Suggestions are made for planning and implementing a walking program for a city or town. (JD)

The study focused on the factors affecting implementation of Georgia's parenting education program at selected sites over a three-year period. Qualitative methods were used to trace activities and procedures in the implementation process. The study resulted in the identification of eight factors that affected implementation. (Author/CH)

The AAHPERD Physical Fitness Task Force was formed to develop an effective and appropriate health status test for older adults. This article describes the procedures employed by the Task Force to develop and validate the test. (IAH)

The author describes an educational program developed by the Iowa Association of Community College Trustees for chronic traffic offenders. The program helps offenders examine the relationship between their attitudes and their behavior as drivers. Program implementation and results are discussed. (CH)

Describes the development, use, and evaluation of a computer-assisted instruction tutorial for "Introduction to Research," a problem course in the University of California-San Francisco School of Nursing. (JOW)

Describes a learning activity that involves planning a community and then altering the transportation system to meet new specifications. Includes the rationale for the activity, how it fits into the technology education curriculum, and how it was implemented to fit a variety of age and grade levels. (JOW)

Examines eight reasons why Total Quality Management cannot succeed in education and shows how one Florida elementary school surmounted these obstacles and implemented Deming's quality principles. Principal Nancy Duden overcame resistance to change, leadership misconceptions, reliance on external motivators (promotions and grades), increased…

Developing effective technology education for U.S. schools is a major challenge that will require bold leadership by educators committed to providing fundamentals in humanities, science, and technology. Teachers and administrators must review and revise present science and humanities courses. They must design technology education courses to help…

Describes how "Colorado's Information Literacy Guidelines" were written and implemented and provides suggestions for developing similar guidelines. Discusses drafting parameters, revisions and community participation, final editing and distribution, and three projects that are contributing to successful implementation. (AEF)

Discusses strategies designed to increase the instrumental use of program evaluation findings based on experiences in Australian schools. Highlights include an evaluation plan; awareness of the evaluation; timely reporting techniques; guidelines for implementation of findings; and the role of the evaluator as change agent. (Contains 21…

All 12 Canadian provincial/territorial coordinators of technology education/industrial arts responded to a survey. Nine reported a name change; 70% had adequate funds for curriculum development, but over 50% believed facility planning, retraining, and research were inadequately funded. Limited support for technology education came from local…

Describes how two Orlando, Florida, high schools enhanced student success by implementing community-generated restructuring plans. Block scheduling helped improve attendance and grade point averages. Also, a survey of teachers and students disclosed school climate gains in the areas of safety, success, involvement, commitment, interpersonal…

Quality Implementation in Transition is a framework designed to guide transition specialists and administrators in the implementation of total quality management. The framework uses the tenets set forth by W. Edwards Deming and is intended to help professionals facilitate change within transition programs. (Author/JOW)

The "Code of Practice," developed in the United Kingdom in consultation with key organizations concerned with students having special educational needs, is discussed in terms of effects of implementation efforts. Positive aspects such as its emphasis on individual programs are identified along with challenges, including lack of resources…

Implementation of a career education program in Greek schools was hindered by the following: (1) an overambitious goal of developing personality for working life; (2) lack of technology; (3) content of teachers' guides; (4) attitudes that career education was a pseudosubject, add-on, or "play time"; and (5) inadequate teacher training.…