The release of AASL's "Standards for the 21st-Century Learner" and "Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Library Media Programs" has provided school library media specialists with the opportunity to "develop new visions for learning" (AASL 2009), and to rethink what their roles are, and what skills and characteristics are required of them to…

An effective school requires an effective leader, but great principals rarely just happen. They are cultivated. This Wallace Perspective draws on a decade of foundation research and work in school leadership to show how urban school districts can play a major role in ensuring they have principals who can boost teaching and learning in troubled…

This paper examines the multimedia competencies of an educational technologist via a job announcements analysis and survey of professionals within the field. A conceptual framework is provided involving the new definition of the field of educational technology and associated knowledge, skill, and ability statements. Two hundred five unique job…

INFORMATION ABOUT OCCUPATIONS FROM A PERSONAL AND SOCIAL VIEWPOINT IS CONTAINED IN THE 777 CITATIONS FROM PERIODICALS, BOOKS, AND GRADUATE THESES, PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1896 AND 1965. REFERENCES ARE ARRANGED BY OCCUPATIONAL GROUPS -- (1) PROFESSIONAL AND MANAGERIAL, (2) MANAGERIAL AND OFFICIAL, (3) CLERICAL AND SALES, (4) SERVICE, (5) AGRICULTURAL,…

The six-page bibliography lists materials related to one of the clinics held during the sixth annual meeting of the Education Commission of the States. The listing is alphabetical by title. (SA)

The formulation of combat job requirements for general and unit staff Army personnel at division, brigade, and batallion levels was undertaken. Training literature pertaining to the duties and responsibilities of command and staff personnel was examined. On the basis of the information obtained from this study, staff job questionnaires were…

A discussion of the various ways the term "media specialist" can be defined in a professional context. (HB)

The need to lower the standards for certain governmental jobs is discussed. (CK)

Discusses how survey research or opinion polls are conducted. Describes the duties of those involved in the field, including those who draw the sample, design the questionnaire, conduct the poll, and analyze the data. (JOW)

Used 2 (gender) x 2 (favorable versus unfavorable occupations) x 3 (positive versus negative versus mixed valence information) between-subjects factorial design to explore disliked occupations, negative occupational information, and vocational differentiation. Found negative information linked to higher vocational differentiation when subjects…

Describes the occupation of futures executioner and depicts the complexities of executing futures contracts on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. (JOW)