International strategic alliances are established by two or more companies as synergistic relationships to achieve a common goal where both parties benefit. The evolving global market has focused renewed interest on these alliances as an important tool in penetrating new markets. No country has achieved as much success as Japan in forging such…

The paper highlights the importance of communication among all parties involved in individualized education programs for handicapped students. The rationale for an interdisciplinary team model emphasizes the teacher's role as educational synthesizer. A case study of a child with learning and behavioral problems is presented to illustrate specific…

Large publication tasks with short flow times require that several editors be assigned to work together as part of a larger publication team that includes management, engineer-writers, publishing logistics personnel, word processor operators, illustrators, and printers. Team-edited publications have special problems, and the technical editing and…

Despite a growing body of literature on the school superintendency, little is known about the role, influence, and satisfaction of district superintendents when school boards make compensation decisions for principals. This exploratory study, which reported findings from a sample of 215 Pennsylvania superintendents, attempted to identify and…

The term "collaborative writing" is a broad term, but should not be confused with coauthorship. Defining collaborative writing as merely coauthoring suggests that students continue producing texts for texts' (and evaluations') sake, whereas defining collaborative writing as community writing implies that students use language and texts to make…

The paper reviews difficulties in special education interdisciplinary team decision making and relates the experiences of one team's efforts to increase intra-team communication. Among problems cited are lack of focus in discussions, unequal levels of participation, and limited abilities to produce recommendations or provide therapy in a truly…

In response to the recent suicide epidemic, many school districts have struggled to devise suicide prevention procedures. Smithtown Central School District in St. James, New York developed procedures in 1983 using research data on the warning signs and risk factors relating to the suicidal child. These procedures focus on a multidisciplinary team…

The document reports on the belief-assessment phase of a project undertaken in 1973 at the University of Utrecht, Netherlands, to study curriculum processes based on the Curvo strategy. The Curvo strategy (named for a combination of the first letters of the Dutch words for curriculum, development, and research) is based on the assumption that…

The Re-ED experience of the Positive Education Program (PEP) in Cleveland, Ohio, utilizes educational, mental health, social service, and juvenile justice resources to provide a community based day treatment program for disturbed children and adolescents. Program components include team/counselor team staffing of classrooms, the Parents Training…

The role of co-investigator, in which the teacher leaves the classroom for half a day to work on a selected research project, is delineated. Teacher collaborators become involved as active participants with professional researchers in all phases of the research project in progress. The issues involved in collaboration, including the…

This report describes how lesson study is being implemented in one Northern California school district, drawing on research conducted in the district over 3 years via interviews with project leaders and participants; videotapes/audiotapes of the lesson study work (e.g., planning, research lessons, and lesson colloquia); workshops designed to build…

Traditions of shared governance and the complexity of problems faced by colleges and universities suggest the need for effective collective action. This study examined leadership teams in two sites: a new 2-year public institution formed by merger and a new 4-year private institution. Research hypotheses were developed from the perspective of…

This study examined perceived advantages and disadvantages of teacher-paraeducator teams, discussing how to enhance the effectiveness of such teams. Focus groups were held with three groups of paraeducators and three groups of teachers from rural and urban schools in Idaho and Utah. Participants shared their views on using a team approach to their…

During the fall of 2000, first and second year engineering students were observed throughout the semester as they interacted in engineering design teams. Eighty women and 258 men signed the consent form to participate in the study. The observational protocol that was used was based on L. Eberhardt's 10 categories of team functions, which are…

A number of unique challenges face the spouse of a forensic educator, including the possibility of becoming a forensic widow/widower. The job of a forensics coach is all-encompassing and requires endless hours of dedication, drive, and driving. Trying to keep up on all of the required duties is very time consuming and leaves little time for…