Summarizes the findings of a national study assessing cooperative vocational programs at the secondary level. Highlights the characteristics of successful programs, including teacher-coordinators, participating students, training sponsors, organization and governance, and special populations. Available from W.C. Publications, Inc., P.O. Box 1578,…

Describes Michigan's "Marian the Librarian" campaign to educate the public on the new roles played by librarians as media specialists. (BD)

Interviews with 11 award-winning secondary marketing teachers showed that successful teachers strive to fulfill teacher-coordinator responsibilities, are enthusiastic and industrious, are professionally committed, assume leadership roles in the field, participate in self-improvement, are caring and student centered, and work most effectively with…

Among the 201 respondents to a survey of 250 co-op directors/coordinators, most have master's degrees, held their positions 3 years or less, underuse informal educational opportunities such as conferences, and do not see much hope for advancement. (SK)

A study was conducted in 2002 to evaluate the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in 21 secondary schools in one region of New Zealand. As part of the study, the role of the ICT coordinator was investigated. All the ICT coordinators were surveyed and 14 of them were interviewed in-depth. It is found that they were all…

UK higher education appears to have generally been slow to adopt an organised means of provision for special educational needs for its students. This may be due to the fact that, historically, relatively few disabled students entered UK higher education. However, there is a growing number of disabled students entering UK higher education…

The perception of the role of science subject leader (SSL) and the reality may not be identical but the aims are very similar. However, perceptions of how these aims might be achieved vary greatly. The "scene setting" aspects, so essential to success, are not always seen as being important by those coming into the role. This was echoed in the…

Since science in primary schools is very safe, the coordinator's role in respect of health and safety can be a relatively modest one and integrated with other parts of the job. In this article, the author outlines the role of the science coordinator and sources of advice.

Service-user groups whose goals include the promotion of self-advocacy for people with an intellectual disability aim, among other things, to encourage service users to identify problems and find solutions. However, service users' contributions to group sessions may not always be full and spontaneous. This presents a dilemma to the facilitator. In…

Higher education institutions are confronted with increasing demand for electronic access to educational opportunities, improved academic quality and accountability, and new academic programs that address societal workforce and economic development needs. Collaboration allows institutions to combine resources to respond efficiently and effectively…

There is hardly any doubt that the First World War interrupted most of the international educational relations that had reached their peak in the two decades before the outbreak of the war. In virtually all areas of education--the educational system, educational science, teaching and learning, child welfare, and the educational…

For the past decade, attention has been drawn to a perceived shortage of school leadership applicants. Establishing an accurate perception of the shortage issue, however, is complex. One challenge with the perception of the shortage is the connection made between quality and shortage. The interpretation of quality is often times determined by a…

Attributes of North Carolina school systems that account for discrepancies in students' opportunities to learn about and with computers were investigated in this study, which explored relationships between microcomputer availability and financial and demographic data for a sample of 141 school districts to explore the dimensions of equity in…