Education articles from December 1996

Education archives from December 1996

The Northern Arizona University paradigm for distance learning where student interaction is paramount.
December 22, 1996... As we approach the end of the 1990's, universities and colleges are struggling with both the challenge and the opportunities of the Information Age. Although growing numbers of students and faculty have mastered the capabilities of rapidly...

Building outreach partnerships for Northern Arizona University's second century.
December 22, 1996... Northern Arizona University (NAU) will celebrate its centennial just before the new millennium begins. Established as a normal school in 1899, NAU has its roots in a continuing partnership with educators and students that has been a key component...

The instructional practices of televised distance education at Northern Arizona University.
December 22, 1996... As universities search for ways to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse student population, technology, and in particular, instructional television (ITV) is playing a growing role in the way university courses are offered to students. In...

The interactivity component of distance learning implemented in an art studio course.
December 22, 1996... Introduction Interaction is the key issue facing distance education program designers as pointed out by numerous authors (Egan, Jones, Ferraris & Sabastian, 1993; Penn State, 1992). Lack of face-to-face contact between instructors and students...

Community building in higher education: to bring diverse groups together with common goals.
December 22, 1996... Higher education units have the obligation to teach their students an effective model of building and maintaining relationships among one another that will support group and individual well-being. This responsibility should be discharged in part...

Assessing the computer literacy of undergraduate college students.
December 22, 1996... For students and business persons alike, exposure to computers is nearly unavoidable (Larson & Smith, 1994). According to the U.S. Bureau of Census in 1989, seventy-five million Americans reported using a computer in some way, up considerably...

Social networks among inner-city minority women.
December 22, 1996... Few researchers have empirically addressed problems faced by low socioeconomic status, minority single mothers (Tolan, Keys, Chertok, & Jason, 1990). Furthermore, the paucity of research in this area appears to parallel the poverty-stricken...

Sabermetrics: the team teaching approach.
December 22, 1996... A one-credit, one week course in sabermetrics (MATH1011WS), the analysis of baseball statistics, has been offered at Seton Hall University for nine years, either in the summer session or between semesters in the winter. Sabermetrics derives its...

Historical black colleges and universities: civilian and military leadership.
December 22, 1996... Historical Black Colleges and Universities consist of 88 colleges and Universities established primarily to educate blacks in the segregated society prior to the days of institutional desegregation. Most of the historical black colleges and...

School vouchers - panacea or Pandora's box?
December 22, 1996... On the surface the concept of a voucher system appears ideal. It seems to offer a unique opportunity for parents to become directly involved in their children's education at an important decision level basis. As Ogawa and Dutton (1994) point out,...

Qualitative research inquiry: issues of power and ethics.
December 22, 1996... Researchers acknowledge the tremendous influence prior experiences have on the process of becoming a teacher (Zeichner & Gore, 1990; Kagan, 1990; Connelly & Clandinin, 1988; Butt, Raymond, McCue & Yamagashi, 1992; Goodson, 1992; Knowles, 1992). A...

The Accelerated Schools inquiry process: teacher empowerment through action research.
December 22, 1996... Introduction Parents and teachers reached an easy consensus: school discipline needed improvement. The school's teachers and parents had formed several sub-groups, or cadres, to examine this and other identified areas of concern. The...

Enhancing career development through career day programs.
December 22, 1996... Career day programs are common components of career guidance efforts at virtually every level of compulsory education. Some modified forms of such programs are even included at the college and university level. Traditionally, career day programs...

The effects of experience on teachers' attitudes toward incorporating special students into the regular classroom.
December 22, 1996... Introduction Since 1975, Federal law has encouraged the incorporation of children with special needs into the regular classroom, under the supervision of regular classroom teachers (Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975). To...

A research study designed to improve the preparation of social studies teachers.
December 22, 1996... Background The current emphasis on the establishment of national standards for specific subjects has opened debate among educators about what should be taught in our nation's schools. The issues under debate range from the fear that a national...

An empirical study of student recruitment in teacher education.
December 22, 1996... In recent years there has been a steady increase in enrollment of part-time students in higher education, especially in the area of teacher education (Tight, 1991). The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (1989) report that...

Factors which contribute to school administrators' hiring decisions.
December 22, 1996... One of the primary goals of most teacher education programs is to help students make a connection between the body of knowledge and research which encompasses learning theory, pedagogy and realities of the classroom. Another goal, a complement to...

Examining the negative effects of retention in our schools.
December 22, 1996... During the 1980's, "A Nation At Risk" frightened the United State into reviewing its goals of education. Educators were challenged to stem the rising tide of mediocrity (National Commission on Excellence in Education, 1983) through the...

The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale - revised, revisited.
December 22, 1996... Assessments are ongoing dilemmas in every facet of mankind. Doctors assess their patients both physically, mentally, and emotionally. Bosses assess their employers on job performance, attendance, and employee relations. Educators assess students...

Comparing the attributes of proactive and reactive school principals.
December 22, 1996... Much is written pertaining to the principal being proactive as compared to being reactive. An either/ or dichotomy is presented here. No doubt the principal should have foresight in be proactive, if at all possible. However, the principal must...

Examining the excellence of German schools and their teacher preparation program.
December 22, 1996... In the United States public school education has fallen into monumental disrepute, a perception amply justified by the grim admission of a former Secretary of Education that, among industrialized nations, we rank dead last in mathematics and...

ADHD - diagnostic decoy. (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder)
December 22, 1996... Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, something relatively new in the market place, has taken on the strength of a bison nationally over the past six years. The symptomatology inherent in this fragile condition or concept in the past was most...

A culturally diverse field experience setting for preservice teachers.
December 22, 1996... One of the issues currently facing teacher educators is the question of how to effectively prepare future teachers for an increasingly diverse student population. According to the 1990 U.S. population census, there were over 22 million Hispanics...

What every teacher should know about the functions of learning in the human brain.
December 22, 1996... How can a teacher fulfill the contract with a school district to bring abut learned behavior among classroom children unless the teacher has a well defined belief system about how learning occurs? Every teacher should know how and why learning is...

Comparison of CIS curricula in Russian and American universities. (computer information systems)
December 22, 1996... Russia is undergoing a great transition period, with many large-scale economic changes taking place at a very vapid pace. At this time, almost half of the economy has been converted from the old centralized economy to a privatized environment....

Preparation for role changes in general education and special education: dual certification graduates' perspectives.
December 22, 1996... The need for professionals to work as team members with children and youth having disabilities is increasing. Services for children with disabilities in the least restrictive environment in many cases has become the general education classroom....

Teacher attitudes toward inclusion: implications for teacher education in Schools 2000.
December 22, 1996... Inclusion Inclusion is a term used by the education reform movement to challenge schools to the philosophy that all students can learn, even those with disabilities. The terms used in the special education literature prior to the reform...