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Download full textLewis, Gertrude M.; Murow, Esther – 1966
This annotated bibliography presents the views of writers concerned with the many aspects of educating the disadvantaged. Books and journal articles which appeared principally between January 1960 and June 1965 are listed, the Wilson Company "Education Index" having been used as a basic guide. The list is designed particularly for educational…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Early Childhood Education, Educational Legislation, Educational Programs
Knoll, Joachim H. – Boletin del Centro Nacional de Documentacion e Informacion Educativa, 1970
This document contains a Spanish translation of the final two parts of a three-part article on German education. The first part included here discusses elementary schools and secondary education. Remarks cover organization, general curriculum, advancement criteria and procedures, and reform of the system. The final part discusses higher education…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Curriculum Design, Educational Improvement, Educational Legislation
Melvin, Mary Pauline – 1976
This study was conducted to determine how instructional programming for individual students has been implemented to provide effective learning environments for elementary school students. The focus was on the processes and procedures used to achieve objectives of the Instructional Programming Model (IPM). A related purpose was to study the…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary Schools, Individual Instruction, Individualized Instruction
Miles, William R.; And Others – 1976
Each of the seven case studies in this report describes the school and community, the implementation of Individually Guided Education (IGE) programs, and home-school-community relations programs and activities, and analyzes the home-school-community relations programs and activities. The selection of the seven schools was primarily based on the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Conflict Resolution, Educational Innovation
Peer reviewedEmler, Nicholas; And Others – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1987
Designed to determine how children acquire beliefs about institutional roles and authority associated with them, this study focused on schools and the teacher's role. Students from France and Scotland aged between 7 and 11 years with contrasting socioeconomic backgrounds were interviewed, and class and national differences in beliefs were found.…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Developed Nations
Peer reviewedTroman, Geoff – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 1996
Explores teachers' reactions to changing management cultures and argues for a complex reading of their responses. Utilizes data from several ethnographic studies that examined primary school teachers' reactions to the fact that the strictures and obligations of their vocation have become more professional. Many older teachers left whereas younger…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Foreign Countries
Vandenberghe, Roland – 1987
The general meaning of research data drawn from study of school improvement programs creates the opportunity for sound theory building. By emphasizing the principal's role in policy development, this paper analyzes the characteristics of large-scale educational innovation projects and their explanatory foundations. Belgium's comprehensive Renewed…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Demonstration Programs, Educational Innovation, Elementary Education
Charters, W. W., Jr. – 1980
This report analyzes the effects of multiunit school organization on elementary teachers' patterns of task-related communication. Multiunit teacher work teams, or units, are characterized by discussions between teachers about the intimate details of their daily work; this contrasts with the structurally undifferentiated organization of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Group Dynamics, Instructional Innovation
Romberg, Thomas A., Ed. – 1985
This book is a collection of essays by various authors documenting the development and evaluation of Individually Guided Education (IGE), a planned attempt, involving thousands of scholars and practitioners, to produce more effective elementary schools. Part 1, "An Attempt to Restructure Elementary Schooling," consists of three chapters…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education
KAMPSCHROEDER, W.C. – 1967
THROUGH LEGISLATIVE ACTION, THE STATE OF KANSAS REDUCED ITS SCHOOL DISTRICTS FROM 1500 TO 349 IN A SINGLE YEAR. INITIALLY IN 1896 THERE WERE 9,284 SCHOOL DISTRICTS, MOST OF THEM ONE TEACHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. THEY BECAME COMMUNITY CENTERS AND ALTHOUGH OUTMODED IN PRACTICALITY FOR EFFECTIVE AND ECONOMICAL EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES, THERE REMAINED…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Boards of Education, Educational Improvement, Educational Legislation
Peer reviewedButterworth, Barbara; Weinstein, Rhona S. – Elementary School Journal, 1996
Examines the efforts of an elementary private school principal to create a motivating school climate. Discusses four ecological principles: (1) the development of activities that recognize individuality and demand involvement and adaptation; (2) the expansion of resources to the whole school community; (3) the interdependence of activities at each…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Role, Case Studies, Educational Change
Peer reviewedHawkins, John N.; Stites, Regie – Elementary School Journal, 1991
Provides an overview of the issues shaping efforts to reform elementary education in the People's Republic of China. China's school organization and practices invite comparison with aspects of the U.S. system of elementary education. Enduring features of Chinese elementary education are discussed. (Author/BB)
Descriptors: Chinese Culture, Comparative Education, Educational Change, Educational Practices
Cromwell, Ellen S. – 1994
This book is designed as a guide for implementing quality child care environments at preschool and school-age levels for children ages 1 through 10. Evolving from a child-centered philosophy, the book contains six integrated and interdependent sections that respectively, provide an overview of child care and discuss child care center design,…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Day Care, Day Care Centers, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Charters, W. W., Jr. – 1980
Building on previous investigations of the effects of team-organized instructional arrangements on elementary school teachers' sense of autonomy, this report reexamines data from 14 multiunit schools which still retained the team instructional plan at the end of the second year of implementation. Indicators measured were interdependent teaching…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Concurrent Validity, Elementary Education, Instructional Innovation
Casanova, Ursula – 1986
This paper is based on a descriptive study of six elementary school secretaries. The study was undertaken to gain an understanding of the work of the school secretary and how this work might contribute to school effectiveness. Several research methods were combined in this study: onsite observations, interviews with secretaries and their…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Interprofessional Relationship, Job Analysis, Job Performance
