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Grogan, Marian; And Others – 1976
This volume, part of the evaluation of the Home Start Program is an informal compilation of the ideas, experiences and insights gained by members of Home Start staffs during three years of family-oriented education and services. Home Start, a federally-funded 3-year (1972-1975) home-based demonstration program for low-income families with 3- to…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Development, Demonstration Programs, Early Childhood Education
Cervero, Ronald M.; Wilson, Arthur L. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2005
In this book, Ronald M. Cervero and Arthur L. Wilson offer a theory that accounts for planners' lived experience and provides a guide for developing effective educational programs for adults. The book presents three planning case studies that illustrate how power, interests, ethical commitment, and negotiation are central to planners' everyday…
Descriptors: Ethics, Adult Education, Case Studies, Program Development
Watson, Marilyn; Ecken, Laura – 2003
Most teachers today are faced with increasing pressure to teach to higher academic standards. This focus on academic achievement has led many teachers, against their better judgment, to reduce their attention to students' social and ethical growth and to building relationships with and among their students. The result of a collaboration between an…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Behavior, Attachment Behavior, Behavior Change
Booth, Tony, Ed.; Ainscow, Mel, Ed. – 1998
This book describes the outcomes of a comparative study that brought together an international team of researchers from eight countries (United States, Scotland, New Zealand, Norway, the Netherlands, Ireland, Australia, and England). The purpose of the study was to develop case studies that would explore the process of inclusion and exclusion…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Case Studies, Classification, Classroom Environment
Wainer, Andrew – Tomas Rivera Policy Institute, 2004
The lack of resources devoted to educating Latinos in emerging immigrant communities is generating negative educational outcomes and de facto educational segregation in the South. While Latino immigrants continue to dominate employment in the meat processing, service, and construction sectors in these communities, they are underrepresented on…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Racial Segregation, Educational Objectives, Parent Participation
Afterschool Alliance, 2002
Sustainability seems generally thought to mean raising money. But money is only part of the equation. Money cannot be raised without a quality program, a quality program demonstrates results, effective results are based on sound management practices, etc. Sustainability therefore, is many things that in combination make something capable of…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, After School Programs, Program Effectiveness, Workbooks
Cruz, Gladys I. – 2000
This case study focuses on a team of middle school teachers in a two-way immersion bilingual education program. The report explores the following questions: How does the organizational structure of the middle school under study promote or impede professional networks among the teachers? What type of teaching-learning practices do these forces…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Environment, Educational Administration, English (Second Language)
Mulcahy, Dianne – 2003
Roles and functions of senior and front line managers in VET organizations and their approaches to developing management and leadership expertise were examined in order to identify best practices. Based upon mail surveys sent to managers in 1551 registered training organizations (365 responded, for a response rate of 23.5%), 147 telephone…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrator Role, Administrators, Case Studies
Silber, Earle; Arnstein, Robert L.; Backus, Varda; Eddy, Harrison P.; Liptzin, Myron B.; Notman, Malkah Tolpin; Reich, Peter; Reid, Elizabeth Aub; Siggins, Lorraine D.; Silverman, Morton; Stauffer, Tom G.; Wenger, Robert E. – 1999
This book, formulated by the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry (GAP) Committee on the College Student, describes the complexity of graduate student lives and advocates providing students with mental health services and other support to help them cope more successfully with the challenges of graduate school. It provides a view of students…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Case Studies, Counseling Services, Crisis Intervention
Black Issues in Higher Education, 1996
Opportunities for employment other than faculty positions in colleges and universities are explored, and the stories of a number of nonfaculty personnel in such areas as computer technology, security, public relations, admissions, sports information, museums, and glee club are recounted. These employees offer insights into how they obtained their…
Descriptors: Admissions Officers, Athletics, Careers, Case Studies
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Steinbring, Heinz – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1991
An attempt is made to elaborate on the connections and differences between the objective and subjective elements of mathematical knowledge using case study analysis relative to how an epistemological perspective about probability and randomness impacts upon a short classroom teaching episode. (19 references) (Author/JJK)
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Case Studies, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
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Epstein, Kitty Kelly – Journal of Education, 1992
Shares the reflections on school atmosphere of two high school dropouts who returned to a public alternative school and went on to college. Common themes include student dissatisfaction with traditional high school and middle school, and their positive responses to the support and engagement found in the alternative school. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, College Bound Students, Dropouts
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Kenner, Charmian – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2005
Mainstream educators tend to assume that families should follow a school-prescribed pathway, centred on parent-child storyreading sessions, to help their children become literate and achieve educational success. The research discussed here focuses on case studies of bilingual families with six-year-old children growing up in London, and shows that…
Descriptors: Siblings, Literacy Education, Academic Achievement, Child Development
Gatti, Mario; Grazia Mereu, Maria; Tagliaferro, Claudio – 2000
Changing occupational profiles in the hotel industry in France, Italy, and Spain were examined in case studies that included interviews with hotel managers, human resource managers, and individuals employed in hotel occupations identified as new or entailing new skills. The study focused on the following topics: (1) changes in the hotel industry…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Business Administration, Case Studies, Competence
Collinson, Vivienne; And Others – 1994
This paper synthesizes the results of three case studies that focus on urban and suburban elementary teachers who are engaged in new roles: as learners, as clinical educators, and as leaders. Results of the studies suggest that epistemological issues; workplace contexts; and an ethic of care, which is especially noticeable in collegial…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College School Cooperation, Collegiality, Educational Change
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