A 6-year collaboration between home care professionals and academic researchers shows how to identify the right research partners, mobilize resources, sustain long-term effectiveness, and ensure return on investments of time, energy, and resources. Despite the challenges to both community and university, research partnerships result in benefits to…

rationale for team teaching is developed and its operation is described. Tutor responses are listed, and frameworks for implementing team teaching are offered. The author suggests that team teaching be considered an appropriate arrangement in various adult education settings. (CH)

The experience of the International Centre for Research in Agriculture shows that successful interdisciplinary research requires (1) appreciation of systems concepts; (2) common understanding of goals and objectives; and (3) effective communication and management procedures. (SK)

Reviewed are the roundtable discussions concerning the issues and strategies relevant to the connections between the implementation of programs for population education and the coordinated effort to support "Education for All" among the Asian countries participating in the World Conference on Education for All, organized by UNESCO during…

Discusses the growing field of continuing professional education, including who the providers are and how they currently interact. Providers are (1) higher education, (2) professional associations, (3) employers, and (4) independent providers. Suggests research on outcomes of collaboration. (CH)

Focuses on the problem of literacy in adolescents and adults. Reviews literacy in the context of improving relevance of education. Argues that the problem of relevance should be addressed by all sectors and asks that educators develop processes of open, genuine mutual and cooperative inquiry at the class and school levels. (Author/CH)

A joint degree nursing program involving three New Jersey colleges uses these ingredients for successful academic partnerships: focus on students, awareness of differing missions, understanding of institutional cultures and work rules, communication, and willingness to collaborate. (SK)

States that using diverse types of museums as sources of information for writing helps to stimulate imagination and personal expression. Describes many possible approaches, including poets in museums, curriculum collaborative programs, intensive student writing projects, high school programs, and after-school programs. Discusses problems that may…

Describes, within the political context, European Union cooperative efforts for educational quality, recognition of qualifications, and open/distance learning. Concludes that success depends on the diversity of education and training systems in Member States. (SK)

Unions are natural providers of basic skills instruction. They are in daily workplace contact with their membership, are trusted to work on members' behalf, and speak the language of the worker. Unions are trying to address the needs of illiterate workers through collective bargaining arrangements in which employers contribute a percentage of…

Compiles data from 27 studies comprising the Cooperative Research Program in First-Grade Reading Instruction. Reveals ability to recognize letters of the alphabet prior to beginning reading instruction was the best predictor of first-grade reading achievement. Indicates various nonbasal programs tended to be superior as measured by word…

Reports briefly on the conclusions of work groups held during a 1980 educational conference which discussed the role of West Germany in international cultural relations. The following topics were discussed: foreign language education and teaching; cultural export and exchange; international cooperation between scientists; and international…

Discusses possible sources of conflict between school counselors and special education teachers: differentiation of function among subgroups; power struggles; and role conflicts. Discusses opportunities for collaboration and describes four methods to avoid conflict. (ABL)

A British college-university partnership provides access courses for Asian adults that include continuing consultation among faculty, assessment of student needs and satisfaction, and attention to the concerns of speakers of English as a Second Language. The program emphasizes curriculum relevance and cultural perspective. (SK)

Discusses some benefits and problems of the North Carolina teacher preparation program, "Quality Assurance," which is a comprehensive reform program placing strong emphasis on public school participation during a six year teacher education process. (SD)