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O'Donoghue, Thomas; Dimmock, Clive – 1998
Educational restructuring concerns a deregulated, decentralized system replacing central planning, control, and supervision. Such restructuring in relation to curriculum, teaching, and learning and the impact of restructuring on key stakeholders at the school-site level is the focus of this book. It uses a selection of international policy-based…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Design, Educational Assessment
Watts, Caroline L.; Murphy, Jennifer A.; Nikitopoulos, Christina E. – 1997
The Early Childhood Prevention Project (ECP) is an innovative effort to integrate psychosocial and educational approaches for promoting children's healthy development in elementary school. ECP takes a holistic approach to the prevention of academic and psychosocial problems and the promotion of students' educational and interpersonal development.…
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Early Intervention, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education, Bristol (England). – 1997
These two audiocassette tapes provide a tour of six British schools that are working toward inclusion. Three schools are profiled on each tape. A booklet and 12 information cards provide an introduction and back-up information on tape contents, key themes, and discussion points. At each of the six schools, a first-hand account is provided based on…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Design, Disabilities
Harbin, Gloria L.; McWilliam, R. A.; Shaw, Dave; Buka, Stephen L.; Sideris, John; Kochaek, Thomas T.; Gallagher, James J.; Tocci, Lynn; West, Tracey; Clark, Kristi – 1998
This report presents the findings of a study that investigated the scope and nature of early childhood service delivery systems in three states (Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Colorado). The study followed 75 children with disabilities for 18 months and surveyed 170 service providers of infants and toddlers and 186 service providers of…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Early Intervention, Educational Policy
Bills, Conrad G. – 1997
A study investigated the effects of structure and interactivity on the achievement of students receiving Internet-based instruction. Structure was defined as the instructional strategy that provides the framework for the learning activity, giving the learner an advanced organizer. Interactivity was defined as the instructional strategy that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavioral Objectives, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Media
Rossell, Christine H.; Baker, Keith – 1996
The book "Bilingual Education in Massachusetts: The Emperor Has No Clothes" is summarized. The summary outlines the demographic situation of the limited-English-proficient (LEP) population and the status of bilingual education in the state, within the context of existing legislation. Issues in the debate over availability and type of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Book Reviews, Change Strategies, Costs
Arlington County Public Schools, VA. REEP, Arlington Education and Employment Program. – 1994
The English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) curriculum of the Arlington (Virginia) Adult Learning System (AALS) is presented. AALS is a consortium in which an adult education provider (the public school system) coordinates efforts of its own organization with a community-based organization, a vocational institute, and a university to transition…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Community Organizations, Consortia
Hawthorne, Pat, Ed.; Martin, Ron G., Ed. – 1995
This document presents three case studies that illustrate how library staffs and architectural design teams can work together to plan additions that are successful solutions to building problems. The case studies cover the experiences of Hope College, Holland, Michigan (David Jensen, Margaret Jensen), Western Maryland College, Westminster,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Accessibility (for Disabled), Architects, Building Design
Dolbec, Andre; Savoie-Zajc, Lorraine – 1995
This paper presents a summary of four research projects implemented by teachers who are graduate students and underlines paradoxes faced by each on how to grapple with the difficulty of reconciling the top-down change approach that their university program trains them in with the bottom-up approach called action research. The tensions created by…
Descriptors: Action Research, College School Cooperation, Educational Change, Educational Research
Cohen, Andrew D. – 2001
The focus of the paper is one aspect of language teacher education, namely, that of having teachers view styles- and strategies-based instruction as a crucial aspect of the instructional process. The paper starts by reviewing learning style preferences, language learner strategies, the role of motivation, and the notion of styles- and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style, Cultural Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Zahner, Jane – 2000
This paper describes the needs assessment activities that informed the design and development of M.Ed. and post-master's degree courses and programs to be delivered onsite and through distance technology support in rural areas. Two partner school systems participated in the needs assessment with three more currently involved in the programs.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Degrees (Academic), Distance Education, Educational Administration
Isbell, Rebecca; Exelby, Betty – 2001
Noting that the early care and education environment is a vital contribution to children's learning, this book examines the early childhood learning environment with the vision of making it a place where young children will be physically, emotionally, esthetically, and intellectually nurtured. The chapters are: (1) "The Power of the Environment…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Classroom Furniture
National School-to-Work Opportunities Office, Washington, DC. – 1998
The National School-to-Work Office in collaboration with the National Association for Gifted Children, the Council for Exceptional Children, the Association for the Gifted, and the Council of State Directors of Programs for the Gifted have identified 11 gifted education/school-to-work (GT/STW) models that are either best practice or unique…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Career Planning, Education Work Relationship
National School-to-Work Opportunities Office, Washington, DC. – 1998
The National School-to-Work Office in collaboration with the National Association for Gifted Children, the Council for Exceptional Children, the Association for the Gifted, and the Council of State Directors of Programs for the Gifted have identified 11 gifted education/school-to-work (GT/STW) models that are either best practices or unique…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Corporate Education, Education Work Relationship
National School-to-Work Opportunities Office, Washington, DC. – 1998
The National School-to-Work Office in collaboration with the National Association for Gifted Children, the Council for Exceptional Children, the Association for the Gifted, and the Council of State Directors of Programs for the Gifted have identified 11 gifted education/school-to-work (GT/STW) models that are either best practices or unique…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Career Education, Career Exploration, Community Programs
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