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Partnership for 21st Century Skills, 2007
This 21st Century Skills Map is the result of hundreds of hours of research, development and feedback from educators and business leaders across the nation. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills has issued this map for the core subject of Social Studies.
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Social Studies, Skill Development, Critical Thinking
Walz, Garry R.; Benjamin, Libby – 1977
This monograph is based on the premise that counselor effectiveness, even counselor survival, depends upon the counselor's willingness and ability to be an active participant in facilitating change. The authors cite five conditions that must be present for successful change. They are: (1) a need for change must be felt by those who will be…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Change Agents
Paul, Alice; Meredith, Keith – 1975
This booklet describes the training strategies and materials developed as part of the Tucson Early Education Model (TEEM) program for training Program Assistants to foster implementation of TEEM in local school districts. The booklet contains samples of various training materials, as well as descriptions and outlines of the Summer Training…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Educational Innovation, Inservice Teacher Education, Institutes (Training Programs)
US Department of Education, 2004
The promise charter schools hold for public school innovation and reform lies in an unprecedented combination of freedom and accountability. Underwritten with public funds but run independently, charter schools are free from a range of state laws and district policies stipulating what and how they teach, where they can spend their money, and who…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Accountability, Charter Schools, Freedom
Rockefeller Foundation, New York, NY. – 1990
New findings from a Rockefeller Foundation study spotlight the possible gains from fully integrated programs of education and employment. The findings are especially relevant to programs of basic education and employment developing under the Family Support Act. The integrated model focuses employment training on a specific job, relates basic…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Guidelines, Job Training, Low Income Groups
Strommen, Merton P. – 1979
Findings are presented from an experimental study of consultants, a three-year project funded by the Human Services Development Branch of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the purpose of which was to provide a technology for use by consultants within youth-serving organizations in the diffusion and utilization of innovative programs.…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Consultants, Consultation Programs, Counselor Role
Newlove, Beulah W.; Hall, Gene E. – 1976
One simple and straightforward way to learn about individuals' concerns about an educational innovation is to ask them to respond to the question, "When you think about (the innovation), what are you concerned about?" This manual is intended to aid school officials in analyzing these open-ended concerns statements in order to effectively assess…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
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National Association of Private, Nontraditional Schools and Colleges, Grand Junction, CO. – 1977
The handbook's purpose is to present an overview of the concept of accreditation by contract as proposed by the National Association of Private, Nontraditional Schools and Colleges. A secondary purpose is to identify standards and a range of possible procedures or guidelines that might be used by institutions interested in the development of plans…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Contracts, Educational Innovation, Educational Specifications
Haysom, J. T.; Sutton, C. R. – 1974
Those who wish to explore new approaches in the education of undergraduates may find in this case study techniques which can be employed in their particular field. The strategy of curriculum development described and discussed begins with a community of interested people pooling ideas and devising a range of student activities. In Chapter 2 a…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Higher Education, Instructional Innovation, Instructional Materials
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. Div. of Curriculum and Instruction. – 1974
This environmental education resource manual deals with the computer based resource unit (CBRU) program available to New Jersey school teachers. The program is designed to unburden the teacher in planning classroom and out-of-school learning experiences based upon specific learner objectives for many grade levels and learning variables. Each…
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Educational Resources, Environmental Education, Information Sources
Jefferson County Public Schools, Lakewood, CO. – 1977
This program guide describes the Added Dimensions to Parent and Preschool Education program, a Developer/Demonstrator project of the National Diffusion Network. The Added Dimensions model provides a classroom program for 3- and 4-year-old children as well as parent involvement, home visitation and developmental screening components. The guide is…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Demonstration Programs, Educational Innovation, Home Visits
Manning, Brad A. – 1976
The "Trouble Shooting" Checklist (TSC) for Higher Educational Settings has been developed to assist educational change agents, faculty, and administrators concerned with change, in their assessment of organizational variables predictive of a department's potential for successfully adopting innovations. The higher educational based TSC is both…
Descriptors: Administration, Change Agents, Educational Assessment, Educational Innovation
Messolonghites, Louisa, Ed. – 1974
The use of drugs is frequently a response to boredom, frustration, pain, powerlessness, and lack of hope for change. The alternatives approach suggests that drug use can be diminished as other and more satisfying means of fulfilling human needs are made accessible. This resource book grew out of the Alternative Pursuits experience, and concerns…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Futures (of Society), Human Living, Individual Needs
McLean, Marquita; And Others – 1976
A computerized Affirmative Action Data Collection and Reporting System was implemented at the University of Cincinnati to assist in monitoring the progress of the University's Affirmative Action program. The benefits derived from the system were definitely a contributing factor in the University's successful attempt to have its Affirmative Action…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Data Collection, Data Processing, Disadvantaged
Biasco, Frank – 1976
The University of West Florida has developed a program in which students are able to serve as volunteers to agencies and schools of the community. The psychology department offers credit to any student donating so many clock hours of service per week for 10 weeks or a total or 30 hours per quarter. This paper presents a very brief course outline,…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Involvement, Higher Education, Innovation
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