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Pederson, Clara A., Comp. – 1976
The booklet presents 15 articles describing innovative social studies materials and teaching techniques. It was designed to help classroom teachers develop and implement social studies programs at the elementary school level. The materials were developed by teachers in education programs at the University of North Dakota from 1968-77. The first…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Career Education, Childhood Interests, Childrens Literature
Levin, Henry M., Ed.; McEwan, Patrick J., Ed. – 2002
This collection of papers provides decision-makers with tools to improve resource allocation. The two primary tools, or modes, are cost-effective analysis and cost-benefit analysis, which researchers in education have devised and refined. This volume has three main goals, all intended to help decision-makers construct a useful research program:…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Economics of Education, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Anderson, G. Lester, Ed. – 1976
A series of essays address the question: What can and might we expect of the land-grant system and values today and in the future? The essays include: what's ahead for the land-grant colleges (Ralph K. Huitt); the land-grant university, myth and reality (David Madsen); colleges of agriculture revisited (Henry R. Fortmann, Jerome K. Pasto, Thomas…
Descriptors: Behavioral Sciences, Blacks, Educational Change, Educational Policy
Jantzen, Steven L. – 1977
The purpose of the book is to provide social studies teachers with a variety of interesting and workable ideas for presenting hard-to-teach concepts in new ways. Included in this volume are the best ideas for simulations, values exercises, and other social studies lessons from "Senior Scholastic," a magazine written especially for secondary social…
Descriptors: American History, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Enrichment
Direct linkHerrington, Tony; Herrington, Jan – Information Science Publishing, 2006
As greater accountability in higher education grows, authentic learning has found a prominent place in the education agenda. Technology continues to open up possibilities for innovative and effective learning opportunities, and students and teachers are no longer happy to accept familiar classroom-based pedagogies that rely on content delivery and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Environment, Student Centered Curriculum, Graduate Study
Cuban, Larry – 2003
This book reflects on why it is so difficult to achieve good schools. It features ideas on teacher education, curriculum, and school administration; offers vignettes of four "good" schools (traditional, progressive, community-based, and democratic) that clearly differ from one another; and illustrates that there is no one type of schooling that is…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Economics of Education, Educational Change, Educational Quality
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Download full textPopov, Nikolay, Ed.; Wolhuter, Charl, Ed.; Ermenc, Klara Skubic, Ed.; Hilton, Gillian, Ed; Ogunleye, James, Ed.; Chigisheva, Oksana, Ed. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2014
This volume contains papers submitted to the 12th Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), held in Sofia and Nessebar, Bulgaria, in June 2014, and papers submitted to the 2nd International Partner Conference, organized by the International Research Centre 'Scientific Cooperation,' Rostov-on-Don,…
Descriptors: Role of Education, Global Approach, Competence, Comparative Education
Arrow, Kenneth J. Ed.; And Others – 1996
This collection of 30 essays on the character, administration, and management of research universities research university emphasizes the perspective of statistics and operations research: The essays are: "A Robust Faculty Planning Model" (Frederick Biedenweg); "Looking Back at Computer Models Employed in the Stanford University…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Activism, Affirmative Action, Business Education
Hoxby, Caroline M., Ed. – 2003
This collection of essays grew out of a series of conferences held by the National Bureau of Economic Research on school finance, public economics, and school choice. After an introduction by Carolyn M. Hoxby, the papers are: (1) "Does Public School Competition Affect Teacher Quality?" (Eric A. Hanushek and Steven G. Rivkin); (2) "Can School…
Descriptors: Accountability, Economics of Education, Educational Finance, Educational Quality
Fowler, William J., Jr., Ed. – 2003
The papers collected for this volume were selected from the fiscal proceedings of the 2001 and 2002 conferences of the National Center for Education Statistics. They represent current research in public-school education finance. The papers are as follows: "What We Know and What We Need to Know About Vouchers and Charter Schools" (Brian…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Budgets, Charter Schools, Costs
Pheng, Duy; Sovonn, Hang; Soly, Yos – 2001
This book contains a detailed description of the challenges faced by educational finance and budgeting in Cambodia. Until recently, educational financing took the form of emergency budgets and was limited to government planning for teacher salaries and costs of examinations. There has been a general lack of coordination between provinces and the…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Budgets, Costs, Economics of Education
Lewin, Keith; Caillods, Francoise – 2001
This book explores the problems and issues of secondary-school financing in developing countries. It outlines the rationale for expanding secondary education, investigates under what conditions it might be possible to do so at sustainable cost levels, presents case studies of secondary-school financing, and offers policy recommendations. The first…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Community Support, Costs, Developing Nations
Vail, Ann, Ed.; Fox, Wanda S., Ed.; Wild, Peggy, Ed. – 2000
This book contains 27 papers on the development of national standards for family and consumer sciences (FACS) education. The following papers are included: "Leadership for Change: Developing the National Standards" (Peggy Wild); "National Standards Model" (Wanda S. Fox); "Reasoning for Action" (Wanda S. Fox, Janet F.…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Planning, Clothing Instruction, Community Services
Nanzaddorj, Buluut – 2001
This book provides an indepth description and analysis of financial management and budgetary procedures for education in Mongolia. Chapter titles describe the content of the book: (1) "General Information"; (2) "Description of the Education System"; (3) "Macroeconomic Review"; (4) "Educational Financing and…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Budgets, Costs, Curriculum
Riddell, Abby – 2002
This book contains two case studies--one from Zambia, one from Mozambique--of the implications for donors of pursuing sector-wide approaches (SWAps) in education. (A sector-wide approach is characterized as a sustained partnership led by national authorities involving different arms of government and, where relevant, donor agencies, with the goals…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Agency Cooperation, Budgets, Donors
