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CRATTY, BRYANT J. – 1967
TO BRING TOGETHER DATA RELEVANT TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN MOVEMENT WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO LEARNING, THE TEXT SURVEYS THE CONCERN OF SEVERAL DISCIPLINES WITH MOTOR BEHAVIOR AND LEARNING. WORDS AND DEFINITIONS ARE ESTABLISHED, AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE HUMAN ACTION SYSTEM IS DISCUSSED. A CONSIDERATION OF PERCEPTION TREATS THE PROCESS OF…
Descriptors: Ability, Anxiety, Behavior, Child Development
Altbach, Philip G. – 1979
Consisting of an essay and a bibliography, this book provides a discussion of the origins and development of comparative higher education as a field of study, an interpretation of the key issues in higher education as they affect different countries, and a select list of significant contributions to the literature on the subject. The essay begins…
Descriptors: Activism, Articulation (Education), Bibliographies, Books
Sparks, Doug – 1977
This study discusses the contention that since vocational education costs more per pupil on the average than academic or general education, it should yield greater benefits to its students. Focus is on examining pitfalls inherent in this approach/contention and synthesizing recent research materials which reflect the benefits of vocational…
Descriptors: Accountability, Cost Effectiveness, Employer Attitudes, Employment Opportunities
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Stoltman, Joseph P., Ed. – 1976
The papers and research reports in this monograph form two parts. Part I is intended to help geography educators learn more about how children conceptualize space. The validity of Piaget's views on the evolution of conceptions of territorial size among children of different countries was investigated. Reflecting a different concern for educators…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Comparative Education
Howe, Anne, Ed.; Romiszowski, A. J., Ed. – 1976
This yearbook of the Association for Programmed Learning and Educational Technology is intended to provide an updated general reference survey for practitioners in educational technology. In Section 1, eight invited articles on trends within the field serve to outline some aspects of current thinking. Section 2 contains articles on the state of…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Catalogs, Communications, Communications Satellites
Kirschner (E.J.) and Associates, Washington, DC. – 1976
The Office of Education commissioned the study to identify and explore various policies concerning the education of adults: (1) to define the need, for the entire population and selected sub-groups; (2) to describe the current response, at all levels; (3) to identify and analyze the differences between need and response; and (4) to identify and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Census Figures, Community Programs
Loye, David, Ed. – 1970
This booklet surveys all the research studies (approx. 205), undertaken at ETS from July 1968 through June 1969. It offers research results to interested, nonresearch professional readers, and supplements more formal reports for professionals interested in research processes as well. Four major themes in the ETS research program are emphasized:…
Descriptors: Careers, Cognitive Processes, Computer Programs, Disadvantaged Youth
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Shaw, Merville C., Ed; Goodyear, Rodney K., Ed. – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1984
Presents 11 articles devoted to the application of primary prevention tactics and strategies in elementary and secondary school systems. Describes specific programs and reviews research related to positive student development and the prevention of emotional and learning problems. Discusses the role of counselors, teachers, and other professional…
Descriptors: Child Development Specialists, Children, Consultation Programs, Counselor Role
Thompson, Lisa; Tullis, Ericka; Franke, Todd; Halfon, Neal – UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, 2005
The UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities (CHCFC) has developed the School Readiness Critical Pathways (SRCPs) as an evidence-based conceptual model that links related outcomes and strategies. This helps to organize an array of broad and diffuse evidence regarding the strategies that produce school readiness outcomes for…
Descriptors: Young Children, Strategic Planning, School Readiness, Models
2002
This document contains three papers from a symposium on the future of human resource development (HRD) and trends in HRD. "Searching for the Future of Human Resource Development" (Wendy E.A. Ruona, Susan A. Lynham, Tom Chermack) reports on a survey of 55 HRD and HRD-related practitioners and academics that examined trends in the HRD…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Comparative Analysis, Competence, Developed Nations
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 2003
The General Accounting Office (GAO) studied selected nations' policies to increase the number of older workers participating in the labor force. The main data collection activities were as follows: (1) an analysis of population and labor force data from eight high-income Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development member nations; (2) an…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Case Studies, Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis
Alfred, Mary V. – 2002
The learning and development experiences of English-speaking Caribbean immigrant women in the United States were examined in a transcultural study. A heuristic phenomenological approach was used to explore how a sample of 15 Anglophone women from the British Caribbean islands who had immigrated to the midwestern, southwestern, and eastern United…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Development, Adult Learning, Cognitive Structures
Schuller, Tom; Bynner, John; Green, Andy; Blackwell, Louisa; Hammond, Cathie; Preston, John; Gough, Martin – 2001
This document attempts to lay the groundwork for modeling and measuring the "wider benefits" of learning. The introduction distinguishes between two categories of "wider benefits" of learning. The first category is noneconomic benefits (benefits that are not measured directly in terms of additional income or increased…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Aging (Individuals), Children
Lewis, Morgan V. – 2002
A needs sensing project was conducted to identify the general needs of the field of career and technical education (CTE), dissemination activities, and major forces in the environment judged likely to influence education in the foreseeable future. The need sensing took place with networks developed in regions assigned to the five primary partner…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Articulation (Education), Competition
Kister, Joanna – 2001
This document is comprised of two main parts: (1) Role and Nature of State Leadership; and (2) Developing Leaders. Issues related to state leadership for career and technical education (CTE) were studied. CTE-related research, policy, and practice were reviewed. State directors of CTE were surveyed, and 39 individuals considered opinion leaders in…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Change Agents, Educational Administration, Educational Change
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