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Van Dusen, Gerald C. – 2000
This book examines the promise and some of the perils of the new digital age in higher education. It addresses how cost and affordability impact on universal access, noting that current virtual and distance education options will result in a digital divide. The book advocates removing barriers to higher education in order to make digitized…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Access to Education, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education
2002
These papers examine various perspectives on the gender debate in education: (1) "'Too Strong for a Woman': The Five Words That Created Title IX" (Bernice R. Sandler); (2) "Feminists Discover the Hidden Injuries of Coeducation" (David Tyack and Elisabeth Hansot); (3) "Images of Relationship" (Carol Gilligan); (4)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Bullying, Coeducation
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Ho, Kwok Keung, Ed. – New Horizons in Education, 1998
The annual issue of the journal of the Hong Kong Teachers Association includes these articles: "The Time Management Issue of Tertiary Students: An Investigation of Tuition Conductors in Singapore" (Tai Chee Wong, Jessie Yuk Yong Wong); "The Analysis of the Phenomena of Parkinson in Course of School Management" (Ying Xiu Yang)…
Descriptors: Chinese, College Students, Comparative Education, Educational Policy
Bachman, Jerald G.; Wadsworth, Katherine N.; O'Malley, Patrick M.; Johnston, Lloyd D.; Schulenberg, John E. – 1997
This book focuses on transitions into young adulthood by examining key roles and experiences of young adults and how they relate to changes in drug use. The findings are based on the nationwide Monitoring the Future project, and represent the majority of individuals who entered young adulthood in the United States during the years 1976 through…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research
Bathurst, Effie G. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1940
The conservation excursion takes the child out of the schoolroom and into his natural and social environment and helps him to study it and to participate in the conservation of its natural and human resources. The conservation excursion, like any other school journey, is not intended as a substitute for books, magazines, pictures, or any other…
Descriptors: Educational History, Conservation (Environment), Conservation Education, Outdoor Education
Wilkins, Theresa Birch – Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1949
In 1917 the Office of Education first published a compilation of the lists of institutions accredited by national, regional, and State accrediting agencies, and has issued a revision of this publication at approximately 4-year intervals. This edition is the eighth in the series, the last previous edition having been issued in 1944. The purpose for…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), State Agencies, Technical Institutes, Universities
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1919
The curriculum presented in this bulletin is a response to a definite need frequently expressed by kindergarten teachers, primary teachers, and school men. The work of the different grades has been fairly standardized as to subject matter and method, and is usually outlined quite definitely for the guidance of teachers in the course of study. But…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Music Education, Art Education, Language Arts
United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1915
Volume I begins with the Commissioner of Education's introduction and a general education survey. Data and discussion are included on education administration; city schools systems in cities of both more than and less than 25,000 population; rural education; secondary education; higher education; medical education; homeopathic medical education;…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Urban Schools, Rural Schools, Secondary Education
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Palmer, Colin A. – Journal of World History, 1995
Asserts that scholarship on the formative period of the African presence in the Americas is still in its infancy. Explores the role of ethnicity in the construction of the lives of African-born slaves in Mexico City during the early 1600s. Discusses implications of the findings, including the impact of ethnicity on marriage choices. (CFR)
Descriptors: African Culture, African History, Black Achievement, Black Culture
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Albanese, Mark A. – Academic Medicine, 1993
Issues in problem-based learning in medical education, revealed in a literature review, are discussed including basic and clinical science examination performance; thinking processes and study behaviors promoted; learning environment; student progress and satisfaction; graduate perceptions; choice of residency and specialty; faculty satisfaction;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Career Choice, Cognitive Processes
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Fadigan, Kathleen A.; Hammrich, Penny L. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2004
The purpose of this longitudinal case study is to describe the educational trajectories of a sample of 152 young women from urban, low-income, single-parent families who participated in the Women in Natural Sciences (WINS) program during high school. Utilizing data drawn from program records, surveys, and interviews, this study also attempts to…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Job Skills, Females, Science Education
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Huynh, Minh Q.; Lee, Jae-Nam; Schuldt, Barbara A. – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2005
There is little doubt that the advent of collaborative technologies in recent years has brought some significant changes in the way students learn, communicate, and interact with one another. In recent years, this emergence has sparked increased interest for research into the role and impact of instructional technologies on group learning. Despite…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Learning Processes, Sex Fairness, Gender Issues
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Van Zele, Els; Vandaele, Pieter; Botteldooren, Dick; Lenaerts, Josephina – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2003
This article describes the implementation and evaluation of a learning objects based computer aided system for an advanced engineering course at Ghent University, Belgium. A new syllabus concept was introduced: students had access to a Web-delivered component and received an identical printed component as two sources of information additional to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Engineering Education, Higher Education
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1883
In this report, the Education Commissioner discusses the office's work, with a list of its publications. The Commissioner of Education also presents summary data and discussion on the census related to education and on illiteracy among minors as taken from the census; school age, population, enrollment, and attendance; teacher workforce, salaries,…
Descriptors: Public Agencies, Publications, Illiteracy, Enrollment
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. – 1997
This publication, a supplement to the "North Carolina Public Schools Facilities Guidelines," describes work force development education programs and facilities. It is intended as a resource that can assist design professionals in planning facilities that meet the evolving needs of public schools in the state. The first part of the guide…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Business Education, Career Development
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