The literature on higher education acknowledges the importance of context to the effective completion of research by postgraduate students but overlooks to study the importance of this factor for academics in higher education. The research reported here explores the extent to which academics in higher education sense that their research engages…

This bibliography lists 14 resource materials at the Wilmington College Peace Resource Center (Ohio) to teach about conflict resolution. The resources address all grade levels and contain curriculum materials and teaching guides. Information on borrowing materials is included, along with shipping details and costs. (EH)

This paper presents a reflecting team work model that helps move a group system through increased process illumination. Grounded in second-order cybernetics and social constructionism, this model emphasizes the group as a linguistic system. In this group setting, language works to co-construct meaning and generate new narratives for client…

Two brief fact sheets for families of children with disabilities provide basic information on: (1) assistive technology within the family setting, and (2) the concept of parent management of a technology team. The first fact sheet briefly defines assistive technology and discusses technology for physically and mentally challenged individuals,…

This document reports on the 2-year Interagency Child Abuse Network (ICAN) Project which was funded by the Texas Department of Human Services to provide a model through which agencies (police, courts, and others) could develop a team approach to handling child abuse cases. Chapter 1 reviews the background and origin of the project. Chapter 2…

This study evaluated a procedure for teaching facilitative communication skills in small groups whose membership included staff members from various professional areas. (Author)

The paper focuses on the enhancement of the interface between regular educators and special educators with particular emphasis on effective mainstreaming of special education students. It is pointed out that for the interface to take place, positive interpersonal relationships, cooperative teaching conditions, and specific strategies and…

Background and personality characteristics which are associated with successful team teaching were investigated for this study. Members of 31 secondary school teaching teams were rated by judges (who were principals, deans, and college consultants) individually and as teams on the bases of 10 background characteristics and eight personality…

Seventy-four second and third graders were tested for their understanding of proportions and asked to allocate rewards varying in sufficiency for three pairs of children working in either team or nonteam conditions. (Author/JMB)

The importance of transdisciplinary research is noted, and guidelines emphasize planning and cooperation among team members. Recommendations address ways to break down disciplinary barriers and view the coordinator's role as facilitator. (CL)

Companies operating at the frontiers of knowledge and technology in business must develop innovative attitudes and strategies to survive. Two factors important in determining whether people working in this environment will innovate are (1) individual employees and (2) the company culture. Another fact of corporate life is that senior executives…

Discussion of Humanistic Management by Teamwork (HMBT) rationalizes a preference for HMBT in academic library management. The University of New Mexico's Zia model of library organization is described as an example of HMBT, and several benefits of the Zia model are summarized. (MES)

Suggests that team building can be enhanced by employing career anchor concepts to identify individual perceptions and by developing a "shared perceptions" model about performance related issues. Provides a guide to applying the model and includes a case study. (JOW)