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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). International Inst. for Educational Planning. – 2002
More than half of the world's population, and more than 70 percent of the world's poor live in rural areas where hunger, illiteracy, and low school achievement are common. Education in rural areas is crucial for achieving sustainable development. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and UNESCO's International Institute…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Agriculture, Community Involvement
Bartlett, Kathy; Zimanyi, Louise – Coordinator's Notebook, 2001
Recognizing the need to identify the level, nature, and impact of Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) programs on children and their families, this theme issue of "Coordinators' Notebook" seeks to complement and further the international efforts at collecting information on ECCD for use at national and international levels.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Case Studies, Child Development, Child Health
D'Amico, Ronald; Martinez, Alexandria; Salzman, Jeffrey; Wagner, Robin – 2001
In March 2000, thirteen grants were awarded as part of the Individual Training Account/Eligible Training Provider (ITA/ETP) Demonstration. In summer and fall of 2000, the grant recipients' activities were subjected to an interim evaluation. Site visits were made to each grantee to determine what ITA policies and practices were being formulated,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Case Studies, Coordination, Counselor Client Relationship
Montecel, Maria Robledo; Cortez, Josie Danini; Cortez, Albert; Villarreal, Abelardo – 2002
This guide is based on a research study, "Successful Bilingual Education Programs: Development and Dissemination of Criteria to Identify Promising/Exemplary Practices in Bilingual Education at the National Level." The guide presents an analytic rubric for evaluating a school's success in educating English language learners. The rubric assesses…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Bilingual Education, Classroom Environment
Alwan, Fatma Hamad – Online Submission, 2000
Progress in education depends very much on keeping up with the various trends that emerge around the world. In-service teacher training (INSET) is a formal means through which teachers are constantly updated with the new findings in the field. There are also self-directed development activities that complement formal training. The need for this…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Educational Quality, Teaching Conditions, Faculty Development
State Univ. System of Florida, Tallahassee. Board of Regents. – 1997
This review of parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies programs within the State University System (SUS) of Florida examined the quality of curricula, characteristics of students and faculty, nature and adequacy of facilities and resources, responses to previous program review recommendations, and program progress. Six programs at four…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Educational Quality, Exercise Physiology
Pearson, Roy; O'Neal, Erica; Salganik, Laura Hersh; McMillen, Marilyn – 1997
This report summarizes responses to a public opinion survey designed to reveal attitudes towards secondary education in other countries and compares these with attitudes in the United States. The survey was conducted in the United States and 11 other countries in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OCED). The other…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Educational Assessment, Educational Attitudes
Schneider, Carol Geary; Shoenberg, Robert – 1998
This paper, the first in a series of discussion papers for faculty members and administrators, contends that outdated structures, practices, and reward systems frustrate higher education's ability to reap the benefits of new directions in student learning. It finds that broad agreement is emerging on what students ought to learn from their…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Change Strategies, College Curriculum, College Instruction
Cibulka, James; Nakayama, Michelle – 2000
This paper introduces the purposes of school learning communities. Section 1, "Foundations of a Learning Community," presents a definition and discusses different approaches to reforming schools. Section 2, "Key Aspects of a Learning Community," highlights three components of learning communities (student learning, teacher…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Child Development, Decision Making, Educational Change
Cornett, Lynn M. – 1999
This report restates selected Southern Regional Education Board policy recommendations on teacher quality since the early 1980s, outlines key policy areas that need attention, and provides examples of state actions to make needed changes. Regarding teacher preparation, the report discusses university responsibility, partnerships with schools, and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Alternative Teacher Certification, Beginning Teacher Induction
WestEd, San Francisco, CA. – 2000
This brief examines the impact of teaching on student achievement, necessary steps for ensuring teacher quality, and policies needed to support that effort. Research has identified the strong connection between student achievement and teacher preparation and skills. Efforts to generate consistently high teaching levels across all classrooms must…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Beginning Teacher Induction, Educational Policy
Dumbrell, T.; Finnegan, W.; de Montfort, R. – 2001
A study examined geographical distribution of Australian apprenticeship commencements (ACs) in the context of various labor force and population statistics by industry, location of jobs by industry, and youth population. Apprenticeship and traineeship statistics between 1995-98 were examined to demonstrate differences in development of the system…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Apprenticeships, Demography, Developed Nations
2001
This document contains three papers on managing the human resource development (HRD) function. "The Relationship between Factors Impacted by the Current Economic Crisis and Human Resource Development Roles and Functions in Thailand" (Chiraprapha Tan Akaraborworn, Gary N. McLean) presents data indicating that the current economic crisis…
Descriptors: Corporate Education, Corporations, Delivery Systems, Economic Factors
Zheng, Henry Y.; Stewart, Alice A. – 2000
This study explores data envelopment analysis (DEA) as a tool for assessing and benchmarking the performance of public research universities. Using of national databases such as those conducted by the National Science Foundation and the National Center for Education Statistics, DEA analysis was conducted of the research and instructional outcomes…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, College Outcomes Assessment, Comparative Analysis, Educational Quality
Fahy, Patrick J. – 2000
Online teaching technologies still have three main disadvantages: cost, complexity, and negative impacts on productivity. In many areas of Canada, cost is still a major factor affecting ownership and use of computers and other new technologies. Until online teaching technologies become as simple to use as telephones and new cars, they will…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Computer Uses in Education, Cost Effectiveness, Delivery Systems