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Cooper, Jewell E.; He, Ye; Levin, Barbara B. – Corwin, 2011
The increasingly diverse nature of today's schools and the need to increase the achievement of all students, no matter their background, requires 21st-century teachers to develop critical cultural competence. Looking at data is not enough. We have to know who our students are! This book shows you how to provide professional development that…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Cultural Awareness, Critical Thinking, Inservice Teacher Education
Devaney, Kathleen – 1977
This essay captures elements of the accumulated experiences of different teachers' centers and presents possible alternatives for efforts to establish new centers. Characteristics of a "typical" teachers' center are presented, according to origin, setting, facilities, program, governance, participation, and staff. Common differences…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Objectives, Governance, Inservice Education
Mosher, Edith K., Ed.; Wagoner, Jennings L., Jr., Ed. – 1978
This volume records the proceedings of a symposium in which scholars and practitioners from a variety of fields assessed present and future trends in the politics of education. It links relevant past events to significant trends in educational governance and policy-making and contributes to an understanding of the influences and demands that will…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Conferences, Economics, Educational Change
Ban, John R.; Ciminillo, Lewis M. – 1977
This book was written to present an overview of school violence and vandalism and pulls together in one format many of the diverse elements allied with school violence. A blueprint for action that schools can follow as they pursue measures of crime prevention and control is supplied. The first chapters review the crises of crime and violence in…
Descriptors: Attendance, Child Abuse, Crime, Delinquency
Kulich, Jindra, Ed. – 1977
The purpose of this volume is to present information on the training of adult educators in East European countries. All but two of these countries, Albania and Bulgaria, are described. The first of nine articles provides an overview of the research and preparation of adult education staff in some East European countries. Factors cited as…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Cultural Education, Educational History
Sawyer, Diane J., Ed. – 1980
Focusing on helping teachers to understand and help children who have reading disabilities, the 13 papers in this volume were prepared by practitioners at various levels from public school, community, and university settings. The papers included in part one offer insights into the concomitant aspects of reading difficulties. Specific topics…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Inservice Education, Learning Disabilities
Reitan, Henry M.; Coole, Walter A. – 1972
The "Purplebook" is an essential part of the "Greenbook System"--an integrated sequence of five individualized programs (Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and Epsilon) designed for professional development of college educators. The Gamma program was created for the established professional or the new-hire who has not conducted…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrators, Autoinstructional Aids, College Faculty
Klopf, Gordon J. – 1974
This booklet is intended to provide elementary school principals with some understanding of the concepts of adult learning and development and an awareness of some of the processes and techniques for conducting a staff development program. It is not, however, intended to serve as a complete training program in itself. Among the topics discussed in…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Adult Development, Bibliographies, Developmental Programs
Oregon State Dept. of Education, Salem. – 1974
This programed learning package on bilingual-bicultural education (BBE) is intended for teachers, administrators, paraprofessionals, and others involved in education. The material is based on four performance objectives, which are accompanied by learning activities designed to help the reader master each objective. The objectives involve learning…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Educational Needs
Jacobson, Erik – Peter Lang New York, 2012
The volume addresses the ways that the field of adult basic education has already been impacted by changes in technology and what needs to happen for learners and teachers to take full advantage of newly developing resources. The analysis is organized around three main themes: Learning, Teaching, and Organizing. Each section reviews relevant…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Multiple Literacies, Computer Literacy, Influence of Technology
Niehoff, Richard O.; Wilder, Bernard – 1974
Nonformal education programs operating in the modern sector in Ethiopia are described in a perspective relevant to the Ethiopian context. The modern sector is defined as those activities concerned with the manufacture of goods, extraction of raw materials, the processing of raw materials, the provision of services, and the creation and maintenance…
Descriptors: Business, Educational Needs, Educational Programs, Industrial Training
Grabowski, Stanley M. – 1976
This paper reviews and analyzes the literature dealing with training teachers of adults. Existing exemplary training programs and practices are identified and described, enabling practitioners to choose alternative models and programs for practice. Contents include: Need for the study; search of literature, needs of teachers; identified desirable…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Educational Programs, Inservice Education
Denham, Kristin, Ed.; Lobeck, Anne, Ed. – Cambridge University Press, 2010
Linguistics is a subject that has remained largely confined to the academy, rather than being integrated into school curricula. This is unfortunate but not surprising, as although some teacher education programs include courses on linguistics, it is not comprehensively integrated into teacher education, so it is largely absent from the curriculum.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Childrens Writing, Speech, Sociolinguistics
Salili, Farideh, Ed.; Hoosain, Rumjahn, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2010
Democratic political systems and the democratic way of life is aspired by most people around the world. Democracy is considered to be morally superior to other forms of political systems as it aspires to secure civil liberties, human rights, social justice and equality before the law for everyone regardless of their gender, culture, religion and…
Descriptors: Democracy, Multicultural Education, Cultural Differences, Citizenship Education
Storey, John; Edwards, Paul; Sisson, Keith – 1997
This book presents an analysis of the processes by which managers are made in Britain and Japan. It provides a detailed comparative study of the careers, training, developmental experience, and job demands of managers in eight companies in four sectors: engineering, banking, retail, and communications. Data are from the following sources:…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrators, Career Development, Career Planning
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