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Dow, Gwyneth – History of Education, 1988
Reviews HER NATURAL DESTINY: THE EDUCATION OF WOMEN IN NEW SOUTH WALES by Noeline Kyle. States that despite inadequate coverage of women's informal education and their entrance into universities in the 1880's, Kyle presents the most comprehensive study of women's education in New South Wales. (GEA)
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Females

Zeph, Paul T. – Environmental Education and Information, 1986
Discusses how environmental nonprofit organizations affect citizen environmental education on local, regional, and national levels. Focuses specifically on the National Audubon Society and describes its organizational structure, activities, and programs. (ML)
Descriptors: Community Responsibility, Conservation (Environment), Environmental Education, Informal Education

Pansegrau, Morag – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1984
Eighty-six teachers' perspectives on mandatory/other mandatory, voluntary, and non-formal inservice education were studied. Findings indicated that formal inservice education that did not accompany mandatory program changes were not effective in changing classroom behavior of teachers. The study resulted in recommendations for school…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Informal Education
Kirkness, Verna J. – 2002
As a world community, Indigenous peoples are faced with many common challenges in their attempts to maintain the vitality of their respective languages and to honor the "natural order of the Creator." Ten strategies are discussed that are critical to the task of renewing and maintaining Indigenous languages. These strategies are: (1)…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Community Action, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education
Crowley, Kevin, Ed.; Schunn, Christian D., Ed.; Okada, Takeshi, Ed. – 2001
This book focuses on three particular context-specific accounts of scientific thinking. The first section of the book presents research focused on extending knowledge of the fundamental components of scientific thinking. In the second section, research is presented that is focused primarily on how to build a structure for scientific thinking in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Context Effect, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Solymossy, Emeric – Rural Research Report, 2000
Networks among people and businesses facilitate the capture and diffusion of technical and organizational knowledge and can be classified by type of knowledge being exchanged. Types include buyer-supplier information, technical problem-solving information, and informal community information. A survey of 141 small and medium-sized enterprises…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Business Communication, Continuing Education, Education Work Relationship
Foley, Griff – 1999
This book argues the importance of the incidental learning that can occur when people become involved in voluntary organizations, social struggles, and political activity. Chapter 1 introduces the case studies of informal learning in social struggle used to develop the argument and outlines the theoretical framework within which the case studies…
Descriptors: Activism, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Community Action
Jacobs, Don Trent – 1998
During a kayaking expedition in 1983, the author was sucked into an underwater tunnel in Mexico's Rio Urique. He miraculously emerged unharmed, but this near-death experience awakened in him a primal awareness that had been coddled to sleep by his so-called civilized perceptions. He gained intuitive insights from this awakening that enabled him to…
Descriptors: American Indians, Educational Philosophy, Experiential Learning, Fear

Coleman, James S. – Review of Educational Research, 1972
A reorganization of education is advocated in which schools teach not only intellectual skills but also other nonintellectual skills that can be learned through active participation in the occupational institutions of society. (Author/JB)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Philosophy, Family Role, Informal Education
Lee, Helen C. – Principal, 1983
Describes a gradual, three-month process for getting teachers interested in using a microcomputer, including placing the microcomputer first in the principal's office and then in the teachers' lounge; providing resources and inservice sessions with a consultant; encouraging teacher use at home and in class; and buying new software. (RW)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Computer Literacy, Computer Oriented Programs, Desensitization
Boss, Suzie; Weeks, Denise Jarrett; Sherwonit, Bill; Haines, John; Gloss, Molly – Northwest Education, 2002
Three authors describe their motivations to write and influences on their writing careers, including love of reading, desire to escape other occupations, and influential teachers. Advice for teachers includes using the writers' workshop model; encouraging editing and revision; steering students toward literary, rather than mass media sources;…
Descriptors: Authors, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning, Influences
Gough, Stephen; Walker, Kim; Scott, William – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 2001
Contends that environmental learning is possible only if all absolute criteria for judging educational or environmental worth are regarded as problematic. (Contains 45 references.) (DDR)
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Experiential Learning
Chertok, Michael R. – Technological Horizons in Education, 1989
Informal, museum-based technology education is discussed. A program in which family groups work together and learn robotics is described. Projected gains in technological and scientific literacy are highlighted. (CW)
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Family Involvement, Informal Education, Museums

Price, Sabra; Hein, George E. – International Journal of Science Education, 1991
Reviews the work of the Program Evaluation and Research Group (PERG) at Lesley College in evaluating informal, nonschool science programs for elementary students. Compares PERG's findings with other published literature about elementary school programs in extraschool science institutions and discusses issues that apply to all such programs from…
Descriptors: Aquariums, Elementary Education, Evaluation, Exhibits

Science Teacher, 1998
Clarifies the position of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) on informal science education. NSTA support of all elements of informal science education is strong and this position statement includes many specific examples of informal science education. (DDR)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Hands on Science