
Having implications for teachers and students at all stages of primary school, this project report delineates an alternative and more effective approach to the teaching of beginning writing. The report points out that the project, while producing a body of classroom-tested material, focused on awareness about written language and how children…
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education
Geering, Adrian D. – 1985
Before educational planners can develop associate degree level curricula to train human resource practitioners, they must have a clear understanding of the field of human resource development (HRD). A review of research relating to the role of the HRD specialist indicates that HRD practitioners must be specialists in human relations skills and…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Content Analysis, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research
National Network for Curriculum Coordination in Vocational and Technical Education. – 1988
Two studies examined the status of state vocational and technical curriculum centers. The first was a survey of state liaison representatives (with 36 of 57 responding), and the second was a survey of curriculum center directors (with 41 of 68 responding). The majority of the curriculum centers surveyed serve the vocational subject areas that are…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research, Curriculum Study Centers
Buchmann, Margret – 1983
This paper, on the central and distinctive contribution of knowledge to teaching, combines philosophical analysis with a discussion of work in research on teaching, student conceptions, and curriculum. The hierarchical argument contains two main points: (1) that content knowledge is a logical precondition for the activities of teaching; and (2)…
Descriptors: Education Courses, Educational Philosophy, Higher Education, Intellectual Disciplines
Burrola, Luis Ramon; Rivera, Jose A. – 1983
Fiscal reductions as well as growing conservatism may have a profound impact on many university programs, including Chicano Studies programs, which are expanding into research, publications, and other areas. To frame the issues of greatest concern to Chicano Studies programs, a small research effort at the University of New Mexico involved the…
Descriptors: Activism, Curriculum Development, Delphi Technique, Educational Environment
Institute of Lifetime Learning, Washington, DC. – 1983
This booklet is designed to help organizations and individuals who are developing new training programs to become familiar with the provisions of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) that apply to persons over the age of 55. In addition, the characteristics, abilities, and special training and employment needs of older adults are outlined. The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cooperative Programs, Educational Cooperation, Educational Legislation
Noll, Cheryl L. – 1988
This paper identifies and describes the 10 service areas of vocational education according to program purpose, content, level at which the program is offered, type of student served, and occupational areas in which students will be prepared to work. The 10 areas described are as follows: (1) agriculture education; (2) marketing education; (3)…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Business Education, Career Development
Palmieri, D. Frank; Vecchiola, Leonard C. – 1987
This handbook is intended to assist vocational teachers and administrators in preparing vocational curricula that include materials for developing teacher- and business-identified entrepreneurship competencies. The handbook begins with a discussion of the need to infuse entrepreneurship education into all areas of vocational education. The next…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Business Education, Curriculum Development
Knox, David, Ed.; Weeks, Sheldon, Ed. – 1987
This collection, which is a product of a 23-day study tour of China, focuses on educational research and changing educational objectives and practices against the background of the changes that have occurred in the country since the Cultural Revolution of 1976. Sheldon Weeks' introduction to the collection explains how the study tour came about,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Distance Education, Educational Change, Educational Objectives
Haywood County Consolidated Schools, Waynesville, NC. – 1985
This guide is intended to assist vocational educators teaching a course in wood technology to relate the skills addressed in science courses to a particular vocational education course. The guide consists of a curriculum alignment chart that cross-references vocational performance indicators to science skills/competencies. The science competency…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Education, Coordination
Samuelson, Judith A.; And Others – 1987
This guide is intended to assist adult educators in designing and adapting curricula to conform to technological changes in the workplace and to meet the learning needs of adults. The first part deals with the changing workplace and its effect on postsecondary education and with developing programs that respond to change (responses to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Career Change, Curriculum Development
Moss, Stephen, Ed. – 1982
This collection of articles deals with various career educational activities that inform students about the concept of career education as well as activities related to the specific fields of career education study in higher education. The publication is a result of a study of the involvement of Colorado institutions of higher learning in career…
Descriptors: Animal Husbandry, Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Education
Neill, Shirley Boes – 1984
A 1982 survey of school superintendents provided much of the material for this discussion of the educational applications of microcomputers and other technologies, and for planning and developing these applications in schools. Chapter I is an interview with David Moursund, an educational computing expert who discusses issues and trends in school…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Computer Literacy, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software
Callender, Willard D., Jr. – 1984
A project was undertaken to introduce gerontological content into the professional preparation of adult educators in the master's program in adult education offered at the University of Southern Maine. After courses in the existing curriculum of the master's program were analyzed for the appropriateness and currency of their gerontological…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Students
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