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Pressley, Michael; McCormick, Christine B. – Guilford Publications, 2006
Filling a tremendous need, this is the first graduate-level child development text written specifically for future educators. The volume provides a solid understanding of major theories of development, focusing on how each has informed research and practice in educational contexts. Topics include the impact of biology and early experiences on the…
Descriptors: Gender Role, Motivation, Social Theories, Language Acquisition
Shao, Xianya, Comp.; Woolman, David C., Ed. – 1993
Intended to help practitioners make the transition from traditional to whole language instruction in reading and writing, this 160-item annotated bibliography provides a selection of journal articles and research reports, language arts curriculum guides, student texts, and professional textbooks which reflect whole language theory, research,…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Curriculum Guides, Elementary Education, Language Arts
Trask, R. L. – 1996
The dictionary, intended primarily for teachers and students of phonetics, contains almost 2,000 terms used in the field of phonetics. Areas covered include articulatory, acoustic, and perceptual phonetics, classical and generative phonology, distinctive features, the phonology of English, and phonological change and variation. Terminology is…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Definitions, Distinctive Features (Language), Generative Phonology
de Rijke, Victoria; Cox, Geoff – 1994
This resource, which includes nine colored postcards, offers words and pictures to stimulate classroom discussion of the key issues relating to both the institutions of art and of education. It attempts to challenge and question the current relations of power, hierarchies, and received information in the field of art education. Part 1, "On…
Descriptors: Aesthetics, Art Criticism, Art Education, British National Curriculum
Villanueva, Victor, Jr., Ed. – 1997
Intended for experienced teachers of composition and for graduate student of composition studies, this collection of essays represents an overview of the last 30 years of composition theory--a near chronology of the profession's changes, from process to cohesion to cognition to social construction to ideology. The 41 essays and their authors…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational History, Higher Education, Student Needs
Molgaard, Virginia – 1985
These two documents address the issue of dealing with blame for farm families in crisis. The first document, for the adult student, discusses how and why people blame each other, with emphasis on the current farm financial crisis. It is noted that blaming occurs primarily at the anger and depression stages of the loss cycle and that, when losing…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Family Counseling, Family Problems, Family (Sociological Unit)
Spaulding, Irving A. – 1985
Rural sociology needs a conceptualization of social change and its implications for the discipline. Scientifically adequate conceptualization would enable rural sociologists to understand their own and others' social roles as activities which are aspects of social change. With this understanding the rural sociologist could conceive of his…
Descriptors: Change, Change Agents, Change Strategies, Intellectual Disciplines
Wanostrocht, N. – Carter, Hendee & Company, 1832
In this textbook, the parts of speech are arranged in the usual order, and each part is discussed under a separate section. Each rule is followed by a familiar exercise, which the master may use in the place of a dialogue. The advantages resulting from the scholars learning and then repeating their own translations by heart, must, in the opinion…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Grammar, French, Second Language Learning

Rogers, P. J. – Educational Studies, 1989
Describes some boisterous physical games which might be useful in promoting learning, especially in elementary mathematics classes with the socially disadvantaged. Provides a discussion of Jerome Bruner's theory which undergirds such activities. Presents results of an experiment using these methods with 160 children. Finds the case for using play…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Educational Research, Educational Theories, Elementary Education
Walsh, William M.; McGraw, James A. – 1996
This book provides a comprehensive overview of a number of popular approaches to family therapy, pointing out the similarities and differences in various approaches. It opens with a brief overview of family therapy models. The following eight chapters discuss eight separate models of therapy: (1) Communication/Validation Family Therapy; (2)…
Descriptors: Counseling, Counseling Techniques, Counseling Theories, Counselor Training
Kottler, Jeffrey A. – 1996
Although written to accompany a particular textbook, this student workbook may be used in conjunction with a number of different introductory texts and courses that orient beginners to the profession of counseling. It is intended to supplement class material. Because counselor training involves more than mastering a set of skills, a collection of…
Descriptors: Counseling, Counseling Psychology, Counseling Techniques, Counseling Theories
Humes, Charles W. – 1987
This book was written to serve as a basic text in courses that overview the use of counseling services and to serve as a useful reference for counseling practitioners. It is designed to stress counseling services in different settings (social agencies, mental health centers, schools, business/industry, correctional institutions, and private…
Descriptors: Career Development, Consultation Programs, Counseling Services, Counseling Techniques
Knight, W. Hal – 1986
This chapter of "Principles of School Business Management" identifies management theories that provide a fundamental conceptual knowledge base that school business officials can use to understand the school organizational setting and its influences on the day-to-day operation of the educational process. Particular attention is paid to…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership Styles, Organizational Change
Mattaini, Mark A., Ed.; Lowery, Christine T., Ed.; Meyer, Carol H., Ed. – 2002
As social work enters its second century, dynamic developments in practice and theory, the richness offered by multiple cultures and groups, and changing political and economic climates are potent forces driving advances in social work knowledge and practice. In the context of this professional evolution, this textbook wrestles with and builds on…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Counselor Training, Cultural Awareness, Graduate Study
Smith, Douglas – Scientific American, 1992
Describes an electronic circuit that can function as a prototype for chaotic systems. Specific applied voltages produce chaotic signals that can be viewed with an oscilloscope or be made audible with a home stereo system. Provides directions for assembly with typical costs, mathematical basis of chaos theory, and experimental extensions. (JJK)
Descriptors: Chaos Theory, Electric Circuits, Electronics, Enrichment Activities