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Direct linkMack, Elizabeth; Augare, Helen; Cloud-Jones, Linda Different; David, Dominique; Gaddie, Helene Quiver; Honey, Rose E.; Kawagley, Angayuqaq O.; Plume-Weatherwax, Melissa Little; Fight, Lisa Lone; Meier, Gene; Pete, Tachini; Leaf, James Rattling; Returns From Scout, Elvin; Sachatello-Sawyer, Bonnie; Shibata, Hi'ilani; Valdez, Shelly; Wippert, Rachel – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2012
There are a growing number of informal science education (ISE) programs in Native communities that engage youth in science education and that are grounded in Native ways of knowing. There is also a growing body of research focusing on the relationship between culture, traditional knowledge, and science education. However, there is little research…
Descriptors: Expertise, American Indian Education, Science Education, Indigenous Populations
Bass, Lisa – Journal of School Public Relations, 2010
In this article I discuss the demographic shifts that have occurred in the United States, which have disrupted the traditional school environment. I contend that the changes have been so drastic that students who were once called traditional are now seldom seen in the school environment; whereas students once viewed nontraditional are becoming the…
Descriptors: Traditional Schools, Educational Change, School Restructuring, Community Schools
Schwartz, Heather Lee – School Administrator, 2010
As the charter school movement has come to scale within the United States, it poses new questions about how to govern public education. With a significant rural contingent, charter schools are no longer just an urban phenomenon. Partly in response to the growth in charter schools, Paul Hill, director of the Center on Reinventing Public Education,…
Descriptors: Traditional Schools, Charter Schools, School Districts, Foreign Countries
National Association of State Boards of Education, 2010
The current education model in the United States, a relic of the Industrial Age, is increasingly out of touch with the needs of society and the students it serves. The traditional model of education--where a teacher imparts knowledge to students through lecture and students recite memorized facts and solve fundamental math and science problems to…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Traditional Schools, School Organization, Human Capital
Meredith, Corine Cadle – Gifted and Talented International, 2009
This article illuminates the current status of our understanding regarding the academic and social-emotional needs of gifted, early adolescent females in the United States. A synthesis of both theoretical and empirical studies addresses two foundational questions. First, how do we describe the unique population of gifted, female, adolescent…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Traditional Schools, Single Sex Schools, Academically Gifted
Download full textTaylor, Matt – US Department of Education, 2007
The Emergency Response and Crisis Management (ECRM) Technical Assistance Center's newsletter "ERCMExpress" provides comprehensive information on key issues in school emergency management. Many nontraditional schools across the United States, such as storefront schools, rural schools, and alternative education facilities, face challenges…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Traditional Schools, Crisis Management, Emergency Programs
Cooper, Bruce S.; Randall, E. Vance – Educational Policy, 2008
Supporters of public education fear attempts to privatize schools, while the private sector has always struggled against the monopolistic power of the public schools that educates almost 90% of all K-12 students. This trepidation has recently been intensified by the creation of a "third sector" that includes charter schools, voucher…
Descriptors: Traditional Schools, Charter Schools, Private Schools, Privatization
Walton, John S.; Martin, Michele C. – Online Submission, 2004
This paper is a part of an ongoing empirical, multi-modal comparative investigation into corporate universities in the US and the UK, the first stage of which was reported in Walton and Martin (2000). This second stage consists of an in-depth comparative study of the aims and objectives of corporate universities in the UK and US compared to…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Proprietary Schools, Traditional Schools, Universities
Morey, Ann I. – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2004
Globalization and the revolution in technological communications are major forces of change in higher education. This environment, when coupled with the needs of adult learners and the rising costs of tuition at traditional colleges and universities, has stimulated the emergence of for-profit, degree-granting higher education in the United States.…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Information Technology, Higher Education, Proprietary Schools
Kiker, Jason – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J3), 2007
The ninth recommendation in ACTE's high school reform position statement is to move beyond "seat-time" and narrowly defined knowledge and skills. United States high schools operate on a well-established set of expectations for size, time of day and seasons of the year that programs and classes are offered, how instructional material is…
Descriptors: Expectation, Educational Change, School Restructuring, High Schools
Peer reviewedKoo, Ramsey; Harlin, Rebecca P. – Childhood Education, 2001
Examines the shortcomings of traditional schooling and the promise of learning in nontraditional environments in addressing student needs, teacher's role, and curriculum issues. Notes that the articles in this special issue indicate that a variety of situations and conditions lend themselves to nontraditional educational approaches or methods. (SD)
Descriptors: Children, Distance Education, Educational Innovation, Educational Methods
Zhang, Xiaoping; Sigel, Irving E. – 1994
This cross-cultural study evaluated the effects of nontraditional versus traditional educational approaches in kindergarten on children's preparation for first grade and their readiness to learn. Fifty children in a developmental kindergarten in Pennsylvania, and 50 children in a traditional academic kindergarten in Sichuan province, People's…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Background, Cultural Differences, Cultural Traits
Dede, Christopher; Hoagland, Kenneth – 1972
This paper speculates on difficulties in making American formal education an active force for conscious cultural change rather than a passive force for unconscious cultural stasis. Two questions central to discussing any educational system which purports to be a conscious force for cultural change are posed: Can a society conscious of its own…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Cultural Influences, Educational Development, Educational Objectives
McNeil, Don – 1977
Implications of the Open University upon traditional higher education in England and the United States are examined. The history of adult education is reviewed in relationship to working class adults, the Open University, and the traditional British and American higher education. The history of correspondence study and its practical use for…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Students, Conventional Instruction
STONE, DONALD C. – 1966
DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, CONCERNED WITH SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHANGE, HAS A DIFFERENT FOCUS AND COVERS DIFFERENT SUBJECTS FROM THOSE IN TRADITIONAL COURSES IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, POLITICAL SCIENCE, ECONOMICS, OR LAW. IN DESIGNING A CURRICULUM, TRAINING CENTERS SHOULD STUDY THE TASKS AND PROCESSES OF DEVELOPMENT, ADMINISTRATIVE OBSTACLES, AND…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, College Administration, Community Development, Developing Nations
