Education articles from June 2000

Education archives from June 2000

INTRODUCTION TO THE SPECIAL ISSUE: CAREER ISSUES IN EDUCATION.
June 22, 2000... Career issues have long been an integral component of the educational process. Career or vocational development in the schools was advocated, at the onset of the industrial revolution, as far back as the late 1800s. This concept of including...

A SCIENTIFIC APPROACH FOR DEVELOPING AND TESTING A STUDENTS' JOB-CAREER PLAN BEFORE 11TH GRADE.
June 22, 2000... Introduction The National Commission on Excellence in Education appointed by T.H. Bell, Secretary of Education in 1981, concerned about students graduating in the year 2000, studied our nation's schools in considerable detail in relation...

SCHOOL-TO-WORK PROGRAM.(School-to-Work Opportunities Act 1994)
June 22, 2000... The School-to-Work Opportunities Act (STWOA) was signed into law by President Clinton on May 4, 1994. The stated intent of the legislation was to provide seed money to States and to local collaborative endeavors for the development of...

LIFE CAREER DEVELOPMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR SCHOOL COUNSELORS.
June 22, 2000... The importance of career development cannot be underestimated in a culture where personal identity is so closely linked with what we do - our life work (Davidson & Gilbert, 1993). The congruent match of person and career contributes...

MIDDLE SCHOOL CAREER EXPLORATION: THE ROLE OF TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS.
June 22, 2000... Opportunities for middle school students to experience the world of work are beneficial to the academic and personal development of students. In 1994, Conrad Toepfer suggested an emphasis be placed on teaching and learning approaches to provide...

SHAPING AMERICA'S WORKFORCE FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM.(role of education in job preparation)
June 22, 2000... Corporate America and the federal government struggled through the 1980s and early 1990s to find reasons for America's decline as a leading competitor in a global free market economy. Commissioned studies pointed to national trade deficits and...

PRESERVICE TEACHER PORTFOLIOS AS AUTOBIOGRAPHIES.(employment portfolios help teachers get jobs)
June 22, 2000... As competition for teaching positions continues to increase, educators have learned a valuable lesson from corporate America -- professional portfolios can be the deciding factor in obtaining employment, especially for the beginning teacher. As...

ISSUES FACING SPECIAL EDUCATORS IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM.
June 22, 2000... The field of Special Education is relatively young and has experienced many changes during the second half of the 20th century. In addition, social, political, legal, and scientific forces have created controversy and fragmentation among...

SENIOR STUDENTS EVALUATE A HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM IN NEW JERSEY.
June 22, 2000... SENIOR STUDENT HIGH SCHOOL RATING SCALE (SENIORS SUGGEST WAYS TO IMPROVE SCHOOL FOR THOSE WHO FOLLOW) Instructions There are ten basic items in this rating scale, and you are to rate each one separately by indicating the value you...

AN IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS OF DECISIONS MADE BY KENTUCKY'S SCHOOL BASED DECISION-MAKING COUNCILS.
June 22, 2000... The recent national and international wave of school reform recommending the local school building as the locus for implementing reform initiatives has led to a concomitant wave of literature describing and advocating site-based management...

PROMOTING SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL COMPETENCY THROUGH TEACHER/COUNSELOR COLLABORATION.
June 22, 2000... Introduction There is a continuing need to improve the collaborative efforts of teachers and counselors in elementary and middle school classrooms. This need is manifested in a shortage of qualified teachers and counselors who have...

TEACHING CLASSROOM EDUCATORS HOW TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE AND CREATIVE TEACHERS.
June 22, 2000... What is Teacher Creativity? Today's students live in an ever changing technologically based world where the parameters of knowledge are redefining themselves almost daily. The Internet has given even the youngest of children access to...

TRUSTUS THEATRE SEEKS TO PROVIDE EDUCATION IN MULTIPLE AREAS OF THEATRE ARTS.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... High school students circled the stark arena stage. One sang; another played guitar; a third performed an original dance piece. Fifteen young people presented original monologues and scenes, tied together with one character's journal entries....

THE APPLICATION OF A 360-DEGREE FEEDBACK MANAGERIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IN HIGHER EDUCATION: THE FLORIDA MODEL.
June 22, 2000... With the current focus on accountability in higher education, it seems likely that major administrative functions will need to adapt to external demands. Colleges and universities will no longer be immune to the stakeholders of higher...

THE NEED FOR RELEVANT WORKFORCE EDUCATION FOR THE 21ST CENTURY.(Bibliography)
June 22, 2000... Introduction The new millenium brings with it an inevitable sense of change and instability and impose new demands. Political, technological, economic and social change is taking pace in South Africa as elsewhere in the world. Already in...

FINANCIAL SAVINGS VIA INTERNET USE.(Internet use can save money for universities when used by departments and students)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... Technology has expanded exponentially and is growing constantly. Computer language has progressed far since the days when punch cards and codes were the norm. The business and technical world with the development of information storage devices...

THE CLASSROOM IMPACT OF HIGH-STRESS TESTING.
June 22, 2000... Introduction Since the early 1980s, much of the conversation about reform in American education has been driven by a conservative political agenda, a major part of which has been to frame the debate in terms of how to safeguard the...

URBAN ENTERPRISE, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.(Northern California Reinvestment Consortium meeting focuses on educational resources for small business management in urban areas)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... As a former provost in Sacramento, I recently had the pleasure of participating in a remunerative and consortia effort in Sacramento that may inevitably contribute to educational, entrepreneurial, and economic development for a growing urban...

BROADENING THE BUSINESS CURRICULUM VIA A CROSS-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH: A MOBILE UNIT ON CULTURAL DIVERSITY.
June 22, 2000... "It's a small world" the adage goes and the technological advances of this century have presented us with an even smaller one. Likewise, recent far-reaching political changes challenge us in ways we have never dreamed. Terms like global...

MAKING LIBRARIES MOBILE: INNOVATIVE MEANS TO GIVE INFORMATION SERVICES GREATER REACH.(changes to the school library that reflect new information age and improve accessibility of library resources)(Statistical Data Included)
June 22, 2000... As the need for quick and convenient to access information becomes ever more important, librarians have to provide better and more efficient means for the dispersal of information to their clients. Throughout history, to acquire information...

PREDICTORS OF COLLEGE ADJUSTMENT AND SUCCESS: SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES AMONG SOUTHEAST-ASIAN-AMERICAN, HISPANIC AND WHITE STUDENTS.
June 22, 2000... The last decade has seen significant advances in clarifying the links among the achievement motivational profiles of adolescents from different ethnic backgrounds and their home and school environments. The purpose of the present study was to...

TEACHERS NEED AFFECTIVE COMPETENCIES.(teachers are remembered for who they are as for what they teach)
June 22, 2000... "Everyone who remembers his own educational experiences remembers teachers, not methods and techniques" -Sidney Hook (1). "Educators should be chosen not merely for their special qualifications, but more for their personality and their...

FOSTERING CREATIVITY IN EDUCATION.(teaching skills)
June 22, 2000... "EVERYBODY HAS A VASTLY GREATER POTENTIAL FOR CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE THINKING THAN THE ROUTINE WORKDAY ALLOWS." - Mark Sebell Introduction Education has always been a key public-agenda item because the economy of any country...

Ten Commandments For Teenagers.(advice to teenagers on how to behave)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
June 22, 2000... 1. Stop and think before you drink. 2. Don't let your parents down; they brought you up. 3. Be humble enough to obey. You will be giving orders yourself, some day. 4. At the first moment turn away from unclean thinking -- at the...

IMPORTANCE OF EXERCISE AND NUTRITION IN THE PREVENTION OF ILLNESS AND THE ENCHANCEMENT OF HEALTH.(including scientific information on effects of exercise on the body, dietary information, and lifestyle advice)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
June 22, 2000... "Human beings are designed to exercise, just as birds are designed to fly in the sky; The quality of life is determined by its valour and activities" -- African Proverbs A growing body of studies conducted by researchers (Biddle,...

A CASE STUDY OF ELITE MALE YOUTH BASEBALL ATHLETES' PERCEPTION OF THE YOUTH SPORTS EXPERIENCE.(study explores attitudes of teenage boys towards their participation in sports)
June 22, 2000... Purpose In a recent study, Ewing and Seefeldt (1990) described the participation motives, reasons for attrition, and feelings concerning winning expressed by 10,000 youth athletes. The results indicated that the athletes played sports to...

DIAGNOSTIC IMPORTANCE OF STANDARDIZED VOCABULARY ANALYSIS.(methods to interpret vocabulary tests)
June 22, 2000... "The words included in our Vocabulary list were taken from one of the Funk and Wagnall's Standard (school) dictionaries. The list was arrived at by choosing 100 words at random in the following manner. Beginning with an odd page...

RELEVANCE OF THE HIERARCHICAL LINEAR MODEL TO TIMSS DATA ANALYSES.(Third International Mathematics and Science Study )
June 22, 2000... With more than 40 nations participating and five grade levels assessed in two subject areas, the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is the largest and most comprehensive project in comparative education (Martin & Kelly,...

NEURO-LINGUISTIC PROGRAMMING: ENHANCING LEARNING FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED.(using neurolinguistic programming in teaching visually impaired)(Illustration)
June 22, 2000... "I'll share my candle with you it's warm and alive" George Betts (1974, p. 108) Educating the visually impaired has come a long way since Anne Sullivan taught the blind Helen Keller how to speak. This study relates to employing...

Life Begins at 80 by Frank Laubach.(author explains why its great to be 80)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... I have good news for you. The first 80 years are the hardest. The second 80 are a succession of birthday parties. Once you reach 80, everyone wants to carry your baggage and help you up the steps. If you forget your name or anybody else's...

ENHANCING READING ACHIEVEMENT: A COLLABORATIVE, COMMUNITY-BASED INTERVENTION MODEL.(Bibliography)
June 22, 2000... Introduction A cornerstone of academic and vocational success is the ability to read. While society recognizes the necessity of developing successful reading skills, many youth demonstrate poorly developed achievement in this arena (Chall,...

A PERSON-CENTERED HIGH SCHOOL.(school problems are psychological yet few schools have board-certified psychologists on staff)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... Where the four major social problems of the world are largely spawned during the high school years, there must be a focus on prevention as highlighted in "A Nation at Risk" report of 1983. It remains one of the most careful and thorough studies...