Cooperative education should foster self-directed learning, reflective practice, and transformative learning; integrate school and work; offer collaborative experiences; ground experiences in adult learning theories; ensure relevant, meaningful experiences; use advanced technology and delivery models; be defined through program and curriculum; and…

Explores possible causes of low durability and impact for minority mentoring programs. Recommends designing such programs with a conceptual base to ensure meaningful goals and practices. Emphasizes designing programs based on a cogent definition of mentoring, reflection on roles within mentoring relationships, and consideration of cultural and…

Theories of learning, views of language, program design, methodology, and psychosocial factors related to foreign language teaching are discussed. Learning theories are examined with reference to acquisition and learning, errors and mistakes, and input and intake. Regarding views of language, in general there has been a shift from concern over the…

The use of metaphor offers considerable promise within scientific disciplines for encouraging creative thinking, drawing attention to important concepts or principles in a discipline, and developing new methodologies. Ferguson's description of architectural practice as a metaphor for the development of social programs is used to demonstrate these…

Suggests that the focus of any interpretive program in field natural history should not be natural history but the people who are attending the presentation. Discusses the issue of object versus people-oriented programs within the context and training of interpreters of field natural history. (NEC)

Discusses the role of professional associations and the process of professionalization, professional associations for health educators, the Coalition of Health Education Organizations, and current issues with possible alternative solutions. Solutions proposed include merging existing associations, fostering greater understanding of the purposes of…

Urges the marketing education profession to begin a serious analysis of marketing teacher education. Presents recommendations to direct teacher education activities in the future and four issues of concern to the author: leadership for teacher education reform, marketing teacher education programs, consolidation of "little" teacher education…

Investigates leadership in marketing education through the following questions: What is the current state of marketing teacher education in leadership development? What are the issues affecting marketing teacher education leadership? and What can marketing teacher education do to improve its professional leadership? (CT)

The author presents and discusses some basic characteristics of effective coalitions. These characteristics include clearly defined mission, emphasis of common ideology and goals, equal power among groups, effective leadership, overlapping interests and frequent member contacts, image of power, variable resources, and appropriate termination. (CT)

An organized task force can create community awareness of the adolescent substance abuse epidemic sweeping across the nation. The purposes, objectives, structure and action-oriented committee activities of the task force are described. (Author/BL)

Questions are answered concerning the planning of an employer tuition aid study. Questions include: who will carry out the study, how will the information be used, how will the employers be selected, what information will be collected, how will the information be collection, and how will information be reported. (CT)

This article provides an analytical framework that not only explains the contradictions in the relationship between decentralization and development, but also facilitates constructive debate about decentralization's role in development. It also reviews the extent, form, and impact of recent decentralization policies and programs in less developed…

Discusses a 9-point program for research on student persistence. The program is designed to encourage effective policy development at the institutional level. (Author)

Provides a review and critique of current institutional approaches to quality and offers suggestions for the enhancement of quality in the two-year college through self-assessment and program design encompassing inputs, outcomes, the educational process, and the integrality of these concepts. (AYC)

Addresses administrative questions surrounding the design of remedial programs. Focuses on administrative support, organizational structure, internal program design, testing programs, and program outcomes. Lists factors to be considered in designing and evaluating developmental studies programs. (AYC)