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Hudson, Larry – 2000
This concept paper addresses the preparation of vocational education teachers. Several topics are listed with comments, and, in some cases, supporting documentation has been abstracted. These topics correspond to reasons for the lack of national visibility within Florida as indicated by the 2001 rankings in the U.S. News and World Report that…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Change, Educational Needs, Educational Quality
Ellis, Arthur E. – 1999
This paper presents a policy framework for the implementation of goals for special education in Michigan. The first part of the paper is a memorandum that recommends the policy framework. Attachment A presents goals for providing a support system to students with disabilities to foster their progress in the general curriculum. Goals include: (1)…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
Greenwood, Maggie; Mager, Caroline; Morris, Andrew – 2000
In February 2000, England's Department for Education and Employment (DfEE) proposed a new degree, called the Foundation Degree, and solicited stakeholder input by publishing a list of 13 questions pertaining to Foundation Degrees. The Further Education Development Agency (FEDA) responded to the DfEE's request for input by responding to all 13…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Access to Education, Adult Learning, Apprenticeships
Sellin, Burkat – 2001
CEDEFOP (European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training) reviewed vocational education and training trends and innovations to promote "anticipation" in the way, tools, and instruments by which institutions and bodies cope with new challenges to education and training due to changing socioeconomic demands and requirements.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Decision Making, Developed Nations, Educational Development
Brimblecombe, Trish – 2000
Although all New Zealand polytechnics and institutes of technology are making some use of new information technology and Internet-related technologies, developments incorporating effective use of these new technologies and media remain somewhat uneven. Educators seeking to embrace the Internet as a delivery medium face numerous critical design…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Change Strategies, Computer Uses in Education, Delivery Systems
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Lamm, Richard D. – Futurist, 1983
The governor of Colorado believes we cannot find solutions to today's problems because we are not asking the right questions. Questions dealing with the problems of resource management, energy, the elderly, economic development, immigration policy, medical policy, and political change are raised. (IS)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Democracy, Economic Change, Economics
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Toepfer, Conrad F., Jr. – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 1997
Examines the need to help rural youth become employable in today's changing circumstances, especially young adolescents in middle school programs. Discusses elements in effective School-to-Employment (STE) programs, basic job skills appropriate to middle-school exploratory STE programs, and the need for program articulation between middle and high…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Adolescents, Education Work Relationship
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Larking, Lewis; Khalid, Omar Hj. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1996
Outlines recommendations for classroom teaching of English as a second language and the national language, Malay. It is noted that these recommendations are unlikely to be widely implemented as long as such external factors as a highly structured syllabus and an emphasis on written work remain in place. Khalid's response addresses the issue of…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Change Strategies, Course Content, Educational Assessment
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Arriaza, Ricardo Sol – Higher Education Policy, 1996
Three trends in Central American higher education are examined in historical context: (1) inertia from lack of mobility, bureaucracy, and corporate influence; (2) elitism as a response to budgetary constraints; and (3) attempts to increase responsiveness to educational needs and demands. Issues examined include earlier attempts at change, slow…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Economic Climate, Educational Change, Educational Demand
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Kleinsasser, Audrey M.; And Others – Teacher Education Quarterly, 1996
To enhance a school-university partnership, the University of Wyoming inaugurated a teacher education program that places students in K-12 settings immediately upon entry. The paper profiles five beginning professors and their attempts to make sense of the professoriate in the context of simultaneous educational renewal. (SM)
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), College Faculty, College School Cooperation, Cooperative Planning
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Barzansky, Barbara; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1993
Analysis of 14 experts' perceptions of medical practice in 2020 resulted in predictions about the patient population, health care system, information management needs and capabilities, patient-physician relationship, and teaching methods in medical education. Implications for admissions objectives and practices and for research on progress of…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Change Strategies, College Admission, College Applicants
Liaroutzos, Olivier; Sulzer, Emmanuel; Besucco, Nathalie; Lozier, Francoise – Training & Employment, 2002
The French worker certification system is focusing on efforts to design a scheme for the accreditation of work-based learning. If implemented, the scheme would be directed by a business-government-worker partnership, recognized and accepted by different occupations, and accessible to all employees regardless of the way their qualifications were…
Descriptors: Accrediting Agencies, Adult Education, Competence, Competency Based Education
Council on Competitiveness, Washington, DC. – 1998
This document reports on how key stakeholders in work force preparedness nationwide are responding to pressures of the skills race. Part 1 presents an overview of the skills challenge and the economic and social consequences of failing to meet the challenge. Part 2 examines the impact of the skills shortage on major stakeholders and explains how…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Education, Change
Carnegie Corp. of New York, NY. – 1996
In 1994 the Carnegie Corporation of New York convened the Carnegie Task Force on Learning in the Primary Grades to examine all the forces that contribute to children's learning and development during the age span from 3 to 10. The 33-member group of business and political leaders, scientists, educators, researchers, and practitioners conducted…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Childrens Television, Early Childhood Education, Economic Factors
Carnegie Corp. of New York, NY. – 1996
This pamphlet presents the Executive Summary of the Report of the Carnegie Task Force on Learning in the Primary Grades. Results depict a pervasive pattern of underachievement for millions of U.S. children. The document outlines nine principles of effective practice for all institutions key to children's learning, and calls on these institutions…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Childrens Television, Early Childhood Education, Economic Factors
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