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Lasley, Thomas J., Ed. – 1986
The themes of teacher autonomy, practical experience, and program rigor are manifest explicitly and implicitly throughout these papers prepared for the National Commission for Excellence in Teacher Education. Both the problems and resolution approaches presented under each theme suggest what can and must occur in teacher education to enhance the…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Educational Change, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education
Idaho State Dept. of Education, Boise. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1987
This document contains a description of the activities, concerns, findings, and recommendations of the Idaho Industrial Arts Futuring Committee. It will serve as the foundation upon which subsequent revision of the state's industrial arts programs, to be renamed Industrial Technology Education (ITE), can be built. Section I on philosophy and…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Futures (of Society)
Dependents Schools (DOD), Washington, DC. Pacific Region. – 1988
This document is a checklist for use by science coordinators, school principals, science department chairpersons and teachers in identifying strengths and weaknesses of science programs in middle and high schools. It can also be used by science coordinators during school visits. This guide contains space for recording information concerning:…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Guides, Models, Program Effectiveness
Dlamini, Barnabas; Miller, Larry E. – 1988
A study was conducted to determine the demographic characteristics of Swaziland agricultural education professionals and their perceptions of the preservice teacher education program in agriculture in their country. Questionnaires were developed and mailed to 128 Swaziland agricultural education professionals, with a total of 116 usable…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Agricultural Education, Foreign Countries
Pucel, David J. – 1988
A study was conducted to determine the characteristics that key decision makers deem important for the curricula of Minnesota's technical institutes in the year 2000. The technical institutes in question are postsecondary institutions that offer both day school and adult extension programs. The study focused on the actual process of curriculum…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Needs, Educational Planning
Losh, Charles; And Others – 1988
A study examined the degree to which states are working on integrating vocational-technical education and instruction in basic academic skills. Usable information was provided by 29 of the 30 states contacted. Nearly all of the states belong to one or more of the various consortia developing the applied math, communications, principles of…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Basic Skills, Educational Change, Fused Curriculum
Lamberth, Edwin E.; Byler, Ben L. – 1988
A study examined the impact of educational reforms on vocational agriculture programs in Tennessee. Questionnaires were mailed to all of the state's principals who had vocational agriculture programs in their high schools, agriculture teachers, and chairpersons of local advisory committees for vocational agriculture. Completed questionnaires were…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Advisory Committees, Agricultural Education, Educational Change
Capps, Joan P. – 1984
During the 1983-84 academic year, a mathematics laboratory was established at Somerset County College to provide tutorial and testing services for high-risk students. This report describes and evaluates the first-year activities of the lab and proposes plans for increasing and evaluating the services and use of the lab during 1984-85. First, the…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Community Colleges, High Risk Students, Individualized Instruction
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1983
A revised Statewide System for the Evaluation of Occupational Education programs was put into effect during the 1981-82 academic year. That year all school districts in New York State which had received federal funds for occupational education during the period 1977-1980 were required to begin evaluating their occupational education programs. The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Counseling, Educational Legislation, Evaluation Methods
Hughes, Herschel, Jr.; And Others – 1983
This study determined the leadership competencies exhibited by superior Navy recruit company commanders (RCCs) and "A" school instructors. Interviews and surveys were used to collect data from current RCCs and instructors at the Naval Training Center in Orlando, Florida. Seventeen leadership competencies performed by "A" school…
Descriptors: Competence, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement
Cognetta, Randall, Ed.; And Others – 1981
Needs assessment, a procedure for obtaining and analyzing information for use in decision-making, consists of identifying the concerns of faculty, staff, parents, students, and community, and validating these concerns (which only then become "needs") by means of information derived from surveys and school records. The Worldwide Needs…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Forbes, Susan; Lidsker, Carol – 1982
This paper provides background information on existing refugee health policy as spelled out in the Refugee Act of 1980, consideration that issues in health and health care have received, and significant program development that has occurred in addressing health care problems. Following the introduction, Section II describes the following: (1)…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Health Needs, Health Programs, Medical Services
Yap, Kim Onn; Enoki, Donald Y. – 1984
Evaluation activities conducted by the Hawaii State Department of Education in the Honolulu School District are described. These activities met all the requirements of the Title I Evaluation and Reporting System (TIERS). The Comprehensive Language Improvement Program (CLIP) was implemented to assist disadvantaged children. CLIP had four components…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Mechling, Kenneth R.; Oliver, Donna L. – 1983
This handbook is designed to assist elementary school principals in improving and maintaining quality science education programs, while strengthening their role as science curriculum leaders. The handbook can be used as a resource for disseminators as they prepare for meetings with principals' groups and as a reference that can be used by…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science
Vos, Jo – 1985
A study examined whether the Minnesota State Board of Vocational Education has adequately implemented recommendations made in a 1983 evaluation of postsecondary vocational education programs. It focused particularly on how the board and its management have responded to problems of low job placement rates and low student-teacher ratios in some…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Educational Research, Followup Studies, Job Placement
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