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T.H.E. Journal, 2003
How to involve families in the formal education of their children is a question researchers and educators have been trying to answer since the first bricks were laid for the nation's public education system. A solution must be found, for family involvement has been proven to be associated with a myriad of stellar outcomes, including greater…
Descriptors: Poverty, Parent Participation, Family Involvement, Standardized Tests
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Witte, James E.; Witte, Maria Martinez; Saltiel, Iris; Hackett, Paul T.; Hesler, Kathy; Johnson, Mike – Journal of Educational Research & Policy Studies, 2005
A collaborative partnership provides school administrators and university researchers an opportunity to evaluate a school-based initiative. Richards Middle School (RMS) in Columbus, Georgia identified school improvement goals and involved university researchers in a collaborative evaluation with implications for strengthening leadership, training,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Grade 6, Partnerships in Education
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Bartels, Nat – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2003
This study looks at language teachers' and language researchers' expectations and evaluations of two kinds of journal articles, either researcher-oriented or teacher-oriented. The results show that teachers and academics use different ways of validating information in journal articles and use the information contained in them in distinctly…
Descriptors: Journal Articles, Language Teachers, Researchers, Periodicals
Caldwell, Joyce Y.; Davis, Jamie D.; Du Bois, Barbara; Echo-Hawk, Holly; Erickson, Jill Shepard; Goins, R. Turner; Hill, Calvin; Hillabrant, Walter; Johnson, Sharon R.; Kendall, Elizabeth; Keemer, Kelly; Manson, Spero M.; Marshall, Catherine A.; Running Wolf, Paulette; Santiago, Rolando L.; Schacht, Robert; Stone, Joseph B. – American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research: The Journal of the National Center, 2005
This article describes the collective experience of a multidisciplinary network of researchers, practitioners, and program evaluators who support appropriate research and evaluation methods in working with Native peoples. Our experience underlines the critical importance of culture in understanding and conducting research with the diverse…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Evaluators, Evaluation Methods, Alaska Natives
Council of Europe, Strasbourg (France). Documentation Center for Education in Europe. – 1974
The Information Bulletin, which is distributed free of charge three times a year in an English and a French edition, describes the educational, cultural, and scientific activities of the Council of Europe and reprints important policy documents of European interest in these fields. This bulletin has two major sections. The first part reports the…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Comparative Education, Educational Innovation, Educational Planning
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Littlefield, John W. – Journal of Medical Education, 1986
Careers that combine medical research and patient care should be described to students early in medical school. Opportunities for research training in M.D.-Ph.D. programs, the program offered by the National Institutes of Health and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and the NIH postresidency physician-scientist programs are discussed.…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Guidance, Degree Requirements, Doctoral Programs
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Rouse-Jones, Margaret D. – International Library Review, 1986
Provides statistics and analysis of librarian's compiled reference questions and bibliographic tools used to answer them, including 26,000 monographs and 2,700 serials titles. Despite the lack of certain resources, the librarian is usually able to find the needed information through knowledge of the collection and resourcefulness. (CDD)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Developing Nations, Ethnic Groups, Genealogy
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Hood, Paul D. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1985
The author perceives the field of evaluation to be changing in several significant ways: (1) support for planning efforts is diminishing; (2) numbers of full-time staff working on these projects is diminishing; (3) personnel specialists are becoming generalists; (4) specialties are becoming blurred; and (5) conceptual and technical paradigms are…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Educational Planning, Educational Researchers, Elementary Secondary Education
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Dorrity, Terry – ELT Journal, 1983
A course in scientific English for science researchers and advanced civil engineering students in Belgium has a central problem--the heterogeneous nature of the group and lack of common research experience around which to build a curriculum. An attempt to overcome this difficulty by using two logical problems for discussion is presented. (MSE)
Descriptors: Advanced Students, Curriculum Development, Engineering, English for Special Purposes
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Freymann, John Gordon – Journal of Medical Education, 1981
Projects that the National Fund for Medical Education will fund in the 1980s include advances in medical education to help contain health care costs; educational programs to improve doctor patient relationships; promotion of careers in medical education and research; and integration of new subjects into the curriculum. (JMD)
Descriptors: Career Planning, College Admission, Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement
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Schiefelbein, Ernesto – International Review of Education, 1978
This paper describes and analyzes the accelerated growth of educational research activity in Latin America over the last decade. The role of scholarly journals, existing networks, international aid, and improved training are considered. Appendices list characteristics of Latin American educational journals and organizations sponsoring…
Descriptors: Diffusion, Educational Development, Educational Research, Educational Researchers
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Adams, William M.; Megaw, Charles C. – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 1997
Discusses the theory and practice of rural socioeconomic surveys in developing nations. Highlights the close links between choice of research topic, field area and research methods, and the ethics of field research. Offers a personal commentary on some practical problems concerning field research. (MJP)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Disadvantaged Environment, Ethics, Ethnography
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Ashoor, Mohammad Saleh; Kanamugire, Athanase B. – Online & CD-ROM Review, 1996
Describes a study of faculty and researchers' use patterns and perceptions of CD-ROM services at the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (Saudi Arabia) library. Highlights include CD-ROM search forms; a questionnaire survey; the need for user training; library planning; document delivery and interlibrary loan; and financial issues.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Document Delivery, Faculty, Financial Needs
Westberg, Jane – Winds of Change, 2003
The Family Spirit Project provides health and parenting education and in-home support to Navajo and Apache teen parents. The public-health careers of Native professionals allied with the project are described, including a public health administrator, a trainer of field workers, and a medical researcher specializing in communicable diseases that…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Careers
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Dearing, James W.; And Others – Science Communication, 1994
Discussion of how academic researchers communicate their results to external constituents focuses on an exploratory analysis of conversations between university researchers investigating hazardous waste remediation and outside consultants. Highlights include communicating and perceiving innovation attributes; technology transfer; diffusion of…
Descriptors: Consultants, Diffusion (Communication), Government School Relationship, Hazardous Materials
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