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Wheeler, David L. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2012
In this article, the author describes a multimillion-dollar project that aims to save traditional expressions of music from around the world and reflects a shift in ethnomusicology. The $5-million project led by Huib Schippers on "sustainable cultures for music futures" is using nine case studies, including Western opera, Balinese…
Descriptors: Music, Musicians, Foreign Countries, Music Activities
Granite, Harvey – Educ Leadership, 1969
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Supervisors, Supervisory Training, Urban Schools
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MacLean, John S.; White, Brain J. – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2013
Assessment has become a popular buzzword on academic campuses over the last few decades. Most assessment models are designed to evaluate traditional learning structures. If we were to state simply the process of assessment, it might read like this: (1) what you want the students to learn; (2) how you want to teach the material; and (3) how you…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, College Students, College Faculty, Educational Assessment
Castner, Myra H.; And Others
A comparative study of first-grade reading instructional methods was undertaken with the support of the Granite School District Exemplary Center for Reading Instruction. This study was conducted in 19 schools of the district and involved approximately 1,295 students. Nine hypotheses concerning the various approaches used in reading instruction…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Grade 1, Hypothesis Testing, Reading Instruction
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Sweet, Julie Anne – American Indian Quarterly, 2008
In a corner of Wright Square in Savannah stands a large granite boulder with a copper plaque commemorating Tomochichi, leader of the Yamacraw Indians and a key figure in the founding of Georgia. Scholars and tourists often overlook this monument and this man, but they should not. Tomochichi welcomed James Oglethorpe and his first band of settlers…
Descriptors: United States History, American Indians, Biographies, Racial Bias
Goodall, Robert C.; And Others – Illinois Journal of Education, 1970
Describes and evaluates the ESEA Title I program in Granite City (Illinois) target area schools which provide preschool classes, remedial reading, and supportive health and counseling services. The programs are considered to be efficient. (DM)
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Instructional Programs, Preschool Education, Program Descriptions
Hess, Donald C. – 1973
An outline of an instructional media project for grades Kindergarten through 12 is presented. The author describes the major steps involved in the program by which educational television (ETV) productions and 16mm films were transferred to videotape cassettes so that they could be used more easily to enrich curriculum and to support library and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Media, Educational Specifications
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Keim, Sarah A.; Harmon, Derek J.; Martindale, James R.; Lopez, Elisabeth N.; Sanky, Charles; Brooks, William S.; Cotter, Meghan M.; Davies, David L.; Doroudi, Majid; Fahl, Jeffrey C.; Farias, Anna; Granite, Guinevere; Harrell, Kelly M.; Kar, Rekha; Kramer, Kenneth L.; Jackson, Jon; Jones, Shiloh; Lackey-Cornelison, Wendy; Laitman, Jeffrey T.; Latacha, Kimberly; Lewis, Steven R.; Lovejoy Mork, Amy; Marzban, Hassan; McNary, Thomas G.; McWhorter, David L.; Merchant, Aftab; Mussell, Jason C.; Quinn, Melissa M.; Reidenberg, Joy S.; Royer, Danielle; Sakaguchi, Alan; Sawyer, F. Kip; Topping, Daniel B.; Wainman, Bruce; Wineski, Lawrence E.; Zumwalt, Ann C.; Hankin, Mark H. – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2023
Clerkships are defining experiences for medical students in which students integrate basic science knowledge with clinical information as they gain experience in diagnosing and treating patients in a variety of clinical settings. Among the basic sciences, there is broad agreement that anatomy is foundational for medical practice. Unfortunately,…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Medical Education, Medical Students, Clinical Experience
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Thijssen, Thomas – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2014
Purpose: The present study aims to focus on workplace learning and understanding learning as creation (Kessels, 1995, 1996, 2001; Verdonschot, 2009; Billett and Choy, 2013) to bridge the gap between education and practice addressing the complex real world issue of poverty and social exclusion in The Netherlands. When researchers and practitioners…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Foreign Countries, Theory Practice Relationship, Social Work
Petersen, Judy – 2002
This paper discusses the development of the Utah Model for Comprehensive Counseling and Guidance, and specifically, its application in the Granite School Districts Guidance Program. This model adopted the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee (NOICC) competencies as its desired program content, which focuses on student outcomes.…
Descriptors: Comprehensive Guidance, Counselor Role, Program Descriptions, School Counseling
Weiss, Laura B. – School Library Journal, 2007
Dominated by street after street of granite federal office buildings, the DC was a place that just couldn't jump-start itself into world-class status. Of course, it offered free, topnotch museums, but everyone lived and breathed politics and the town was sorely lacking a throbbing urban pulse. The absence of a major league baseball team said it…
Descriptors: Municipalities, Social Development, Urban Renewal, Urban Environment
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Krinsley, David Henry; Manley, Curtis Robert – Journal of Geological Education, 1989
Three uses of this method with sandstone, desert varnish, and granite weathering are described. Background information on this technique is provided. Advantages of this type of microscopy are stressed. (CW)
Descriptors: College Science, Earth Science, Geology, Higher Education
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Perryess, C. S. – Green Teacher, 2001
Focuses on the construction and use of a schoolyard model of the Morrow Bay watershed in California. Describes the design and use of materials that include styrofoam insulation, crushed granite, cement, and stucco. (DDR)
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Elementary Education, Environmental Education, Experiential Learning
Jones, Hilda B. – Today's Education, 1973
Granite School District, a suburb of Salt Lake City, Utah, has a staff of 349 teachers and other professional personnel who provide career education and job experience for more than 5,000 special children. (DS)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Education, Exceptional Persons, Services, Special Education
Gittell, Ross – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2010
Economic vitality and environmental protection have long been linked in New England, and will be again with efforts to address climate change in the region. There is an emerging body of literature to support the potential economic benefits of a so-called "green economy" in the region and the nation. In New Hampshire, economic studies of…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Environmental Education, Energy Conservation, Energy
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