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Zambrana, Ruth E., Ed. – 1995
This anthology examines the contemporary status of Latino families, especially their great racial and ethnic diversity. The book focuses on the strengths of Latino/Hispanic groups, structural processes that impede their progress, and cultural and familial processes that enhance their intergenerational adaptation and resiliency. Chapter 1,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Community Programs, Demography
Henry, Eric; And Others – 1995
This volume contains personal reflections by four teachers in Texas on their year-long Trinity University intern teaching experience at Mark Twain Middle School, an urban professional development school in San Antonio. Part 1 by Corinne McKamey, "To understand teaching you have to be there, engrossed in the human interactions," is a…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Classroom Environment, College School Cooperation
Haskell, Madie – 1994
This practicum was designed to increase the quality of service in five day care centers in a metropolitan Florida county, as evidenced by increases in the Early Childhood Environmental Rating Scale (ECERS) scores of early childhood teacher participants. A 10-week teacher education program for 5 early childhood teachers was developed around Marilyn…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Check Lists, Child Health, Classroom Environment
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Resources, Community, and Economic Development Div. – 1995
This report provides results of a General Accounting Office review of the Delta Teachers Academy, a program funded primarily by the federal Department of Education to upgrade the subject area knowledge and teaching skills of elementary and secondary teachers in the Lower Mississippi Delta region (involving rural areas of Arkansas, Illinois,…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Environment, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation, Inc., Hartford, CT. – 1994
This learning guide is designed to connect personal, family, and job responsibilities for adults and out-of-school youth in economically depressed areas of the state (including transitional ex-offenders and corrections populations) so that these individuals learn to manage and balance these aspects of their lives in order to prepare for or…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Adult Education, Behavioral Objectives
Hamburg, David A. – 1994
This book argues that many U.S. children are at risk because of poverty, drug and alcohol abuse, poor health, illiteracy, racial prejudice, and the eruption of unprecedented levels of violence both in inner cities and across the country. It provides a comprehensive overview of the crises young children and adolescents face and the decisions that…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, At Risk Persons, Child Development
Greater Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce, LA. – 1993
The ABC's of Construction project was a demonstration project designed to integrate basic skills training with an industry-developed vocational-craft training program. The program was located at the central training facility of the Pelican Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC), an organization made up of nearly 300 member companies…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Articulation (Education), Basic Skills, Building Trades
Dill, David D., Ed.; Sporn, Barbara, Ed. – 1995
This collection of 11 papers provides a review of the changing environment of major universities in Europe and the United States, with emphasis on changes in public policies, and examines the implications of this new environment on the internal organization of universities. The book is cross-national in scope and in the perspective of each…
Descriptors: College Environment, Economic Development, Educational Change, Educational Demand
Harrison, Linda; Ungerer, Judy – 1996
This study addressed the argument that early child care constitutes a risk to children's social adaptation, and that for high-risk samples this effect depends on the security of the infant-mother attachment relationship. A longitudinal investigation of 135 first-born children in a low-risk sample was conducted to discern the contribution of child…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Attachment Behavior, Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Behavior
Murphy, Carole – 1996
Utilizing a consensus decision-making strategy, teachers and an administrator from Parkway Central Middle School (PCMS) (Missouri) selected a two-part mission: (1) to establish an atmosphere where students demonstrate respect for themselves, their peers, and all adults; and (2) to evaluate, revise, develop, and implement a new discipline plan that…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Classroom Techniques, College School Cooperation, Discipline Policy
English, Fenwick W.; Larson, Robert L. – 1996
This book applies the concepts of curriculum development and management, with curriculum defined as the collectivity of paper defining work, to a wide range of organizations, especially social service organizations, schools, and colleges. After an introductory chapter defining basic concepts, Chapters 1 through 7 cover: curriculum management as it…
Descriptors: Agencies, Audits (Verification), Curriculum Based Assessment, Curriculum Design
Johnson, David R.; And Others – Policy Research Brief, 1996
This policy research brief summarizes findings of a multistate assessment of postschool outcomes and community adjustment for young adults with severe disabilities, the National Transition Study of Individuals with Severe Disabilities Leaving School. The study was intended to provide policy-relevant information on the postschool outcomes and…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adjustment (to Environment), Citizen Participation, Community Services
Hellman, Linda – 1995
A Pima County (Arizona) adult workplace education program in English as a Second Language (ESL) is outlined. Salient elements in program design, student recruitment and program marketing, student assessment, instructional methods, and program evaluation are noted, and the topical content of the ESL curriculum is charted. Tasks/competencies and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Course Content, Curriculum Development, Educational Strategies
Buckley, Helen – 1993
This publication presents data from a survey designed to examine the delivery process and the course content of the Comprehensive Teacher Training Programme (CTTP), a distance education program of study for untrained Caribbean elementary and primary school teachers. The distance education program offers four courses in core subjects and prepares…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Assignments, College Entrance Examinations, College Preparation
Appel, Morgan; And Others – 1996
This preliminary review of the research literature addresses the impact of various diversity initiatives on student learning and experiences in college. These initiatives focus on practices and programs that address access, retention, and academic success of historically underrepresented students and also on more comprehensive efforts to alter the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Change Strategies
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