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Oldroyd, David – 1999
Members of a subgroup of the European Training Foundation's Advisory Forum were surveyed regarding their perceptions of problems and priorities relating to initial and inservice vocational teacher and trainer training and innovation in the European Union (EU). Advisory Forum members from 10 EU countries completed the questionnaire. Priorities…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Educational Change, Educational Finance, Educational Improvement
Chi, Feng-ming – 1999
The purpose of this study is to investigate how ten advanced Taiwanese English as a Foreign Language college students comprehend and interpret two English short stories--"The Discus Thrower" and "A Passage to India." Two types of data were gathered for this study: verbal self-reporting and post-reading responses. Oral…
Descriptors: Advanced Students, College Students, Context Effect, English (Second Language)
2001
This symposium on learning organization consists of three presentations. "Perception of Learning Culture and Concerns About the Innovation on Use of Innovation: A Question of Level of Analysis" (Rebecca Fatima Sta. Maria, Karen E. Watkins) reports a study of the relationship between organizational members' perception of learning culture…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Behavior Modification, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis
Atchoarena, David; Delluc, Andre – 2002
Differences in historical, political, cultural, and economic contexts in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) account for wide variations in structures, operating conditions, and outcomes in technical and vocational education (TVE). This diversity is associated with glaring disparities, so in examining policy trends and the reconstruction of training systems…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Comparative Education, Cultural Context, Donors
Tait, Tony; Frankland, Gillian; Moore, Sharon; Smith, David – 2002
Curriculum 2000 was developed to give learners in England an opportunity to engage in a post-16 education experience providing both depth and flexibility. In its second year of existence, Curriculum 2000 was evaluated in a study involving more than 50 schools, sixth form colleges, and general further education colleges across England.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Learning, Case Studies, Curriculum Development
Kaplan, April; Van Lare, Barry – Issue Notes, 2000
This document explains how agencies serving recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) can use videoconferencing as a tool for welfare and work force reform. The document begins with a brief overview of how videoconferencing and other communications technologies can be used in designing and delivering welfare and work force…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Communications, Cost Effectiveness, Delivery Systems
Serdiukov, Peter; Tarnopolsky, Oleg – 1999
The main purpose of this article is to propose the Distance Professional Development and Support System (DPDS), an approach specifically designed to help non-native speakers of English teach English-as-a-Foreign Language (EFL) in a non-English-speaking setting. English has become the primary language of international communication, and there is a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education
Jones, Nathan B. – 1998
This paper offers an example of how to apply action research to improve English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL)/English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) writing instruction. This research was conducted over a 5-year period while the researcher taught 9 semester-long sections of advanced EFL writing to Taiwanese undergraduates. Using Reid's (1987) Perceptual…
Descriptors: Action Research, Chinese, Cognitive Style, College Students
Ellis, Arthur E. – 1999
This paper presents a policy framework for the implementation of goals for special education in Michigan. The first part of the paper is a memorandum that recommends the policy framework. Attachment A presents goals for providing a support system to students with disabilities to foster their progress in the general curriculum. Goals include: (1)…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
Evers, Rebecca B.; Elksnin, Nick – 1998
Part of a series designed to provide practical resources for transition personnel on topics essential to the process of preparing individuals with disabilities for adulthood, this guide focuses on working with students with disabilities in vocational education settings. Chapter 1, "Why Vocational Education?," provides a rationale for vocational…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Adolescents, Curriculum Development, Disabilities
Sellin, Burkat – 2001
CEDEFOP (European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training) reviewed vocational education and training trends and innovations to promote "anticipation" in the way, tools, and instruments by which institutions and bodies cope with new challenges to education and training due to changing socioeconomic demands and requirements.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Decision Making, Developed Nations, Educational Development
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Languages. – 1999
This document is the report of a 3-year project designed to improve and expand foreign language study for elementary and secondary school students through the development of a variety of assessment tools. It is organized into four main sections: an overview of the project; assessment; articulation; and what has been learned. Teams of North…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Articulation (Education), Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education
Pendergast, Donna; Flanagan, Ron; Land, Ray; Bahr, Mark; Mitchell, Jane; Weir, Katie; Noblett, Geoff; Cain, Michael; Misich, Tony; Carrington, Victoria; Smith, Jennifer – Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (NJ1), 2005
This report presents the findings of a Project undertaken to address the broad question of how to ensure the engagement with learning of all middle years students and how to encourage in them a higher order of learning objectives and outcomes both now and throughout life. It builds on current nationwide and international efforts at school reform,…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Middle School Students, Learner Engagement, Educational Change
Jacobs, George M.; Ratmanida – Online Submission, 1996
Group activities developed in Western countries have been advocated for use in foreign and second language learning internationally. This article reports the views of 31 second language educators from six Southeast Asian countries (Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand) on the appropriateness of group…
Descriptors: Group Activities, Language Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Asians
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Kolodin, Aleksandr – Russian Education and Society, 1996
Characterizes many civic councils (a combination parent-teacher organization and school board) as bureaucratic and unproductive. Profiles a council governing a Moscow suburban school that has been innovative and effective. Discusses the financial and administrative initiatives developed in conjunction with the school principal. (MJP)
Descriptors: Capitalism, Citizens Councils, Community Schools, Educational Administration
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