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White, Herbert S. – 2000
This book is a collection of the author's following publications and speeches, primarily from 1995-2000: "Look at All Those Beautiful Birds Overhead!""Priorities for the Research Library Budget,""What Do We Give 'Em?""The Legacy of John Swan,""Small Public Libraries-Challenges, Opportunities, and Irrelevancies,""Lead Me Not into Temptation To Do…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Higher Education, Information Technology, Librarians
Direct linkArrison, Tom, Ed.; Olson, Steve, Ed. – National Academies Press, 2012
In October 2005, the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine released a policy report that served as a call to action. The report, "Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future" observed that "the scientific and technological building blocks…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Innovation, Science Education, Engineering
Wehlburg, Catherine M., Ed.; Chadwick-Blossey, Sandra, Ed. – 2004
An annual publication, "To Improve the Academy" offers a resource for improvement in higher education to faculty, instructional development staff, and administrators. The chapters of part 1, "Past, Present, and Future of SoTL," contains: (1) "The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Past Lessons, Current Challenges, and Future Visions" (Kathleen…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Educational Improvement, Higher Education, Organizational Development
Campbell, Anne; McNamara, Olwen; Gilroy, Peter – Paul Chapman Publishing, 2004
This book aims to support and prepare practitioners to undertake small-scale inquiries and research investigations. The processes of research and inquiry-based learning help teachers come to terms with the complexities and challenges of teaching as their responsibilities widen to include the notion of the teacher as researcher. This major shift in…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Research Methodology, Professional Development, Writing for Publication
Brophy, Peter, Ed.; Fisher, Shelagh, Ed.; Clarke, Zoe, Ed. – 2002
This proceedings of the fourth Libraries Without Walls Conference addresses key strategic issues arising from international, regional, and cross-sectoral approaches to the provision of library services to distant users. The following papers are included: Theme 1: Libraries and Virtual Learning Environments: "Introduction" (Peter Brophy,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education
Evertson, Carolyn M., Ed.; Weinstein, Carol S., Ed. – Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Bks), 2006
Classroom management is a topic of enduring concern for teachers, administrators, and the public. It consistently ranks as the first or second most serious educational problem in the eyes of the general public, and beginning teachers consistently rank it as their most pressing concern during their early teaching years. Management problems continue…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Research, Classroom Communication, Critical Theory
Mikk, Jaan, Ed.; Meisalo, Veijo, Ed.; Kukemelk, Hasso, Ed.; Horsley, Mike, Ed. – 2002
Papers from an international conference on research on textbooks and educational media are presented, grouped into four content areas. The first, Textbooks and Curricular Reform, contains: (1) The Norwegian CanonIs It Nationally Conditioned? (Bente Aamotsbakken); (2) Estonian Language Textbooks for Russian Schools and Their Accordance with New…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Media, Elementary Secondary Education
Jacobson, Erik – Peter Lang New York, 2012
The volume addresses the ways that the field of adult basic education has already been impacted by changes in technology and what needs to happen for learners and teachers to take full advantage of newly developing resources. The analysis is organized around three main themes: Learning, Teaching, and Organizing. Each section reviews relevant…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Multiple Literacies, Computer Literacy, Influence of Technology
Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2005
This publication provides orchestra teachers with techniques for conducting, choosing repertoire, program development, recruiting, playing styles, and preparing for competitions. It is the latest in MENC's popular Spotlight series, comprising articles that have appeared in state MEA journals. It is made up of 9 sections, and has a total of 53…
Descriptors: Program Development, Musicians, Music Activities, Music Teachers
MENC: The National Association for Music Education, 2004
The latest title in the popular Spotlight series, this timely book focuses on issues involving recruitment and retention of music teachers, a crucial issue in these days of budget constraints. Arranged chronologically, it features a collection of articles from state journals focusing on issues such as mentoring, teacher shortages, burnout, and…
Descriptors: Teacher Shortage, Music Teachers, Teacher Salaries, Teacher Recruitment
Nelson, Olga G., Ed.; Linek, Wayne M., Ed. – 1999
The 38 essays in this book look back at language experience as an educational approach, provide practical classroom applications, and reconceptualize language experience as an overarching education process. Classroom teachers and reading specialists describe strategies in use in a variety of classroom settings and describe ways to integrate…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
Jonassen, David H., Ed.; Land, Susan M., Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 1999
"Theoretical Foundations of Learning Environments" describes the most contemporary psychological and pedagogical theories that are foundations for the conception and design of open-ended learning environments and new applications of educational technologies. In the past decade, the cognitive revolution of the 60s and 70s has been…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Constructivism (Learning), Instructional Design, Mathematics Education
Funnell, Peter; Muller, Dave – 1991
This book examines the impact of the single European market (SEM) on vocational education in the United Kingdom. Part 1 consists of two chapters: "The Single European Market--Its Rationale and Consequences" (Peter Luff) and "The Single European Market--Uncertain Implications and the Vocational Educational Challenge" (Colin…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, College Programs, Coordination
Rassool, Naz – 1999
This book examines literacy for sustainable development in the age of information. It begins by discussing the relationship between literacy and hegemony, social policy, national language policy, colonial relations, and postcolonial realities. Also discussed in the introduction are views and definitions of literacy and considerations in mapping a…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Citizenship Education
Rosier, Malcolm J. – 1978
More students from lower socio-economic status homes leave school because they have lower achievement and poorer attitudes. Home background has little direct influence on the decision to leave. Other factors studied were type of school, locale (state), and sex. Type of school had little influence on the decision to leave school. Differences…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics, Dropouts, Educational Environment
