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POOL, LYDIA B. – 1967
THE WASHINGTON COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM IN TENNILLE, GEORGIA, SET UP A PILOT READING CENTER IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PROGRAM AT TENNILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO PROVIDE TREATMENT FOR ITS DISABLED READERS AND TO IMPROVE ITS DEVELOPMENTAL READING PROGRAM THROUGH INSERVICE EDUCATION. THIRTY-FOUR CHILDREN WITHOUT MOTIVATION WERE TAUGHT BY DEMONSTRATION…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary School Students, Inservice Education
HARRIS, BEN M. – 1966
SUPERVISION, BECAUSE IT COVERS A MULTIPLICITY OF TASKS PERFORMED IN NO FIXED LOCUS, ITS ALMOST IMMUNE TO SYSTEMATIC EVALUATION. ELABORATE DESCRIPTIVE STUDIES ARE NEEDED (POSSIBLY REPLICATIONS OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION STUDIES) ON SUCH TOPICS AS RESISTANCE TO CHANGE AND SUPERVISOR-SUPERVISOR RELATIONSHIPS. THEORETICAL MODELS AND CONCEPTS WHICH…
Descriptors: Behavioral Sciences, Bibliographies, Change Agents, Curriculum Development
COSTIN, LELA B. – 1965
A THREE-YEAR DEMONSTRATION PROJECT TO TRAIN NONPROFESSIONALS FOR LICENSING DAY CARE AND FOSTER HOMES WAS A COOPERATIVE VENTURE BETWEEN A SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK AND TEN STATE DIVISIONS OF CHILD WELFARE, STIMULATED BY CONCERN ABOUT MANPOWER SHORTAGES AND THE NEED FOR NEW APPROACHES TO TRAINING NONPROFESSIONALS IN SOCIAL WORK POSITIONS. FOLLOWING…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Certification, Child Welfare, Curriculum Development
Ham, Clifford C. – 1977
This study guide comprises a portion of the National Training and Development Service Urban Management Curriculum Development Project. The ten modules included in this package examine the concept of accountability as it applies to public officials. The first module introduces the concept. Modules Two and Three discuss citizen participation and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Citizen Participation, Decentralization, Inservice Education
Tinnell, Richard W., Ed. – 1978
The objective of this project was to develop and test a method of offering technical education to individuals employed in the electrical power industry. Representatives from industry were invited to an advisory council meeting where attention was focused on the needs of the industry. This information was used to define an extensive curriculum, and…
Descriptors: Adults, Continuing Education, Curriculum Development, Electricity
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Alexandria, VA. – 1980
The purpose of this study was to assess current supervisory practice and assess the impact of certain factors on supervision: declining enrollments, declining budgets, collective bargaining, management efficiency studies, principals' inability to commit time to supervision, and decentralization. Data were gathered from 16 districts (urban,…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Curriculum Development, Decentralization, Declining Enrollment
Williams, Vivienne; Krager, Joan M., Ed. – 1980
The purpose of this document is to assist the educational community in the development of positive school learning climates through the use of inservice teacher training programs and supportive classroom activities. The five exemplary, short-term seminars designed for school personnel by the Youth Advocacy Loop of the Teacher Corps are described…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Demonstration Programs, Discipline
De Mott, John – 1980
College and university involvement in programs of continuing education or inservice training for practicing journalists is reviewed in this paper. Continued and increased involvement is forecast for the 1980s. Surveys addressing the need for continued education and surveys conducted to discover in-house newspaper training programs are reviewed.…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Fellowships, Inservice Education, Journalism
Scott, Elois Skeen – 1979
This paper lists the questions asked in interviews with Title I bilingual program teachers and aides. Each question is discussed in terms of interview responses and evaluator observations. Areas considered include student selection and language fluency, classroom management, program coordination, parent and parent advisory council involvement,…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teacher Aides, Bilingual Teachers
Smith, Douglas H.; Dowling, William D. – 1978
Prepared for discussion at an Adult Education Research Conference, this paper offers commentary and summative evaluation of eleven doctoral dissertations on the process of determining educational or training needs of specific adult populations. As context for discussion Joe Ellis' definitions of needs--Felt, Real, and Education--are noted along…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Education, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Needs
Walker, Susan K.; Villano, Maurice W. – 1979
Two nutrition education modules were developed on cardiovascular disease and fat-controlled diet consisting of a self-instruction leader's guide and teaching package to conduct learning sessions for the participants. The sessions consisted of an audio-visual presentation, situations related to the module topic, group discussion, role-playing,…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research, Demonstrations (Educational)
Seagren, Alan T.; Geering, Adrian D. – 1979
The main purpose of this paper is to outline the ways educational administrators are prepared in Australia. Universities and Colleges of Advanced Education (CAEs) provide the formal preparation programs in educational administration. An analysis is made of the types of programs generally offered and the role of the universities and the CAEs. The…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Curriculum Evaluation, Degree Requirements, Educational Administration
Nelsen, William C., Ed.; Siegel, Michael E., Ed. – 1979
The impact and effectiveness of various faculty development programs is the focus of this report from the Association of American Colleges. Twenty faculty development programs around the country are examined. Faculty development is defined in this study as all activities designed to improve the performance of faculty as teachers, scholars,…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Curriculum Development, Faculty Development, Higher Education
National Inst. of Mental Health (DHEW), Bethesda, MD. – 1966
THE TRAINING GRANTS PROGRAM HELPS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE NONPROFIT INSTITUTIONS MEET TEACHING COSTS AND PROVIDES STUDENT STIPENDS AND TUITION FOR TRAINING IN PSYCHIATRY, PSYCHOLOGY, NURSING, SOCIAL WORK, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND RESEARCH IN THE BIOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES. IN ADDITION, IT SUPPORTS (1) PILOT AND SPECIAL TRAINING PROJECTS FOR DEVELOPING…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Demonstration Programs, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
AUSTIN, MARY C. – 1968
INFORMATION ABOUT ESEA READING PROJECTS FOR THE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED WAS OBTAINED BY STRUCTURED TELEPHONE INTERVIEWS AND A SUPPLEMENTAL WRITTEN FORM FROM 632 SCHOOL SYSTEMS. FIELD VISITS WERE MADE TO 34 SELECTED SYSTEMS. THE MAJORITY OF THESE PROGRAMS WAS REMEDIAL IN NATURE (53.48 PERCENT). COMBINATION PROGRAMS (29.59 PERCENT) USUALLY…
Descriptors: Corrective Reading, Developmental Reading, Federal Aid, Financial Support
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