At Bowling Green State University, the faculty-based cooperative education program in computer science has broadened faculty perception of co-op's personal and professional development potential. Survey responses from 69 of 118 alumni validate the contribution of the program to their work experience and individual development. (SK)

Discusses a study designed to obtain information about the activities of the coordinators (teachers with subject expertise) in regard to both initial teacher training and inservice education and training for science coordination. (ZWH)

This article presents an interview with Michelle McGuirk who is the University of Wolverhampton's Student Development Coordinator, and is in the process of consolidating its program of learning resources. This interview is intended to explore the British approach to the scholarship of teaching and learning in higher education. First, Michelle…

The authors of this article were involved in designing and delivering a vocational education and training (VET) program for employees of a large Australian government agency. Learning partnerships were included as an integral part of this program and research was conducted to determine whether learning partnerships could be used effectively in…

Federal educational technology grant coordinators from seven small liberal arts colleges were interviewed to determine the ways in which technology had been infused in teacher education programs over the life of the grant. Substantive integration of technology had occurred in each of the schools. Traditional change models were unable to explain…

This article presents research findings of work undertaken by a Networked Learning Community in the north of England on implementing cooperative learning in primary and secondary schools. In twelve primary and two secondary schools, in a social and economically deprived area, cooperative learning is becoming embedded. How this has been supported…

This manual presents concepts, tools, and techniques that are useful in the management of cooperative education programs at the state department of education, school district, and secondary school levels. Section I is a general discussion of the management role in cooperative education. In section II focus is on the nature of the internal and…

This science/technology/society (STS) training manual is designed to help state-level coordinators, university teacher educators, district coordinators, or lead teachers to implement the guidelines provided in "Science/Technology/Society: A Framework for Curriculum Reform in Secondary School Science and Social Studies." The manual…

Designed to provide an introduction to North Lake College's (NLC's) Cooperative Education Program, this manual contains information for the instructor/coordinator regarding the Dallas County Community College District's co-op policies and NLC's operational procedures and forms. First, section 1 defines cooperative education, states NLC's…

THE COMMUNITY PROJECT COORDINATORS DEVELOPED PROGRAMS TO HELP CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN ADJUST TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LIFE. THE GOAL IS TO HELP EACH CHILD ACHIEVE HIS BEST EDUCATIONAL LEVEL BY PROVIDING HIM WITH EXPERIENCES COMPENSATING FOR EARLIER DEPRIVATIONS, BUILDING A CURRICULUM ADJUSTED TO THE CHILD'S NEEDS, INVOLVING PARENTS, WORKING…

Using criteria proposed by the American Library Association (ALA) and the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), responses to 360 questionnaires were analyzed to assess the components of audiovisual programs in the secondary public schools of Tennessee. Questions included: (1) What personnel are responsible for the…

A case study of three linking agents in the National Institute of Education's Research and Development Program is presented. The study was based on interviews and project documentation. The Consortium Project employed six staff members known as linking agents. Each agent worked with five schools over a three-year period, helping them to select and…

This study used a diffusion model in an attempt to understand the role of the researcher in the evaluation of an educational innovation in a school setting. The Learning Laboratory for Adult Basic Education at the Rochambeau School in White Plains, and the Brevoort Community Center in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, were studied. Both programs used…

As older adult organizations stretch to meet the needs of a growing older adult client population, these Senior Citizen Centers, clubs and other programs are increasingly unable to understand and control their internal as well as external environments. Organizational Development, a body of applied behavioral science techniques, can help older…

As older adult organizations stretch to meet the needs of a growing older adult client population, these Senior Citizen Centers, clubs and other programs are increasingly unable to understand and contol their internal as well as external environments. Organizational Development, a body of applied behavioral science techniques, can help older adult…