NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 10 results Save | Export
Campbell, Dale F.; And Others – 1984
Developed as a result of the North Carolina Community College President's Leadership Institute, this volume discusses the successful use of selected adaptive strategies to enhance community college effectiveness. Following information on the Institute and an overview of the volume, most of the remaining chapters review the work of prominent…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Change Strategies, College Administration, College Curriculum
Huang, Wei-Chiao, Ed. – 1989
These papers are organized around the theme that labor unions in the United States, having suffered a precipitous decline in membership and influence, must reassess their past practices and strategies and seek new methods and solutions. Following an introduction by Wei-Chiao Huang, the document includes "Bargaining Realities: Responding to a…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Employer Employee Relationship, Labor Economics, Labor Relations
McAllister, Deborah A., Ed.; Fritch, Sarah C., Ed. – Online Submission, 2007
As a part of the teacher licensure program at the graduate level at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC), the M.Ed. Licensure candidate is required to complete an action research project during a 3-semester-hour course that coincides with the 9-semester-hour student teaching experience. This course, Education 590 Culminating…
Descriptors: Teaching Experience, Student Teaching, Research Projects, Action Research
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
St. George, Diane Marie M.; Thomas, Stephen B. – Journal of School Health, 1997
This study evaluated the association between middle school students' perceived risk of fighting and actual fighting behavior, examining the effects of race, gender, and grade. Surveys indicated that perceived risk of fighting was high, and one in five students fought regularly. There were associations between race, gender, grade, and fighting. (SM)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Black Students, Comprehensive School Health Education, Conflict Resolution
Harman, Grant, Ed.; And Others – 1991
This book provides an account of the major administrative restructuring and organization that has occurred in Australian public school systems over the past decade. Section 1 provides a discussion of the Australian restructuring efforts in an international context. Chapters in this section include the following: (1) "The Restructuring of…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Case Studies, Educational Administration, Educational Change
Willis, Wayne, Ed. – Journal of Educational Philosophy and History, 1994
This annual publication offers a collection of papers, essays, and speeches related to the history and philosophy of education. This volume contains: (1) "The Presidential Address: The Educational Revolution in Kentucky, or How To Build the Plane After You're Off the Ground" (Wayne Willis); (2) "The Seventh Annual William E. Drake Lecture: Was…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational Anthropology, Educational History, Educational Philosophy
American Vocational Association, Arlington, VA. Agricultural Education Div. – 1984
This document contains the texts of 27 presentations given at the National Agricultural Education Research Meeting. The papers in the proceedings are grouped under 10 themes with a critique for each group. The themes (with speakers' names in parentheses) are as follows: supervised occupational experiences (Gregory W. Fletcher, David L. Williams,…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Classroom Techniques, Computer Oriented Programs
Northern Illinois Univ., De Kalb. Coll. of Continuing Education. – 1984
These proceedings consist of 28 presentations. They include, in alphabetical order by author, "Data Collection Methods Used to Determine Training Needs of the Organization and the Adult Learner in Business and Industry" (Bart P. Beaudin), "Sex and the Split Brain: Does the Sex of the Mind Matter?" (Anne A. Bowbeer),…
Descriptors: Adult Dropouts, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Agency Cooperation
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Bond, Lyndal; Thomas, Lyndal; Coffey, Carolyn; Glover, Sara; Butler, Helen; Carlin, John B.; Patton, George – Journal of School Health, 2004
This study examined the impact of a school-based preventive intervention on cannabis use in adolescence, using a cluster-randomized trial of a multilevel intervention aimed at improving social relationships within schools by promoting change in school environment. Four waves of data were collected at baseline (1997, Year 8: mean age 13 years) and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Research Papers (Students), Intervention
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Power, Thomas J.; Andrews, Ted J.; Eiraldi, Ricardo B.; Doherty, Brian J.; Ikeda, Martin J.; DuPaul, George J.; Landau, Steven – Psychological Assessment, 1998
The Inattention and Hyperactivity-Impulsivity factors of the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Rating Scale-IV were used to predict diagnostic status of 147 referred elementary school students. Results suggested that using a single informant was best for ruling out Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and using parent and teacher…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Diagnostic Tests, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students