A research project was undertaken to provide a foundation for future research on the efficacy of games and simulations for use in training and assessing junior company-grade officers working in administrative, nontactical support, and staff jobs. Based on survey interviews with nineteen incumbents of Finance, Adjutant General, and Quartermaster…

This book purports to expand the learning potential of students by considering how the world inside the school interacts with outside social contexts. As the schooling of English language learners becomes ever more complex and political, this book has been updated in a second edition to address new trends and issues related to the teaching of…

This document contains three research reports dealing with teacher education in the U.S. "Changing Patterns of Teacher Education," by Atkin and Raths, attempts to (a) highlight innovative trends in preservice and inservice training; (b) outline relevant political, economic, and social factors; and (c) identify resulting policy issues.…

This report is a digest of a larger work, "Developments in Paid Leave of Absence," a report including case studies and analysis of the collective experience of nine European countries and the United States with paid educational leave. Section I defines paid educational leave as "leave given to an employee for educational purposes…

This report presents findings from the U.S. evaluation of the original or "classic" version of the Intel Teach to the Future program. The data analyzed in this report come primarily from a survey administered in April 2003 to Classic Master and Participant Teachers in the United States. Additional data come from a survey administered to…

Suggesting that, like the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in the United States, Britain's Assessment of Performance Unit is likely to evoke opposition, the author proposes a teacher-based assessment system as an alternative. (SJL) Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP) dealt with in this document: Procedures (Evaluation).

Both technological developments and the political context in which developments have occurred are considered, based on (1) an international conference organized by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in October 1978; (2) results of studies in different countries in collaboration with German agencies; (3) research in…

Presented in this report are brief descriptions of preservice teacher education programs offered by American institutions of higher education and inservice teacher education programs and structures in U.S. urban school districts, designed for the education, preparation, and continuing training of professionals for urban schools. The programs were…

The purpose of this summer institute was to enrich the knowledge of the participants and also expose them to new materials, trends, and techniques in the area of political science and related social sciences with special reference to Africa and the United States. Participants were senior high school teachers of civics and world affairs whose…

A 6-week instructor training course is described which has been adapted for pre- and inservice programs in professional development of vocational education teachers at Appalachian State University and other institutions. The 16-module course was originally developed for use by the Community College of the Air Force for preparing skilled…

Compares programs for gifted elementary grade children in the United Kingdom and the United States. It describes cooperative programs with colleges, including Saturday clubs and summer schools, courses for teachers in differentiated curriculum for these students, and courses for parents of gifted children. (DB)

The Appalachian Math Science Partnership (AMSP) is a project within NSF's (National Science Foundation's) Math Science Partnerships (MSP) initiative. Funded at $23 million over five years, the AMSP involved 51 school districts and nine higher education institutions in Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia. The AMSP faced two significant challenges in…

This monograph presents 26 papers addressed to workshop sessions representing thought and innovation in employment counseling and vocational guidance. Two papers are written in German, one in French, and 23 in English. Abstracts preceding each paper appear in the two languages other than that used for the paper itself. Topics covered include…

Since 2001, classroom and pre-service teachers, along with high school and university students from Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Germany, Lithuania, Ukraine and the United States, have participated in an international workshop that focuses on preparing students and teachers for life in an increasingly interconnected world. These intercultural…

This directory contains abstracts for over 60 Office of Special Education (OSE) projects funded under the vocational/career education priority to provide training to educators involved with the handicapped. (This priority regards the preparation of personnel to meet the critical and continuing need for provision of vocational/career education…