Evaluates the extent to which 54 infants aged three, six and nine months and their mothers were able to coordinate their behavior. Results indicate that mother-infant pairs increase their degree of coordination with infant age, but the proportion of time they are coordinated is small. (RJC)

Work program coordinators in Georgia (160 of 170 responses) believe they are prepared to teach work ethics and believe it can be taught in school. However, their actual teaching of work ethics was informal or unintentional. (SK)

Faculty-based cooperative education programs have several strengths: they tend to be large, faculty tenure gives them continuity and political clout, and they are integrated into the academic curriculum. However, they require more time, energy, and flexibility and carry the potential for conflict. (SK)

Reviews the literature on self-managing teams to clarify the role of the external leader or coordinator of these groups. Conditions that aid in the development of self-management characteristics are identified; a model of group members and leader behavior is presented; and further areas of research are suggested. (14 references) (MES)

A survey of 26 faculty cooperative education coordinators, 18 students, and 13 site supervisors found that 80% thought faculty site visits were important; barriers to visits were time and distance; and alternatives included visiting only new sites or those with problems, using telephone or video, and hosting site supervisors on campus. (SK)

Describes how adding a project manager can ensure a smooth process during capital improvements. Discusses ways to fill program management needs, such as developing in-house staff or retaining a qualified program-management consultant. Details the importance of the project manager scrutinizing overhead costs, risk, responsibility, and other…

A survey of cooperative education coordinators in Canada (96 of 130) found that more than half had positive attitudes, philosophically and practically, toward volunteer/unpaid positions for co-op students, especially among coordinators of mandatory programs. They had extremely positive attitudes toward entrepreneurial positions. (SK)

Ways to reconceptualize cooperative education include focusing on its essence--linkage of work and academics; considering coordinators as educators; viewing it as an educational model, not a student service; valuing its principal educative function as engaging students in reflective practice; and seeing employers as partners. (SK)

A young adult librarian describes how he brought the touring cast of the musical, "RENT," to the Kalamazoo (Michigan) Public Library to introduce teenagers to musical theatre. Discussion includes the initial contact process; planning the event; publicity; catering; the tremendous turn-out; and tips for arranging such a cast visit. (AEF)

We consider an economy that has to decide how assets are to be used. Agents have ideas, but these ideas conflict. We suppose that decision-making authority is determined by hierarchy: each asset has a chain of command, and the most senior person with an idea exercises authority. We analyze the optimal hierarchical structure given that some agents…

In this article Liz Gerschel explores some aspects of the role of the special educational needs coordinator (SENCO) in the management of teaching assistants (TAs) in mainstream schools, drawing on the experience of professionals working in the London Borough of Greenwich. The SENCO's responsibilities for managing TAs are discussed and issues of…

In this article Simon Ellis and Janet Tod review the KS3 National Strategy Behaviour and Attendance strand (DfES, 2003a; 2004a) and the Behaviour and Attendance pilot materials from the Primary National Strategy (DfES, 2003b; 2003c; 2003d). Relevant policy documentation is examined in order to explore how the role of the special educational needs…

The purpose of this study was to identify instructional strategies and support services of five learning community programs that focus on the retention of African American students at California Community Colleges. Empirical research indicates that colleges and universities have historically structured their curricula, student services programs,…

The article provides four checklists of tasks which the curriculum worker in vocational education should master: (1) coordination of curriculum planning and development, (2) definition and application of curriculum theory, (3) designing and applying curriculum research, and (4) providing for in-service needs of the staff. (MW)

A report on the career opportunities for media specialists in industry. (HB)