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Teacher Appraisal: Issues And Approaches, Jan Lokan, Phil Mckenzie

Dr Phillip McKenzie

Teacher appraisal raises many awkward questions. For what purposes? In whose interest? By what means? At what cost? And so on. This book has been prepared to provide background material and information for Australian debate on the multitude of issues involved. The book comprises an edited collection of commissioned papers that discuss, from an Australian perspective, the major issues associated with appraising teachers and their work. It is composed of five main sections: The context of teacher appraisal; Teacher appraisal in practice; The state of the art in teacher evaluation; The challenge of teacher appraisal; and an extensive annotated guide …

Learning Via Model Construction And Criticism: Protocol Evidence On Sources Of Creativity In Science, John Clement

John J. Clement

No abstract provided.

A Multi-State Analysis Of The Tjtc, Thomas Berry, Julia Lane

Thomas D Berry

No abstract provided.

Not All Preconceptions Are Misconceptions: Finding Anchoring Conceptions For Grounding Instruction Of Students' Intuitions, John Clement, D. Brown, A. Zietsman

John J. Clement

No abstract provided.

Overcoming Misconceptions Via Analogical Reasoning: Factors Influencing Understanding In A Teaching Experiment, John Clement, D. Brown

John J. Clement

No abstract provided.

Special Education In Japan And China, Irving Epstein

Irving Epstein

This paper compares special education issues in Japan and China. It assumes that this comparison is of intrinsic interest because both Asian societies share similar value orientations, yet are at different stages in their respective modernization efforts. The author argues that the special education case is illustrative of the possibilities and limitations of cultural borrowing from western models, and he re-examines a number of assumptions those models express. Specific issues concerning the desirability of main streaming, the social context of learning theory and appropriate definitions of equality of opportunity are discussed.

Curriculum Arrangements And Resource Allocation In Secondary Schools, Phil Mckenzie, Ross Harrold

Dr Phillip McKenzie

A means by which a nexus can be drawn between a secondary school's educational operations and its resource allocation is suggested. Resources associated with the school's teaching and its learning activities are “mapped”, then compared, on a grid of the school's curriculum arrangements. If it is a non-government (private) school, the analysis is made by comparing average with “breakeven” class sizes; if it is a government (public) school, the analysis compares the patterns of teaching class periods with pupil periods. The analysis identifies implicit resource cross-subsidisation among groups of students who take different levels and types of subjects. There is …

Education For Public Citizenship Through Community Projects, Thomas Kelly

Thomas E. Kelly

No abstract provided.

Secondary School Size, Curriculum Structure, And Resource Use A Study In The Economics Of Education, Phil Mckenzie

Dr Phillip McKenzie

No abstract provided.

The Concept Of Variation And Misconceptions In Cartesian Grouping, John Clement

John J. Clement

No abstract provided.

Fostering Basic Problem-Solving Skills In Mathematics, John Clement, C. Konold

John J. Clement

No abstract provided.

Tools For School Self-Evaluation: Developments In Australia, Phil Mckenzie, Ross Harrold

Dr Phillip McKenzie

No abstract provided.

Literature Review: Effective Staff Development For Computer-Integrated Instruction, Vivian Johnson

Vivian Johnson

No abstract provided.

At-Risk Youth In Suburban Nebraska, John W. Hill

John W. Hill

No abstract provided.

Critical Pedagogy And Chinese Education, Irving Epstein

Irving Epstein

No abstract provided.

Play In The Kindergarten Curriculum, Gayle Mindes

Gayle Mindes

Evaluation Of The In-Service Education Ordinance And Programs For Industrial Vocational Teacher In The Republic Of China, John A. Henschke Edd

John A. Henschke

This study inquires the attitude of administrators and teachers in the republic of China industrial vocational school toward Inservice Education Ordinance enacted in 1985. It also recommended that adult learning theories and strategies be adapted for implementing inservice education for industrial vocational teachers.

Use Of Appropriate Learning Techniques For Teaching Adult Residents In A Correctional Setting, John A. Henschke Edd

John A. Henschke

There is a high degree of educational need in a correctional setting. In one states, 60% of the total number incarcerated are unable to read and write. The increase of that population is of some concern. In 1925, state and federal prisons held 79 people per one-hundred thousand inmates, and in 1985 the number had risen to 201 per one-hundred thousand. If adult education has as one of its goals a contribution toward enhancing the quality of individual lives and society in general, then the way in which correctional residents are taught is important. During the 1989 winter semester, a …

Identifying Appropriate Adult Educator Practice: Beliefs, Feelings And Behaviors, John A. Henschke Edd

John A. Henschke

The literature of adult education provides a broad spectrum of characteristics necessary for adult educators to practice in this emerging field. It was the purpose of this study to take some major steps toward developing an assessment instrument indicating the beliefs, feelings and behaviors adult educators need to possess. The instrument emphasizes the teacher's personal and contextual identification, actions and competencies in the classroom, and philosophical beliefs for guiding practice. Two major groups totaling six hundred adult educators were used to test and refine the instrument: faculty in an Adult Basic Education/General Education Development/English as a Second Language Program in …