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Direct linkDongping, Yang, Ed.; Chunqing, Chai, Ed.; Yinnian, Zhu, Ed. – BRILL, 2009
China's education system has grown increasingly complex, creating the need for an annual critical review of the education system by China's top scholars. The "Blue Book of Education," as it is known in Chinese, has gained a reputation for offering the most penetrating perspective in China on educational reform and development. In this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Development, Yearbooks, Educational Change
Download full textAsefa, Sisay, Ed. – 1988
This book contains a series of essays based on public lectures delivered by six agricultural economists during the 1986-1987 academic year at Western Michigan University. Some of the main issues and problems addressed in the essays are the role of technical change in agricultural development, the value of learning from historical and comparative…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agriculture, Developing Nations, Economic Development
National Association of Secondary School Principals, Reston, VA. – 1987
Intended to serve as a handbook for the principal of the small school, this volume presents a collection of 38 articles about small schools that have appeared in the National Association of Secondary School Principals Bulletin during the past 7 years. An introduction explores the basic concept of size as it relates to schools. Five chapters group…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Guides, Administrator Role, Educational Environment
Fugitt, Glenn V., Ed. – 1980
Published in order to further a better understanding of how work in the field of rural sociology is carried on in various places, the six papers describe pedagogical and research activities relating to the sociological concern for rural people in West Africa, Brazil, Iran, the Middle East, Japan, and India. Each paper describes the evolution of…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Area Studies, Educational History, Foreign Countries
Smutny, Joan Franklin, Ed. – 2003
Twenty-five papers address issues of the underserved gifted, including environmental influences, multicultural and global factors, special learning problems, and the highly gifted and creatively gifted. The papers are: "Twenty-five Teaching Strategies that Promote Learning Success for Underserved Gifted Populations" (Jerry Flack); "The Invisible…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Bilingual Education, Cultural Differences, Enrichment Activities
Rural School and Community Trust, Washington, DC. – 2002
This publication compiles oral histories preserved by rural students around the country and provides teachers with information and resources for developing oral history projects. The first five sections were written by the students and teachers of (1) Anderson Valley Junior/Senior High School, Boonville, California; (2) Edcouch-Elsa High School,…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Intergenerational Programs, Interviews, Local History
Hautecoeur, Jean-Paul, Ed. – 1994
This book compiles 21 action research articles from 12 countries that describe community-based initiatives in adult literacy education in peripheral rural areas. These initiatives represent dynamic experiments in cultural action that explicitly link individual basic education and a collective change in the conditions of local life. The reports…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Basic Education, Community Action, Community Development
National Education Association, Washington, DC. – 1938
This publication describes adaptations of teaching methods and instructional materials to meet the special needs of rural students in the late 1930s. These "newer" types of instruction were often child centered, and included: (1) grouping subject matter into broad divisions such as social studies and language arts rather than the traditional…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Philosophy, Educational Practices, Elementary Education
Howley, Craig B., Ed.; Harmon, Hobart L., Ed. – 2000
It is now widely recognized that small schools are more productive and effective than larger schools. Yet, public officials and professional educators in many rural areas continue to believe that small schools are inefficient and ineffective, a way of thinking reflected in closed schools, angry residents, and long bus rides for students. About a…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Environment, High Schools
Perrone, Vito, Ed. – 1998
The Annenberg Rural Challenge is a national effort to revitalize rural communities and schools and their long-standing values of community, democracy, and care for the natural environment. This collection of five essays presents a number of themes that are central to the Rural Challenge's philosophy. "Bringing It All Back Home: Reclaiming the…
Descriptors: Community Control, Community Development, Democracy, Educational Change
Duncan, Cynthia M., Ed. – 1992
This book consists of 13 essays discussing rural poverty in the United States, including historical and current conditions of rural poverty, underlying the social, economic, and political factors, and policy implications. The book is organized into three parts. Part 1 consists of four essays that provide a comprehensive description of the poverty…
Descriptors: Political Influences, Poverty, Poverty Areas, Public Policy
Miron, Mary, Ed. – 1989
This collection of articles provides an overview of some of the recent social science research projects performed by state agricultural experiment stations. The examples highlight social science's contribution to problem-solving in rural business, industry, farming, communities, government, education, and families. The following programs are…
Descriptors: Community Development, Experiment Stations, Program Descriptions, Research and Development
Findley, Jean, Ed.; Tonsmeire, J. Kelly, Ed. – 1989
In this collection, eight master teachers with extensive experience in small, rural Alaska schools describe some of the ways they have adapted instruction to rural Alaskan circumstances. These papers discuss: (1) the characteristics of effective rural teachers; (2) adapting the "Coping!" curriculum for affective education to the cultural…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development
Odasz, Frank B., Comp. – 1990
This document contains a wide assortment of papers and promotional materials concerning the Big Sky Telegraph, a Montana-based telecommunications network serving rural economic development organizations. Funded by the US West Foundation and Western Montana College, Big Sky was created to stimulate grassroots innovation in rural education,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Community Development, Computer Networks, Distance Education
Harlacher, Ervin L., Ed. – 1988
This collection of essays provides case studies of current uses of technology in community colleges and projections for the future. The collection includes: (1) "Education and Curriculum Futures: Impacts from Technological Advances and Global Trends," by Earl C. Joseph; (2) "The Sociological Implications of the New Technology," by Bernard G.…
Descriptors: College Planning, Curriculum, Electronics, Instructional Innovation
