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Sakya, T. M., Comp.; Meyer, G. Rex, Comp. – 1997
This book, which is intended for practitioners and researchers engaged in education, presents a comprehensive account and analysis of the major initiatives and programs developed by the Asia and Pacific Programme of Education for All (APPEAL), which was established by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization to promote…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Continuing Education
Bice, Garry R., Comp. – 1977
This report summarizes a project undertaken to differentiate between career education and vocational education, to end confusion among educators, legislators, and the public about similarities and differences of the two, and to examine the various points of potential linkage between them. Part 1 enumerates the needs that this project tried to…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Career Education, Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Programs
Homel, Michael W. – 1984
The creation of a separate and unequal system of education for blacks and whites in Chicago in the 1920s and 1930s, and black responses to the situation are described and analyzed in this book. Drawing upon material from black newspapers and journals, Chicago Board of Education documents, census data, private manuscript collections, and personal…
Descriptors: Activism, Black Community, Black Education, Black Organizations
Hakuta, Kenji – 1986
This book provides an overview of bilingualism and bilingual education by examining historical and recent literature, presenting firsthand observations, and demonstrating how both popular views and scholarly research actually mirror larger social issues. Following the first chapter, a brief introduction, chapter 2 reviews the historical…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Child Language, Cognitive Processes
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2005
Founded in 1943, the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) is an international, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that represents 160,000 educators from more than 135 countries and 66 affiliates. Its members span the entire profession of educators-superintendents, supervisors, principals, teachers, professors of…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Curriculum Development, Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Change
Nutbrown, Cathy – Paul Chapman Publishing, 2005
This book aims to provide a series of starting points which will help readers to understand more about many key topics in early childhood education and care. In the rapidly changing field of early childhood education and care, it is becoming increasingly important for students and practitioners to have an awareness of the many topics that relate…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Emergent Literacy, Developmentally Appropriate Practices