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Download full textEckard, Ronald D.; Kearny, Mary Ann – 1981
A major goal of ESL education is to teach students how to speak English well enough to converse spontaneously and naturally with native speakers. Discourse analysis provides an understanding of those skills second language learners need to acquire to converse with native speakers and an understanding of how these skills may most beneficially be…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Class Activities, Dialogs (Language), Discourse Analysis
Prospects for Black Teachers: Preparation, Certification, Employment. Information Analysis Products.
Witty, Elaine P. – 1982
A survey of the literature on the issues and problems related to the preparation and survival of black public school teachers in the United States resulted in findings and recommendations in five areas. The first area considers literature on the underrepresentation of black teachers in public schools, studies on pupil/teacher ratios, expanded…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Black Achievement, Black Colleges, Black Education
Cambel, Marion, Ed. – 1981
The report analyzes trends in research and programs in special education. Twelve reviewers from each of the divisions of The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) reviewed abstracts of ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) documents (project reports, research reports, and conference presentations). The ERIC documents resulted from a…
Descriptors: Administration, Behavior Problems, Career Education, Communication Disorders
Wonacott, Michael E. – 2001
Career portfolios contain evidence of individuals' knowledge and skills and are useful tools in job search and career change, especially now that employers want generalizable workplace skills not well portrayed by traditional means and students are often inept at communicating their skills and knowledge to employers. Career portfolios contain and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Awareness, Career Education, Career Planning
Wonacott, Michael E. – 2002
The career and technical education (CTE) system before Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 has been characterized as traditionally dominated by gender segregation and discrimination. The most damaging consequence of such gender bias is to limit females' access to the benefits of CTE--the living wage that provides females the same economic…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Counseling, Educational Change, Educational Discrimination
Knoblauch, Bernadette; McLane, Kathleen – 1999
This digest summarizes changes in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) in the reauthorization and amendments of 1997, Public Law 105-17. These changes include: participation of students with disabilities in state and district-wide assessment programs, development and review of the individualized education program (IEP), enhanced…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Conflict Resolution, Disabilities, Discipline
Wonacott, Michael E. – 2001
Technological literacy includes the following elements: (1) the ability to use technology; (2) knowledge about the details of individual technologies and the processes of technology development; (3) a holistic understanding of the historical and cultural context of technology and adaptability based on initiative and resourceful thinking; and (4) a…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Cooperative Planning, Curriculum Development, Definitions
Orkwis, Raymond; DeCarme, Judi; Glover, Jeanne – 2000
This 5-volume directory describes more than 1,200 discretionary grants and contracts supported by the Research to Practice Division of the Office of Special Education Programs. The projects are grouped into sections representing the seven program areas of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments (1997), Part D. This volume, the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Intervention, Education Work Relationship, Educational Practices
Burnett, Gary; And Others – 1994
Critics of the Federal Title I and Chapter 1 compensatory education programs to increase the academic skills of disadvantaged children suggest that the return for the Federal investment has been small and that designers have not created programs that work. When the compensatory education programs were conceived, their promise was immense. During…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Levin, Rebekah A., Ed. – 1994
This book provides a picture of comprehensive children's services from a global, theoretical perspective, as well as a more practical guide to the potential roles for participating service providers and the structuring of such programs. Following an introduction, the volume is organized into 14 chapters: (1) "Moving from Cooperation to…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Ancillary School Services, Cooperative Planning, Cultural Pluralism
ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management, Eugene, OR. – 1984
The first 2 of the 12 publications reviewed in this annotated bibliography use Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs to address problems, respectively, of teaching composition and of motivating students by teaching them how to set goals, formulate goal-achievement strategies, and successfully implement their plans. Subsequent reports suggest ways of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Guides, Behavior Theories, Demonstration Programs
ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management, Eugene, OR. – 1990
Annotations of ERIC literature on the learning environment are presented in this document. Materials were selected for inclusion from the ERIC catalogs Resources in Education (RIE) and Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE). The 10 publications are as follows: "School Is for Teachers: Enhancing the School Environment," by Buck Adams and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, At Risk Persons, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention
Ellis, Thomas I. – Research Roundup, 1986
Included in this summary analysis of three journal articles and two documents on teacher evaluation are reports that touch on difficulties facing school officials in developing a teacher evaluation system and suggestions for assessing the strengths and weaknesses of an evaluation system. The first article, by Susan S. Stodolsky, challenges…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Concurrent Validity, Cooperative Planning, Decision Making
Kerka, Sandra – 2003
Educators are considering ways to help youth identified as "at-risk" succeed in school and beyond. Alternative programs (AP) can be effective environments for students who may not fit the mainstream mold and need additional support. Effective AP use a holistic approach that encompasses social, academic, psychological and career-related…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adult Education, Basic Skills, Career Academies
Orkwis, Ray; DeCarme, Judi; Glover, Jeanne – 2001
This book is a directory that describes about 1,100 discretionary grants and contracts supported by the Research to Practice Division of the Office of Special Education Programs. The projects are grouped into sections representing the seven program areas of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Amendments (1997), Part D. This…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Captions, Cultural Enrichment, Disabilities
