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Download full textEducational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1976
The l975 Educational Testing Service (ETS) Invitational Conference provided an overview of the social indicators movement, and the relationship between schooling and quality of life. The concept of educational indicators was discussed. Educational indicators are defined as statistics used to provide information regarding the status of particular…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Awards, Conference Reports, Cost Effectiveness
Bierema, Laura L.; Tisdell, Elizabeth; Johnson-Bailey, Juanita; Gedro, Julie – 2002
The human resource development (HRD) profession needs to continue to develop its core theories and to integrate new theories into the body of knowledge. Creating new knowledge is of essential importance to both HRD practitioners and researchers. As an emerging field, HRD is in the process of defining itself as a discipline. Currently, there are…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Andragogy, Culture Lag, Discourse Analysis
Desforges, Charles – 2001
Educational research is distinctive inasmuch as it shares the moral objective of education, which is to help people make the best of themselves through processes of learning. Educational research is a service industry for education. As such, its contribution to the efficiency and effectiveness of educational processes can be increased by focusing…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Adult Learning, Definitions, Diffusion (Communication)
Boughton, Bob – 1998
Recent research and policy documents on indigenous Australians' development needs and aspirations were reviewed to determine their impact on current developments in vocational education and training (VET) research and policy. Special attention was paid to the work of indigenous community-controlled organizations in areas such the following: land;…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Community Education, Community Organizations
Henry, John; Mitchell, John; Young, Susan – 2001
Significant developments have occurred in the field of professional development (PD) in Australia's vocational education and training (VET) sector in the past 10 years. During the early 1990s, work-based learning (WBL) became the preferred model for PD in the VET sector. Research sponsored by the National Staff Development Committee of the…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adoption (Ideas), Definitions, Educational Practices
Simpson, Janet – 2001
The Douglas Mawson Institute (DMI) of TAFE (technical and further education), which operates more than four campuses in Australia with a diverse student body numbering approximately 17,000 (78 percent studying part-time), has initiated strategies to support the transformation to an e-learning organization. Major elements in the change model are…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Curriculum, Computer Oriented Programs, Delivery Systems
Balatti, Jo; Falk, Ian – 2001
The socioeconomic contributions of adult learning to community were examined from a social capital perspective. The concepts of human capital and social capital were differentiated, and the relationship between learning, human capital, and social capital was explored. The relevance of social capital in describing the wider benefits of adult…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Community Development
Kitao, Kenji; Kitao, S. Kathleen – 1995
The collection of papers on the teaching of English as a second language includes: "Teaching English in Japan"; "Reading and Evaluating Quantitative Research"; "Transformational Generative Grammar and Language Teaching"; "Process and Social Aspects of Writing: Theory and Classroom Application";…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Contrastive Linguistics
Anivan, Sarinee, Ed. – 1991
Papers on aspects of second language program evaluation include the following: "The Role of Language Testing in Language Program Evaluation" (Adrian Palmer); "Defining an Appropriate Role for Language Tests in Intensive English Language Programs" (Margaret Des Brisay, Doreen Ready); "Principles and Practice in an…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education, English for Academic Purposes, English (Second Language)
Wood, George S., Jr., Ed.; Wood, Danny, Ed. – 1986
The following papers are included: "Schoolhouse in the Factory: The Phenomenology of Literacy" (Berlin); "The Self-Directed Learning Projects of Employed, Married Mothers" (Boyce); "The Forever Plan: Adult Men Who Continue in Postsecondary Education Compared with Those Who Drop Out" (Brown); "Burnout and Associated Factors among…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Students
Miller, Juliet V.; And Others – 1984
This set of five digests provides an overview of the issue of attaining excellence in vocational education. The first digest deals with effective schools research, characteristics of effective schools, implications of effective schools research for high school vocational education, and strategies for improving school effectiveness. Covered in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Back to Basics, Basic Skills, Career Education
Rao, Patricia A.; Holtz, Kristen D.; Ziegert, Amanda; Brown, Shana – Organization for Autism Research, 2003
Parents of children with autism face many challenges that arise from the practical, day-to-day issues of living with autism. The specific goals of this guide are to help parents: (1) Find information about autism; (2) Distinguish between research-based and non-research-based information; (3) Become savvy consumers of information by giving them the…
Descriptors: Parent Materials, Autism, Parents, Child Rearing
Papadaki-Klavdianou, A.; Menkisoglou-Spiroudi, O.; Tsakiridou, E. – 2003
This book examines existing European environmental education and agricultural practices friendly to the environment. Focus is on studies conducted in five countries Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain--that aimed to define new knowledge qualifications related to environmental issues in producing alternative agricultural products…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Occupations
Morris, Andrew – 2002
The purpose of this document is to encourage collaboration in research and development in postsecondary education through providing increased understanding of the diversity of contributions from professional educational researchers, teachers, librarians, and other school personnel. Emphasis is placed on the role of the educational practitioner, as…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Cooperative Planning, Developed Nations, Divergent Thinking
Ward, Jane; Edwards, Judith – 2002
Learners' views on their progress and achievement in literacy and numeracy were examined in a study during which practitioners from eight further education colleges in England interviewed 70 adults (ages 16 to over 60 years) enrolled in literacy, numeracy, or English-for-speakers-of-other-languages programs. The metaphor of traveling on a learning…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adoption (Ideas), Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators
