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Robinson, Chris – 2000
Australia's national vocational education and training (VET) system and nationally funded technical and further education colleges were established in the 1970s. In the 1980s, traineeships complementing traditional apprenticeships and competency-based training were instituted. An industry-led training system was established in the 1990s. Total VET…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Accreditation (Institutions), Adjustment (to Environment)
Crysdale, Stewart; King, Alan J. C.; Mandell, Nancy – 1999
This book examines the factors responsible for the difficulties being experienced by many young Canadians trying to find permanent jobs in a growing economy and explains how Canadian youths can make the best use of the opportunities offered by academic and other programs to find a satisfying life in the workforce. The following are among the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Career Choice, Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Education
McNeil, Mary E.; And Others – 1996
This paper proposes a conceptual model for celebrating student diversity through altering the roles, rules, and relationships among teachers, pupils, and the community and teaching two components of responsibility: accountability and flexibility. The paper first reviews three historical responses to diversity (marginalization, reform, and…
Descriptors: Accountability, American Indian Culture, Asian American Students, Change Strategies
Delisle, Deborah S.; Delisle, James R. – 1992
This paper proposes a five-step model intended to meet the needs of gifted students in the context of the mixed ability reality that most teachers in regular classrooms encounter. The model consists of five steps each of which has several components. The steps and components are: (1) acceptance (initiatives must start out small and sound to be…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Course Content, Curriculum Development, Educational Environment
McNabb, Mary L.; Smith, Sylvia – 1998
This paper reports on two research studies. The first study investigates teachers monitoring strategies during computer-assisted composition instruction. The findings reveal four principles underlying a strategic, proximal instruction process. The four principles are collaborative assessment, guided practice, instructional branching, and learner…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Change, Educational Environment
D'Halluin, Chantal; Rethore, Stephane; Vanhille, Bruno; Vieville, Claude – 1996
This paper presents a methodology of courseware development that aims to build a global system of training on the Internet. Although the researchers' practice is based on a mix of constructivist and cooperative learning theory, it is noted that courseware would have to support other theories and practices in order to be transferable. Three spaces…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Software Development, Cooperative Learning
Willis, Elizabeth – 1998
This paper describes "Methods of Integrating Technology in the Elementary Social Studies/Language Arts Classroom," a class at Northern Arizona State University with the purpose of assisting preservice teacher candidates in developing an understanding and appreciation of the many perspectives of the social studies, language acquisition in…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Constructivism (Learning), Course Evaluation
Hepburn, Mary A., Ed. – 1983
This bulletin of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) sets forth the philosophic grounds for democratizing schools and the evidence from research as to why this task should be undertaken. In the first part of the booklet, a brief NCSS position statement indicates that schools should practice democracy and be able to instruct through…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Case Studies, Citizen Participation, Citizen Role
Shapero, Albert – 1980
Data from a wide range of disciplines can be used to create a paradigm describing the factors that enter into the creation of entrepreneurial events. Throughout the literature, entrepreneurial events are defined in terms of operational factors, such as initiative taking, bringing together resources, management, relative autonomy, and risk taking.…
Descriptors: Adults, Cultural Background, Cultural Context, Cultural Influences
Ogbu, John U. – 1981
Social scientists have adopted two different views on the influence of the community and home on academic achievement of lower-class and minority students. The first is the deficit perspective, or the failure-of-socialization hypothesis. The second is the difference perspective, or the cultural-discontinuity/failure-of-communication hypothesis.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Blacks, Caste
Frankel, Alan D. – 1982
An interdisciplinary, team approach involving a variety of support services and a joint effort on the part of faculty, admissions personnel, peers, and tutors can be an effective tool for use in reducing the anxiety of adults who are returning to education. Whether they are organized to publicize departmental offerings or to explain the function…
Descriptors: Admissions Officers, Adult Education, Adult Students, Adults
Elliott, Sharon L.; And Others – 1977
This report describes a five-year interdisciplinary training program in education and social service for the children, parents and university students at the Wayne State University College of Education Laboratory Nursery School and details the impact of the training model on six representative families enrolled in the nursery school. The basic…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Educational Programs, Educational Responsibility, Family Counseling
Hakken, David – 1978
A program is described which enables mine workers in Sheffield, England, to participate in a day-release education program once a week for three years. Sponsored by the Universities of Sheffield and Leeds, the program exposes workers to economics, politics, sociology, and labor education while they are receiving full wages. Tutors in the program…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Education, Continuation Education, Data Analysis
Carter, Keith A.; And Others – 1977
Project 2142 was a multi-phase effort to discover and mobilize for dissemination to rural decision-makers various information and findings pertaining to the quality of life experienced by rural people. The initial research phases involved design of a conceptual framework that placed some parameters on the variety of social phenomena studied.…
Descriptors: County Programs, Decision Making, Delivery Systems, Education
Parker, Mary Jo – 1999
This study investigated the effectiveness of a shared, Intranet learning environment on problem-solving ability and reflective metacognition. Subjects were 78 9th and 10th grade biology students from three public high schools in Texas. Research focused on the following questions: (1) Will the use of a shared, Intranet environment improve learner…
Descriptors: Biology, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Cooperative Learning