Gomez, Louis M.; O'Neill, D. Kevin (1994). The Collaboratory Notebook: A Networked Knowledge-Building Environment for Project Learning. The Collaboratory Notebook, developed as part of the Learning Through Collaborative Visualization Project (CoVis), is a networked, multimedia knowledge-building environment which has been designed to help students, teachers and scientists share inquiry over the boundaries of time and space. CoVis is an attempt to change the way that science is taught and learned in high schools through the use of high-performance computing and communications technologies for classroom research projects. Project-enhanced science learning represents a transition from traditional textbook- and lecture-oriented classrooms to ones in which learning occurs in the course of more authentic scientific inquiry. The Collaboratory Notebook extends the metaphor of a scientists' laboratory notebook with facilities for sharing inquiry among multiple project partners who may be distributed across institutions, or across the country. The structure of the Collaboratory Notebook's database is built upon a library… [PDF]

Howley, Craig (2000). Anti-Intellectualism and the Pedagogy of Gifted Education. This paper discusses anti-intellectualism in the United States from a rural viewpoint, defines "ideology," and questions whether the psychology of gifted education is an ideology. Fear and loathing of intellectuals are identified with the working class, a view that distorts the role of intellectuals. A rural view of anti-intellectualism is presented that sees "intellect" as a social construction, cultivated and husbanded (or exploited and depleted) over time and generations. Because of intellect's social nature, the common good is wrapped up with stewardship of the intellect. This nexus of social construction and cross-generational legacy means that teaching and learning that care for the intellect must center on a generosity now anathema to American culture. Knowledge today is secretive; there are laws against sharing it. The interests that construct and market American culture are the same interests that increasingly direct the work of schools, and that also… [PDF]

Post, Arden DeVries (2000). Celebrating Children's Choices: 25 Years of Children's Favorite Books. This book provides the background and development of the Children's Choices project and highlights many of the best known and most popular books that have appeared on the Children's Choices list over the past 25 years. Each book selection features a picture of the book jacket, an annotation from the Choices list, a list of classroom applications, and vignettes from the classrooms where the authors observed the applications in progress. Selected books cross content areas and reading levels, and feature both fiction and nonfiction. The book begins with an introductory chapter and a chapter entitled \Children's Literature in the Curriculum and at Home.\ The third chapter, \Books Used with Younger Readers,\ contains sections entitled \Imagine the Impossible with 'Cows Can't Fly'\;\Check and Chart Weird and Real Weather with 'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs'\; \Study a Whale of a Tale with 'Katie K. Whale'\; \Open the Door to Sharing with 'The Doorbell Rang'\; \Explode into Literacy…

Cabalo, Jessica V.; Jaciw, Andrew P.; Ma, Boya; Miller, Gloria I.; Vu, Minh-Thien (2007). The Effect of Ongoing Professional Development on Interactive Whiteboard Use: A Report of a Randomized Experiment in Forsyth County Schools. Grantee Submission Introduction: The Forsyth County School District sought scientifically based evidence for the effect of ongoing, district-developed professional development (PD) on the usage of Promethean Interactive Whiteboards. A randomly selected subset of teachers received PD in addition to basic training sessions offered in Fall 2005 to all district teachers for using interactive whiteboards (IWBs). District decision-makers were interested in learning about the impact of the additional PD on student achievement outcomes in core subjects as well as on teacher classroom practices. The district, considered part of metro Atlanta, GA has an annual growth rate of 8-10% and serves mainly White students. The PD is an ongoing, systematic training structured to include 1- to 2-hour workshops and supplemental resources from the school IT specialist. The objective was to train teachers to perform advanced IWB operations to enhance their instruction and engage their students in learning. We conducted an… [PDF] [Direct] [Direct]

Warren, Karen, Ed.; And Others (1995). The Theory of Experiential Education. A Collection of Articles Addressing the Historical, Philosophical, Social, and Psychological Foundations of Experiential Education. Third Edition. This anthology is a compilation of 46 articles on the foundations of experiential education, previously published in the \Journal of Experiential Education.\ Section I covers philosophical foundations of experiential education, definitions, objectives, influences of John Dewey and Kurt Hahn, and the role of spirituality in the wilderness adventure experience. Section II examines historical foundations, including a history of the Association for Experiential Education, a profile of Kurt Hahn, change and continuity as exemplified by a case study of Outward Bound, and cultural considerations in experientially-based educational reform. Section III addresses psychological perspectives and issues, including the appropriate mix of experiential learning and information assimilation, the transfer of learning in adventure education, internalization of learning, a Piagetian rationale for experiential education, the spiritual core of experiential education, and teaching for psychological… [PDF]

Richard, Mark R. (1995). The Effect of the Composition of the Property Tax Base on Educational Expenditures in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania state policymakers have taken steps to address issues of educational equity across school districts by amending the school-finance funding system. Pennsylvania relies on local property tax revenues as a major source of funding. This paper examines the effect of the property-tax-base formula on educational expenditures in the state. Fifteen variables were obtained from three sources–the Pennsylvania Educational Policy Studies database, the 1990 United States Census, and the State Tax Equalization Board. Regression analysis found that the nonresidential component of the property tax base gives rise to significant differences in educational expenditures in Pennsylvania. However, policymakers need information about why the disparities occur. Therefore, a log-linear model based on the educational-demand models of Ladd (1974) and Barro (1972) was developed. This more behavioral approach views educational demand as a function of the income/wealth, perceived tax price, and… [PDF]

(1993). Changes in Wages and Benefits among Young Adults. Data from the National Longitudinal Surveys. Work and Family. Report 849. Recent changes in the structure of wages and in employer-provided benefits made available to young workers were examined. Changes in the wage structure and in benefits were compared by educational level. Data from the Youth, Young Men, and Young Women's cohorts of the National Longitudinal Surveys provided information on a sample of young men and young women who were between the ages of 14 and 25 in 1966 and 1968, respectively, and who have been interviewed yearly or every 2 years since then; and from the youth survey of young men and women who were between 14 and 22 in 1979 and who have been interviewed annually since then. In order to see changes in labor income, hourly wage rates were examined for men and women by their level of educational attainment during their first 5 years out of school. In order to examine changes in employer-provided benefits over time, data from the Youth cohort in 1991 were compared to data from the Young Men's cohort in 1976 and from the Young Women's… [PDF]

Waters, Donald J. (1992). Electronic Technologies and Preservation. Digital imaging technology, which is used to take a computer picture of documents at the page level, has significant potential as a tool for preserving deteriorating library materials. Multiple reproductions can be made without loss of quality; the end product is compact; reproductions can be made in paper, microfilm, or CD-ROM; and access over electronic networks is easy. Numerous challenges, however, face users of digital technology. These include: difficulty of browsing on a computer screen; lack of models to assess cost-effectiveness; the relatively short life span of digital storage media and the hardware and software needed to gain access to digital images; and copyright problems. Six approaches will enable librarians to explore the promise of this technology. First the advantages of converting a document to microfilm, which is relatively permanent, or to digital imagery, which is easier to access, need to be carefully considered. Second, as librarians are exploring and… [PDF]

Barber, Betty L. (1982). Motherhood after 28: Career Women Who Waited. Trends in fertility patterns show an increase in births among 30- to 40-year-old college educated career women. To investigate the attitudes, characteristics, role stresses, and satisfactions of married career women who have delayed childbearing until after age 28, and the attitudes of their husbands toward their careers and roles, 35 married career women (mean age, 33) completed four surveys, including the Maternal Attitude and Feminine Interest Questionnaire and the Marital Satisfaction Questionnaire, and personal interviews. The husbands completed ten items from the Marital Satisfaction Questionnaire, Spousal Survey. An analysis of the results showed that couples had been married an average of 7 years. The majority of husbands and wives were college educated with an average family income of $50,000; 74% of the women were in educational or managerial careers. Only 11% of the women were taking leave from their careers for full-time mothering. Overall, the women were happily married…

Fadale, LaVerna M.; Winter, Gene M. (1988). SUNY Youth Internship Program: A Summary Review. A Youth Internship Program (YIP) has been developed at seven community colleges of the State University of New York (SUNY) to improve the employability potential of unemployed, out-of-school, economically disadvantaged youth between 16 and 21 years of age. Components of the seven programs examined differ, but all address six main activities: recruitment and intake; instruction in academic, life, and/or employability skills; the provision of internships or work experience; program evaluation; financial accounting; and the development of links with other agencies providing similar services. An external evaluation was conducted in September of 1988 to provide a profile of the seven programs and to determine the extent to which program activities were achieving their objectives. For the program as a whole, over 2,500 youth have been served in some way by YIP. More than 1,500 of these were involved in one or more instructional components, nearly 1,000 participated in a subsidized…

Cassara, Beverly Benner (1987). Embracing the Obvious. In large and small countries alike, adult educators can no longer be content with educating adults as though they live in a vacuum but must instead become international adult educators to some extent. This is not to say that adult educators must teach an international subject every day. What it does mean is that they must make international understanding the perimeter or frame of reference for all their professional work. International adult educators live very consciously in the world, not only in their own cities or countries, and they try to see their own countries in a world context and be aware of their own national shortcomings. This in turn brings a perspective into their classrooms that opens the minds of adults to see themselves as responsible actors on the stage of the entire planet. The rapid growth of the International Council for Adult Education is proof that adult educators all over the world have a need and an interest in knowing each other and working together in a…

(1968). THE DYNAMICS OF INFORMATION FLOW, RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE THE FLOW OF INFORMATION WITHIN AND AMONG FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL TASK FORCE ON INFORMATION SYSTEMS WAS CREATED BY THE U.S. BUREAU OF THE BUDGET, COUNCIL OF STATE GOVERNMENTS, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES, NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, U.S. CONFERENCE OF MAYORS, INTERNATIONAL CITY MANAGERS' ASSOCIATION AND THE ADVISORY COMMISSION ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS TO STUDY AND IDENTIFY IMPEDIMENTS TO ATTAINING AN EFFECTIVE FLOW OF INFORMATION WITHIN AND AMONG GOVERNMENTS AND TO RECOMMEND ACTIONS THAT COULD BE TAKEN AT THE FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT. THE TASK FORCE FOUND A NUMBER OF FACTORS WHICH HINDER THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN EFFICIENT INFORMATION FLOW. AMONG THESE ARE–(1) THE LACK OF STRONG, CENTRAL COORDINATION AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT OVER THE DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION OF INTERNAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS, (2) THE FRAGMENTATION OF FEDERAL GRANT-IN-AID PROGRAMS WHICH ARE AVAILABLE TO ASSIST STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS, (3) THE LACK OF ADEQUATE COORDINATION… [PDF]

Bertram, Tony; Dupree, Elaine; Pascal, Christine (2001). Listening to Children's Perspectives of Their Early Childhood Settings. The Effective Early Learning Programme in the United Kingdom (UK) has included the voice of children as an integral part of their evaluation and improvement process. This study interviewed approximately 945 children from 23 different geographical areas of the UK about their views of certain aspects of their early learning settings. Children were interviewed in groups of three to four and were asked questions about five dimensions of quality; this study focused on three: (1) aims and objectives; (2) learning experience; and (3) relationships and interactions. Findings revealed that children thought they attended day care/preschool to play, to learn, and because their parents were working. More parents than children focused on need for childcare as the main reason for the child attending the setting. Far fewer parents mentioned learning. Children reported a variety of activities they liked best; the most commonly mentioned of these were imaginative play, creative activities, water and… [PDF]

Gaskell, Jane (1995). Secondary Schools in Canada: The National Report of the Exemplary Schools Project. The Exemplary Schools Project was a national cooperative project that identified successful Canadian secondary schools and analyzed their practices to suggest policy implications. Five issues were examined: the meaning and recognition of success; interactions between the school and its context; the influence of school structures, processes, and culture in fostering success; characteristics of student life in school; and services provided to at-risk students. From over 260 nominations, 21 diverse secondary schools were selected, including large urban schools, small rural schools, minority-language schools, and Aboriginal schools. A research team spent 20 days at each school gathering information, from which case studies, a national report, a video, and a resource archive were developed. Chapter 1 discusses challenges facing secondary education in Canada in the 1990s. Chapter 2 describes the origins of the project, research design, school selection process, data collected, and… [PDF]

Fountas, Irene C.; McCarrier, Andrea; Pinnell, Gay Su (2000). Interactive Writing: How Language & Literacy Come Together, K-2. Focusing on the early phases of writing and having special relevance to prekindergarten through grade 2 teachers, this book shows how teachers can use interactive writing to teach a range of foundational literacy skills by sharing the pen with young writers. Skill building includes: letter formation, letter names, phonemic awareness, spelling, high-frequency words, concepts about print, early reading, and organizing and composing narrative and expository text. The book features practical advice, suggestions for using children's literature and art in the writing program, examples of children's writing, suggestions for helping children learn to write and read expository text, suggestions for professional development, and specific steps for getting started day by day. Chapters in the book are: (1) What Is Interactive Writing? (2) Language and Literacy Learning: The Role of Interactive Writing; (3) Organizing Space and Materials To Support Interactive Writing; (4) Getting Started with…

(2005). Curriculum Review. Volume 44, Number 9. Curriculum Review, v44 n9 May. Each month, "Curriculum Review" offers teachers mutual support, the sharing of ideas, and words of encouragement to help them face challenges in the classroom. The May 2005 issue of "Curriculum Review" contains the following articles: (1) "We Hear from Readers"; (2) "What They're Saying"; (3) "District Takes Public-School Marketing to a New Level"; (4) "Not All Teens are Skilled Web Surfers"; (5) "Multitasking Children Gorge on Electronic Media"; (6) "Surf these Websites"; (7) "Radio-Frequency ID Tags Fail to Fly in One District"; (8) "Popular Online School Runs into Academic Trouble"; (9) "Get Your Site Reviewed"; (10) "Thai Students Try Cell Phone Cheating on Big Test"; (11) "Will-Writing Project Can Be a Great Way to End the Year"; (12) "Girls Make Noise at Rock 'n' Roll Summer Camps" (Ann Farmer); (13) "Enlist Actors to Bring Student…

Jackson, Sue (2006). Learning to Live: The Relationship between Lifelong Learning and Lifelong Illness. International Journal of Lifelong Education, v25 n1 p51-73 Jan-Feb. This paper explores the ways in which people with lifelong chronic illness engage with learning, and how learning impacts on the ways in which they learn to live with their illness. It considers their engagement with and changing focus of learning at different stages: prior to diagnosis, at about the time of diagnosis, and as their understanding of their condition deepens. It asks how knowledge of their illness affects peoples learning, and whether (and in what ways) learning enables them to deal with their condition. Questionnaires were distributed through the Primary Immunodeficiency Association (PiA) website; via immunology nurses; and through personal contact. Although I had a small rate of return on the questionnaires (22 returned in total), several respondents who completed questionnaires gave their contact details so we could explore the issues further, and I interviewed eight people in greater depth. In exploring connections between bodily experience, emotion, learning and… [Direct]

Jones, Liz (2006). Developing Everyone's Learning and Thinking Abilities: A Parenting Programme the Southern Area Experience–10 Years on!. Child Care in Practice, v12 n2 p141-155 Apr. The Developing Everyone's Learning and Thinking Abilities (DELTA) parenting programme aims to promote both the holistic development of children and their parent's self-esteem in order to enhance the parent/carer and child relationship. DELTA operates on a multidisciplinary basis using a "Parents as Partners" model. The programme was originally informed by reliable, rigorous research with sound data collection. The aim was to investigate the effects that mothers might have on their children's development by stimulating them through talking, listening and sharing books following the mother's attendance at a parenting programme. Broad positive gains were reported–maternal attitudes changed, as they felt they were sensitised to the natural learning opportunities in the home. Additionally, when fathers were involved significant higher gains were reported. The DELTA project in the Southern Area of Northern Ireland started in 1992 as a pilot project. Following the success of the… [Direct]

Panciera, Carla (2005). The Cows Come Home. A Farm Kid Milks Her Experiences for All They're Worth. Teacher Magazine, v16 n5 p42-44 Mar-Apr. Carla Panciera, is a farmer's daughter who grew up on a hundred acres of corn, pasture with a herd of dairy cows. As a child she learned that cows have 4 stomachs, the average gestation period of a calf, how to back the manure spreader into the shed, and the art of clipping, and bathing cows on show day. Her father eventually sold the farm and moved into town, and she went of to college and a teaching career, wondering what she could ever do with all she had learned on the farm. About half way through her 10th year of teaching English, she over heard a conversation among her students who were sharing tales of their latest conquest at the local \all you can eat\ restaurant. Panciera had shared with her class that she was a vegetarian, and had been raised on a farm. One student asked her if she drank milk, and said \Well, I think it's pretty hypocritical, I mean, they had to kill the cow to get the milk, anyway.\ At that point, the author, knew she had been presented with one of those… [Direct]

Mohrman, Susan Albers; Wohlstetter, Priscilla (1996). Assessment of School-Based Management. [Volume I: Findings and Conclusions.] Studies of Education Reform. This document presents findings of the Assessment of School-Based Management Study, which identified the conditions in schools that promote high performance through school-based management (SBM). The study's conceptual framework was based on Edward E. Lawler's (1986) model. The high-involvement framework posits that four resources must spread throughout the organization: power to make or influence decisions; information upon which good decisions can be made; knowledge and skills to perform effectively including good decision-making and problem-solving skills; and rewards for performance. This volume contains four sections: Section 1 includes an executive summary for the study; section 2 presents a summary review of the SBM literature; section 3 presents an overview of study aims and study questions; and section 4 contains a series of articles that draw on cross-site analyses from the two phases of the study. The study found that SBM requires a redesign of the whole school… [PDF]

Perrault, Anna H. (2002). Global Collective Resources: A Study of Monographic Bibliographic Records in WorldCat. In 2001, WorldCat, the primary international bibliographic utility, contained 45 million records with over 750 million library location listings. These records span over 4,000 years of recorded knowledge in 377 languages. Under the auspices of an OCLC/ALISE (Online Computer Library Center/Association of Library and Information Science Educators) research grant, a bibliometric study was conducted of WorldCat. A 10% systematic random sample of the database was analyzed utilizing the OCLC iCAS product to profile the monographic bibliographic records in WorldCat by type of library, subject, language, and publication date parameters. The profile details the information commons of global publication made accessible through the OCLC international network. There were 3,378,272 usable records from the 10% systematic random sample of which 2,199,165 records had call numbers and could be analyzed by subject. Five types of library groupings were established for the study: research, academic,… [PDF]

Leonard, Pauline E. (2005). The Ethics of Practice: Navigating the Road of Authenticity: Journey Interrupted. Values and Ethics in Educational Administration, v3 n4 Sum. During the time author Pauline Leonard was writing this paper, Hurricane Katrina thrust itself upon the Gulf Coast, including many communities in southeast Louisiana. In the wake of the storm, reports emerged of the devastation, loss of life and destruction to property. Writing about personal experiences with developing and implementing educational programs in one university in North Louisiana somehow seemed unimportant in the shadow of this catastrophe, with over a million people evacuated from their homes and communities. It made the issues that Leonard had been writing about seem diminutive, perhaps even trite. As she continued to write, in the context of this unfolding human tragedy, she began to realize more fully the importance of not only action, but of reflective action in one's endeavors. While her deliberations were interrupted by Hurricane Katrina and her attention took a turn toward the more immediate and urgent matters of doing what could be done to help, she eventually… [PDF]

(2004). Chronicle of Higher Education. Volume 50, Number 22, February 6, 2004. Chronicle of Higher Education, v50 n22 Feb. "Chronicle of Higher Education" presents an abundant source of news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators. This February 6, 2004 issue of "Chronicle for Higher Education" includes the following articles: (1) "The Academic Job Forum"; (2) "Should Your Private Life Be Public News? Volunteering Too Much Is Not in Your Best Interest, and It Might 'Frighten the Horse'" (Ms. Mentor); (3) "Job Sharing on the Tenure Track: To Make Time for Their Children, Two Academics Opt to Share a Faculty Position and a Half" (Rubley, Julie Nicklin); (4) "Ignoring My Inner Lawyer: A Former Adjunct Finds that the Tenure Track Gives Him the Freedom to Be a Better Teacher" (Benton, Thomas H.); (5) "An Old New Immigration Policy, Flaws and All" (Daniels, Roger); (6) "The Taking of My Leave" (Treckel, Paul A.); (7) "Why Do Graduate Students Drop Out?"; (8) "To Impress an… [Direct]

(2004). Chronicle of Higher Education. Volume 50, Number 44, July 9, 2004. Chronicle of Higher Education, v50 n44 Jul. "Chronicle of Higher Education" presents an abundant source of news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators. This July 9, 2004 issue of "Chronicle of Higher Education" includes the following articles: (1) "Learning Communities Can Be Cohesive-And Divisive" (Jaffee, David); (2) "The Ghosts of War" (Appy, Christian G.); (3) "There's Such a Thing as Way Too Public" (Hall, Kermit L.); (4) "A Wide-Open Search Provides Many Advantages" (Petersen, John D.); (5) "Choose Public-College Presidents in the Sunshine but Know When to Draw the Shades" (Hearn, James C.; McLendon, Michael K.); (6) "At Last We Can Replace Lectures" (Detweiler, Richard); (7) "Why the E-Learning Boom Went Bust" (Zemsky, Robert; Massy, William F.); (8) "The Two Freuds" (Brottman, Mikita); (9) "When the Honeymoon Is Over: At Some Point, the Courting Ends and the Hot Young Ph.D. Has… [Direct]

Ehie, Ike C.; Somarajan, Chellappan; Surendran, Ken (2005). Enhancing Student Learning across Disciplines: A Case Example Using a Systems Analysis and Design Course for MIS and ACS Majors. Journal of Information Technology Education, v4 p257-274. This paper illustrates an approach used to enhance student learning outcomes in a combined cross-listed Systems Analysis and Design (SA&D) course and examines benefits perceived by students through analysis of assessment and students feedback. The SA&D course is a required course in both the Management Information Systems (MIS) major and the Applied Computer Science (ACS) major. The SA&D course was taught to a combined cross-listed class of MIS and ACS students over a period of two years. Two strategies were adopted to make the course a worthwhile learning experience for students in both majors. The first was to extend the scope of the course within the System Development Life Cycle spectrum to include planning before analysis and implementation (prototype) after the design. The second strategy was to have a running group project as the main assessment (accounting for 50% of the course grade) where each group had at least one student from each of the two majors. These groups carried… [PDF]

Fisher, Douglas, Ed.; Lapp, Diane, Ed. (2010). Handbook of Research on Teaching the English Language Arts. Third Edition. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group Now in its third edition, the "Handbook of Research on Teaching the English Language Arts"–sponsored by the International Reading Association and the National Council of Teachers of English–offers an integrated perspective on the teaching of the English language arts and a comprehensive overview of research in the field. Prominent scholars, researchers, and professional leaders: (1) provide historical and theoretical perspectives about teaching the language arts; (2) focus on bodies of research that influence decision making within the teaching of the language arts; (3) explore the environments for language arts teaching; and (4) reflect on methods and materials for instruction. Reflecting important recent developments in the field, the Third Edition is restructured, updated, and includes many new contributors. More emphasis is given in this edition to the learner, multiple texts, learning, and sharing one's knowledge. A Companion Website, new for this edition, provides… [Direct]

Budetti, Peter P., Ed.; Burkhauser, Richard V., Ed.; Gregory, Janice M., Ed.; Hunt, H. Allan, Ed. (2001). Ensuring Health and Income Security for an Aging Workforce. [Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the National Academy of Social Insurance (12th, Washington, D.C., January 26-27, 2000)]. This book contains 15 articles on older workers and the challenges of health insurance, Social Security, retirement, job loss, and working until older ages. Following an introduction by the editors, the articles are organized in five sections that also include commentaries on the articles. The following are included in Section 1, "Charting the Landscape: What Risks Do Older Workers Face?": "Health Insurance Coverage of People in the Ten Years before Medicare Eligibility" (Katherine Swartz and Betsey Stevenson); "Workers' Compensation and Older Workers" (John F. Burton, Jr. and Emily A. Spieler); "Unemployment Compensation and Older Workers" (Christopher J. O'Leary and Stephen A. Wandner); "Getting Older in the 21st Century" (Mark V. Nadel); and "Social Insurance and the Older Worker" (Robert Haveman). Section 2, "Job Loss: Income and Health Coverage," includes: "The Effects of Job Loss on Older Workers:…

Griffiths, Toni, Ed.; Manning, Sabine, Ed.; Oliveira, Teresa, Ed. (2002). VETNET ECER 2002 Proceedings: Current Research in European Vocational Education and Human Resource Development. Proceedings of the Programme Presented by the Research Network on Vocational Education and Training (VETNET) at the European Conference of Educational Research (ECER) (5th, Lisbon, Portugual, September 11-14, 2002). This document contains the papers from a conference on current research in vocational education and training (VET) and human resource development in Europe. The following papers are among those included: "The Contribution of the German Pilot Project 'New Learning Concepts within the Dual Vocational Education and Training System' towards the Development of Work Process Related and Competence-Based Curricula" (Waldemar Bauer, Karin Przygodda); "Accreditation of Experiential Learning in France" (M'Hamed Dif); "Two Work Cultures–Two Learning Environments" (Eva Ellstrom, Bodil Ekholm); "Organizational Learning and Knowledge Sharing" (Martin Fischer, Peter Roben); "The French APEL System Rationale and Philosophy" (Benedicte Gendron); "Learning Entrepreneurs" (Patricia M. Gielen, Aimee Hoeve, Loek F.M. Nieuwenhuis); "Learning and Work Experience" (Toni Griffiths, David Guile); "First Results from a Comparative… [PDF]

Hamilton, Mary, Ed.; And Others (1994). Worlds of Literacy. The Language and Education Library 5. A range of case studies is presented that describes the idea that literacy is embedded in social contexts in different cultural settings. Organized by theme, the book illustrates both the differences and connections between cultural groups. Although the case studies span the whole age range, the book focuses particularly on the variety of use of literacy in adult life, inside and outside of formal education. The authors argue that in order to understand literacy and help people learn to read and write, it is necessary to look beyond school to the everyday uses of written communication. The book is arranged in five parts. Section 1, Bringing Together Our Worlds of Literacy, includes "Struggles Over the Meaning(s) of Literacy," (Brian V. Street) and "Reflections and Revisits" (Jane Mace). Section 2, Different Voices: Handling Multiplicities of Literacy, presents the following: "Generations of Literacy Among Women in a Bilingual Community" (Tricia…

Chang, Carl, Ed.; Helal, Sumi, Ed.; Murai, Jun, Ed.; Oie, Yuji, Ed. (2003). Symposium on Applications and the Internet (SAINT 2003) Proceedings (Orlando, Florida, January 27-31, 2003). This proceedings from the 2003 Symposium on Applications and the Internet (SAINT) contains papers from sessions on: (1) mobile Internet, including a target-driven cache replacement policy, context-awareness for service discovery, and XML transformation; (2) collaboration technology I, including human-network-based filtering, virtual collaboration spaces, flexible awareness management abstraction, locking scheme in Internet-based real-time group editors, consistency control system of XML documents, and real-time digital video streaming; (3) Internet computing models, including co-allocation of resources, the ABLES (Agent-Based Environment for Linking Simulations) system, and business process meta management; (4) collaboration technology II, Internet-based real-time locking scheme, consistency control system of XML documents, and real-time digital video streaming system over Ipv6 network; (5) Internet operation and performance, including active queue management mechanisms, link…