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Presents a study conducted by the authors to measure the effects of two versions of a paper recycling education program in terms of knowledge, attitudes and behaviors of grade school children from private and public schools. How the study was conducted; Test used to evaluate the impact of the recycling program on each of the dependent measures; Impact of the recycling education program on student's knowledge in recycling.

This paper explores the value of the Game of Kings, Chess, as a tool for developing highly successful leaders. This paper highlights and demonstrates how the methods of the game of Chess can have strong influence on the ability and performance of exceptional leaders in any field, and how the game of Chess can enhance the cognitive capacity of those in leadership, beginning at a young age, to improve their mental capacity in a world experiencing diverse change in this new millennium. The authors come to the conclusion that in order to bridge the gap between scholarship and entrepreneurship, and to build better leaders capable of handling future demands; the well-researched and powerful tool of Chess should be incorporated into the early grade curriculum, as well as in graduate leadership, business, industrial, and educational programs. Chess can be the catalyst to enhance the skills of graduates and leaders alike to remain competitive in a global economy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper describes an effort to provide prospective teachers opportunities to better understand African American male students and better focus on how they learn mathematics. Prospective teachers spent 15 hours over an eight week span mentoring and tutoring African American males without the guise of practicing teachers. Qualitative data drawn from reflective journals, culminating papers, and metaphoric illustrations were used to analyze outcomes from the project. What is most evident from the data is that prospective teachers steadfastly sought to unearth the Hidden or UnMet Potential (HUMP) possessed by their students rather than submit to being judgmental and condemnatory. Evidence provided by the participants demonstrates the promise of mechanisms that afford prospective teachers opportunities to get to know African American males and use that knowledge to inform their instruction. Thus, prospective teachers' field experiences should be situated within a context that provides them the autonomy to adjust curriculum in a manner that authentically integrates the experiences of African American males. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper discusses some of the major issues in the operation of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN). The paper presents a brief development of the concept of distance education in Nigeria and the development of flexible open distance learning through the application of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The paper also examines the operation of the National Open University of Nigeria and proposes that there is need to utilize ICT as a means of expanding access to its programmes. Concrete measures are suggested for ensuring adoption of ICT, through improved training, proper funding for the development and delivery of open distance learning in Nigeria. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper describes a study of a collaborative initiative between a rural high school and a university. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of collaboration in a rural school reform partnership. What grew out of this study was a collaborative model of a partnership. While partnerships are not unique, there is a unique nature of how universities successfully partner with rural schools. Educators in rural schools, as well as university faculty members who serve rural schools, may fine the description of the partnership instructive as they embark on similar ventures. Addressed in this paper are the unique characteristics of rural school and the fundamental principles of rural school/university partnerships. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Closing the educational achievement gap has been a schooling issue since Brown v. Board of Topeka, Kansas decision. Generally, the learning achievement of elementary and secondary African-American student has been an issue in majority school populations across the United States. And evidence of performance of these students appears to be more dismal than ever before. A becoming challenge to contemporary educators is manifested in the need for classroom instructional processes that can serve as solutions for decreasing the achievement gap which plagues segments of the African-American Student population. The term "educators" used herein is inclusive of administrators and counselors, as well as instructional personnel. The purpose of this paper is to identify and examine research-based findings on effective instructional practices in the context of their applicability for classroom teaching-learning situations. Such information can be valuable to the student learning-achievement work of teachers and instructional support personnel. Particularly, this knowledge can be valuable to teachers in the decisions they make about their students, content, and their teaching. This paper addresses the interrelationship of these decisions and teachers' instructional plan regarding teaching methods and strategies. Teacher decision-making is a critical component of the instructional planning process. Additional to the research on effective teaching, this paper presents teacher development outcomes from workshops settings and best practice instructional strategies for practitioners. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Distance education is described as instructional delivery that takes place when learners and teachers are separated throughout the learning process by time and physical distance. Research indicates that distance education can provide students with opportunities for learning that are different from and, in some instances, superior to traditional classroom-based instruction. Furthermore, research reveals that for some students distance education can be as effective as traditional instruction. The purpose of this paper is to examine the use of distance education in the United States, with a particular look at the use of videoconferencing as a medium of delivery. The paper begins with a description of distance education, its effectiveness, and its global use. Next, distance education in the United States, particularly with reference to videoconferencing, is discussed. Following this, the factors influencing the successful use of videoconferencing, and the advantages and disadvantages of videoconferencing are presented. Anyone interested in the design, delivery, or evaluation of videoconferencing, particularly teachers and educational administrators, will find this paper useful for learning about this increasingly popular educational approach for the 21st century. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Using essentially the philosophical and documentary, methodologies of language and logical analysis and deductions, analogical inference; and historical inspection of documents, the paper examined the issues and arguments involved in Aesthetics as an epistemological concept. These were in terms of aesthetic: knowledge, faculty of knowing and knowledge that can be packaged and cultivated in rational ways to learners in society. It is recommended that aesthetic: learning curricula and teacher education programs of secondary schools should be restructured to properly accommodate the various aspect of aesthetic learning and the various facets of human knowledge and knowing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Historically women in education are disproportionately represented at the highest positions of educational leadership, especially in comparison to the number who begin their careers as teachers. Feistritzer (2011) reported eighty-four percent of the teaching workforce were women, however, only twenty-four percent of superintendents were women (Kowalski, McCord, Petersen, Young, & Ellerson, 2010). One of the reasons for the lack of women in upper-level administration is the lack of mentoring formal or informal. Angel, Killacky, & Johnson (2013) found that there is a significant absence of professional network and support systems for women to receive assistance, guidance, mentoring, and direction to effectively navigate the educational systems. Consequently, mentoring becomes essential in providing direction and support for women who aspire to advanced leadership positions. This paper examines informal mentoring relationships as it relates to the career success, professional and personal development of females in educational leadership. It includes a discussion of several informal relationships in particular peer mentoring, family members as mentors, and collaborative mentoring. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study inquires ethical evaluation of teachers, investigating their moral reasoning to ethical decision making, in Turkey. Specifically three hypotheses were tested: Overall ethical awareness of teachers is high; Teachers will identify reasons for ethical evaluation related to philosophical values such as justice, deontology, utilitarianism, relativism and egoism; and the willingness of the teachers to take questionable actions is low. A survey was conducted among 117 teachers who were voluntarily participated to the survey. The author created eight scenarios in education context, and modified the Multidimensional Ethics Scale into Turkish. The scale was reduced into four dimension; justice, utilitarianism, relativism and egoism, after the modification process. Results revealed that, overall ethical awareness of the teachers is high. Secondly, philosophical values affect the participants' ethical evaluation; especially justice has the strongest effect on their ethical reasoning. Lastly, they are not willing to take the unethical action. This paper aimed to contribute ethics and education studies exploring teachers' ethical decision-making, using and philosophical values as reason. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The students' attrition rates among students enrolled at SQU ranged between 6.8% (1998), 7.8% (1999), and 7.9% (2000). However, the drop-out rate at the Sultan Qaboos University is increasing gradually, and this increase represents a problem for the university that provides free education and financial aid for all male students coming from areas within 100 km of the campus, and free accommodation and meals for female students. The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors influencing students' attrition rates at SQU. To fulfill this goal, a questionnaire survey was developed to identify students' perceptions of withdrawal from education and the reasons behind it. The analysis of results concluded that academic factors were the main factors influencing students to leave SQU before completing their degree, followed by social and then financial factors. Current study has revealed that financial factors did not have a significant influence on students' attrition rates at SQU. There is a need for more research, including conducting interviews with students, to better understand attrition rates at SQU. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

There are a large and increasing number of English language learners with teaming disabilities at our Pre-K-12 schools. However, our schools are not prepared to deal with the unique challenges faced by those students, especially when it comes to appropriately modifying content and assessments to fit their needs. Schools across the country struggle to provide the language assistance these students need, and often must fight to get the extra assistance they need in terms of special accommodations and testing modifications for their learning disabilities. Therefore, the examination of the issues in assessing English language learners with teaming disabilities has important educational implications. This paper discusses the major issues and fundamental concerns in the assessments of English language learners with learning disabilities. It also suggests important implications for policy makers, researchers, educators, assessment professionals, and parents of English language learners with learning disabilities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Self sufficiency in food and raw material production for agro-based industries has been the thrust of Nigerian agricultural policy. Realizing the goals of the policy has been bedevilled with series of plethora problems. This paper took a look at agricultural reforms, examined the problems of agricultural practices and suggests education of the population, especially the female folk which accounts for a greater farming percentage of the population, effective teacher preparation, better teaching methods in schools and over-hauling of agricultural administration in Nigeria. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Citizenship education is specifically recognized by the government of Nigeria as a vehicle for the building of the Nigerian personality. A personality that is conscious not only of his rights and privileges but also of his duties. However, it is regrettable that this great expectation of the nation is far from being attained. Using three main instruments namely Teachers' Perception of Citizenship Education Questionnaire (TPCEQ), Students perception of Citizenship Education Questionnaire (SPCEQ) and Public Perception of Citizenship Education Questionnaire (PPCEQ), a total of 1200 students, 255 Teachers and 200 members of the general public were sampled. The result of the data analysed indicated that while a great percentage of teachers were aware of Citizenship education programme in our schools, a greater percentage of our students and members of the public were ignorant of citizenship education in the school curriculum. The paper concluded that the poor level of awareness of citizenship education in the school curriculum was indeed indicative of a faulty implementation of the programme. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper considers the educational policy of the Church Missionary Society in Egypt in the above-mentioned period in an attempt to understand the mission's social impact in the light of, and in spite of, its lack of converts. It examines the Mission's goals for evangelizing among Muslim girls and the influence of the CMS on the development of girls' education, on religious and social identities. The main questions of the study may be stated as follows: (i) How and under what conditions do the CMS lady missionaries work on education in Cairo in the above-mentioned period? (ii) What was the educational policy of the Girls' Boarding School and to what extent did the missionaries reach their aims? (iii) How far and in what ways did this school affect the Christianising of Egyptian girls? (iv) What was the value of this school as a Mission training centre in a Muslim land? Furthermore, the purpose of this study is to determine on the one hand the substance of educational aims for Muslim girls from the standpoint of Christian values, and on the other hand to demonstrate that the Egyptian girls could have eventually been adaptable to the sceptical and materialistic European way of life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Preservice teachers have indicated that they are somewhat less comfortable working with students with disabilities. Research shows that curricular modifications in teacher education pro grams would enable preservice teachers to be more prepared for classrooms that include students with disabilities. Much of the work in teacher education dealing with preparing teaching candidates for working with students with disabilities has focused on attitudes and program revision. This paper is a preliminary look to determine the need for further study of anxiety levels of preservice teachers in physical education before and during lessons with students with and without disabilities. Preliminary findings suggest that more research is needed that focuses on preservice teaching performance and other outcomes in lessons with students with disabilities. Additionally, it is recommended that teacher education programs construct a systematic structure to track anxiety levels as they relate to teaching performance in clinical teaching experiences with students with disabilities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Some students at the master-level viewed research methodology courses negatively. This study investigated six factors that changed attitudes of graduate school students toward research during the course of a semester at a mid-sized university (University X) located in a western state. To facilitate this study, a survey instrument (Student Research Assessment Survey) was developed and disseminated to 217 students who had successfully completed an introductory research methodology course from fall 2005 through spring 2007 semesters. In terms of students' preferred course format, class discussion, group work/activity, and instructional videos were significantly more enjoyable to master-level students compared to oral presentations, in-class quizzes and exams. Among various research self-efficacy items, students were most confident in using computers, creating graphs, and writing library research papers, and these three items did not differ significantly from the beginning to the end of a semester. Consequently, students' attitudes toward these three self-efficacy items did not improve significantly due to ceiling effect. Over a 16-week semester, students' research interest, usefulness, self-efficacy and their view of the training environment increased significantly, while their research anxiety and task difficulty decreased significantly. These six factors of changing of students attitudes toward research were significantly correlated with each other. In order to better serve the needs of students in the near future, five recommendations were made based on results of this study at University X. These recommendations were constructing a common syllabus among course sections, utilizing a variety of teaching and assessment techniques, becoming aware of students' attitudes toward research activities throughout a semester, using primary literature as a major part of teaching tools, as well as engaging students in research projects under the direction of a faculty mentor, and applying research knowledge and skills to real-life situations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Comprehensive developmental guidance and counselling model is a 21st century school counselling intervention emphasizing school guidance curriculum, individual student planning, responsive counselling services and system support. The aims of this paper therefore, were to articulately define comprehensive guidance and counselling within the framework of developmental guidance, and examine comprehensive guidance and counselling within the context of developmental guidance curriculum goals. Relative information were also provided on comprehensive (whole) school guidance and counselling programme in terms of meeting not only the mission and vision of the school guidance programme but also that of the entire school system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper examined globalisation and Nigerian Educational Policies. Different Educational Policies that Nigerian Government had previously embarked upon were assessed. The failures of various policies were looked into based on who originated the policies; drew up the policies; the budgetary allocation to education; other sources of fund available for education; utilization of available resources in terms of accountability, and how Nigerian citizens view globalisation and their educational system. Nigerian Tertiary institutions formed the population of the study. A stratified random sampling procedure was used to select 10 universities that participated in the study. Four of these universities were Federal Government owned; three were State universities while three were private universities. An instrument, Globalisation and Educational Policy Inventory (GEPI) was developed and used for the collection of data. Experts in the area validated the questionnaire. The reliability was tested using Pearson Product Moment Correlation. The reliability coefficient of .69 was obtained. The Spearman Brown formula yielded .82, which showed that the instrument was reliable. A z-test was the statistic used. The major findings were that all major stakeholders in education were not involved in drawing up educational policies. There was a very low budgetary allocation to education. Many Nigerians although they enjoyed the information technology of globalisation, feared that their culture and values were loosing ground to foreign culture and values. Based on the above, it was recommended that all stakeholders in education should draw up educational policies, which should be backed up by minimum standard budget of 26% recommended by the UNESCO. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Universal Basic education (UBE) Programme could not have been introduced at a better time than now that the nation is in dire need of all round national Development. The major objective of the UBE programme is to provide free, universal and compulsory basic education for every Nigerian child aged 6 - 15 years. However, for the Universal Basic Education programme to be truly free and universal, efforts must be made to check those factors that are known to have hindered the success of such programmes in the past. This paper specifically considered the implementation of Universal Basic Education (UBE) so far - its success and problems. Relevant recommendations are therefore proffered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In addition to the existing two-semester system, the option of a credit system was for the first time offered to the students of the secondary (high school) education program in Kuwait in 1978. Earlier attempts which aimed at the quantification of the academic effectiveness of the two programs of secondary education have shown contradictory and inconclusive results. This paper reports the findings of a funded research project undertaken to examine and evaluate the performance of student graduates of the two systems of secondary education. A profile -- by gender - of the two high school education programs is presented. The records of 16,445 student graduates of the two programs are examined and their performances are compared. Students' percentile graduation rank and their scores in Kuwait University's English, math and chemistry admissions (aptitude) tests are included in these comparisons. Findings showed that while the performance of students of both programs in admissions tests was generally poor, those who graduated from the two-semester system performed better than their credit system counterparts in math and chemistry admissions tests. The credit system students, however, graduated from high schools with a higher percentile rank. In general, the academic effectiveness of both programs is in need of a major face-lift. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The current paper examined the content of twenty-five popular pre-service teacher-training texts for evidence of information in instructing English Language Learners. Five raters used a systematic review process with criteria deemed essential to effectively serve this population. The results indicated little information was presented that could be implemented by teachers. This was true across texts termed to be "foundational" (introductory) and in four fundamental content areas (English, science, mathematics and social studies). In most cases content was less than one percent of the text and in many case the topic of ELL was not identified at all. No text offered material in sufficient depth to provide the beginning teacher with meaningful guidelines. The authors concluded that current teacher preparation programs must rely upon additional training resources if new teachers are to effectively instruct the burgeoning ELL population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Within the past two decades multicultural education initiatives have focused on promoting culturally responsive pedagogy among preservice teachers through the use of classroom and fieldwork experiences in teacher preparation programs. However, to our knowledge, no teacher preparation programs have formally integrated the use of online resources to enhance multicultural competency training among preservice teachers. This paper reviews existing literature in preparing multiculturally competent teachers. It examines how online resources can contribute to the development of multicultural competencies, and provides a model, based on principles of self-regulation theory and multicultural competencies, for incorporating the use of online resources for multicultural competency training in teacher preparation programs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Vocational education instructors are regularly challenged to prepare their students for an unpredictable and rapidly changing future. To do that, many prominent educators recommend students become effective "lifelong learners" by focusing on their learning skills today. To that end, this paper describes an exploratory study by educators in the hospitality industry to better understand the learning and study skills of their students and how those skills might be improved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper attempts to argue that school relocation deserves more serious attention than it has usually been given, and it affects the people as well as the education of the children as much as any other changes in education. It also seeks to unravel the theoretical and practical reasons, which influence the location and relocation of a school. Taking the history of school relocation of some old schools in Singapore, especially those built in the late 19th and early 20th century, it can be noticed that these schools might have moved 3 to 8 times in history. The reasons for relocation of these schools have been identified as mainly push factors, such as poor building, noise problem, congested environment and the lack of space for expansion. The final result of this study is presented in the outcome space diagram and shows 6 categories of factors and their relationships with each other. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper describes an innovative method for teaching of mathematics which was utilized to teach abstract algebra to a class of mathematics education majors at a small liberal arts college. A variation of R.L. Moore's Discovery Method was employed in conjunction with substantial use of mathematical software. Although student reactions were initially negative, students grew to accept and even embrace the instructional methods. Anonymous teaching evaluations administered at the end of the semester were favorable. As measured by examination performance, student achievement in this experimental class section was high. This teaching experiment was extremely labor-intensive from the instructor's perspective. Otherwise this teaching experiment was a positive experience for both the instructor and the students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Teacher education programs must develop strategies for ensuring that teacher candidates comprehend the wide range of information literacies, demonstrate skills related to those literacies, and integrate literacies into instructional activities. The school, college, department of education (SCDE) must now address state, regional, and national standards, including NCATE 2000, that specify information, media, and technology competencies. This paper provides background information about new literacies; describes components of the major standards, including NCATE 2000; and makes recommendations for incorporating competencies into teacher education programs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching developed the Doctor of Arts degree as the college teaching doctorate. This paper provides a historical narrative of the Doctor of Arts degree (D.A.) as the advent of interdisciplinarity and pedagogy as scholarship in American higher education. The D.A. degree now has more than thirty years of accomplishments as an innovative agenda within the American academy. The authors call for a resurgence of the D.A. concept as a logical and rational response to the recent PEW Charitable Trust's the Responsive Ph.D-Preparing Future Faculty program. Postmodern reformists desire a more responsive Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree to meet current interdisciplinary pedagogical demands through funding university programs that advance interdisciplinary scholarly citizenship and pedagogical training. The D.A. was developed specifically for these very reasons and was differentiated and distinguished from other doctoral programs as such. Finally, D.A. degree programs at Idaho State University are examined as a model of interdisciplinary-based pedagogical doctoral preparation and to explore the current status of the D.A. in academia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reasons why females remain a minority in educational administration preparation programs are studied. One reason, intentional academic dismissal occurs when instructors assign grades less than what the female student earns for both course work and for course grades. Tests, papers, and presentations are not given the proper grades. Course grades are not computed accurately. The program director, department chair, and/or student advisor spear heads the intentional academic dismissal. Departmental instructors and outside of the department instructors can be involved in the intentional academic dismissal. The university grade appeal process is to no avail to the female students. Female students are academically dismissed from educational administration preparation programs intentionally. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Diversity as a dominant characteristic of American culture distinguishes the U.S. from other nations and contributes, however, to inequity in schooling. Learning opportunities are a problem for many minority students. This paper examines three aspects: comparing the demographic and development aspect of the U.S. and China to appreciate diversity, reviewing inequality issues from an outsider's look, and proposing three instructional strategies toward educational equity within the context of school teachers' managing by comparing to Chinese classrooms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Heightened concerns about school violence in recent years have amplified the need for implementation of effective prevention and intervention programs in our educational systems. This paper describes an intervention designed to accomplish three goals: 1) to educate school personnel about the effects of violence and evidence-based programs for school safety; 2) to assess perceptions of school personnel about school safety, barriers to violence prevention and systemic response to crisis; and 3) to develop a model for strategic planning that can be disseminated into the community. To address these aims, participants (N = 32) of a one-day summer educational workshop on violence and posttraumatic stress disorder for K-12 school personnel attended didactic sessions and participated in focus groups. They completed post-course surveys rating their knowledge and understanding of the topic areas discussed. In addition, they completed baseline and 9-month follow-up surveys rating their schools on the characteristics of safe schools identified in the literature on school violence. The follow-up surveys also assessed whether or not new programs to improve safety or prevent violence had been implemented in their schools. The study demonstrated that educational interventions can be used effectively to enhance school personnel's knowledge about violence and create safer school environments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Many first-year students have a difficult time making the transition from high school to the college classroom. This paper addresses research regarding multiple intelligences with an emphasis on meeting the needs of incoming freshmen. It includes practical applications of brain-based research so that student learning, not content, drives the teaching/learning process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Developing a distance learning program is challenging. This paper suggests it is an evolutionary process with several stages. Stages described include (1) development of goals (2) development of DL formats (3) establishing credibility through assessment,(4) budgeting (5) staffing (6) building success though DL interactions (7) building success through support (8) adjusting to current trends. Thus a successful DL program slowly emerges and grows. Those who study these stages will find it useful as they develop their own DL program. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

There is a critical need for an ethnic of caring in multicultural education. Caring-centered multicultural education must incorporate both a strong ethic of care and the importance of culture as a blended foundation for an educational orientation that teaches students how to address issues of social justice. In this paper, the terms of a caring-centered multicultural education are defined, approaches to them given, and examples of successful caring-centered schools are analyzed and studied. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article describes the process of incorporating case study development by students in a teacher education methods course. Based on their one-on-one tutoring experience with a linguistically and culturally diverse child, teacher candidates engaged in the following activities: 1) review the elements that are necessary for case study development; 2) gather information about the sociocultural background of their tutees; 3) examine the contextual factors that may affect their tutees; 4) review the pedagogical factors that may be involved in the case; 5) write a rough draft; 6) revise and complete their case studies, and; 7) write a final reflection paper and give an oral presentation about their experience. The students weekly and final reflections, in addition to the high quality of their case studies, suggested that case study development by teacher candidates is an effective approach to increase their understanding of and competence to work with second language and culturally diverse people. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper I propose that teachers are involved in daily improvisational spoken performance, the goal of which is to set into motion events through which all children will learn, grow, and contribute. Underlying such performances is knowledge that is distributed and particular. The discussion is framed around the following questions: If teaching is an art, what kind of art is it? What is its product? What competence underlies its performance? What frameworks for description, discussion and evaluation are best? How should new artists be developed? Drawing on literature from a variety of disciplines and my experience as an elementary school teacher, I discuss implications for research on teaching and teacher education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Collegiality and collaboration are recognized by many authors as important components for sustaining partnerships, however there is little agreement on their definitions and more critically, methods for establishing and maintaining their conditions are not well described. In this paper we present working definitions and some of our methods in the successful development of collegiality and collaboration within a school/university partnership. In addition, we identify a third component, "kuleana", a Hawaiian term which generally refers to the concept of "responsibility" and suggests a sense of accountability, caring, and advocacy. We contend that kuleana provides the critical foundation for collegiality and collaboration. True collegiality requires recognition of what is important to each partner. Effective collaboration considers these needs in all decision-making. It is only through a commitment to the interplay between collegiality, collaboration, and kuleana that we can sustain a community that is real and meaningful to all participants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper addresses the concerns associated with Internet-based instruction, noted anecdotally, by investigators in the literature. The authors summarize the findings of recent studies in higher education that have raised issues with this emerging pedagogical technology. Empirical investigations on the impact of using the Internet for teaching are rather sparse and equivocal, offering only partial support for the many potential drawbacks (e.g., lack of faculty training, time constraints, technical problems) discussed by researchers. Further, most empirical studies have found a range of positive as well as negative findings. The authors stress that obstacles to teaching via the Internet can be categorized as either institutional, instructional, technical, or personal, and that specific reservations about employing this technology may be closely related to the type (and degree) of technological use. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study explored the potential place of action research in the preservice teacher education (Bachelor of Education) program. Each of the forty-two participants developed and carried out his/her own action research project during 13 weeks of practice teaching. Participants reported the process to be highly beneficial to their growth as professional teachers and also identified constraints to action research while in the B.Ed. program. The study supports the literature on action research that demonstrates how actively investigating one's own practice results in change at the classroom level. B.Ed. candidates should be introduced to action research because it gives them a crucial head start in taking responsibility for their own professional growth and for addressing the trend toward increasing accountability in education. The paper concludes with a set of standards of professional practice for action research which apply specifically to teachers entering the profession. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper reports the results of a study conducted with Puerto Rican, Mexican, and Central American migrants. The study identified the perception of migrants in regard to the education of their children. Five hundred ninety-eight interviews and over 2,500 hours of data collection were analyzed. The results of the study indicate that there are four major factors that affect the educational performance of migrant school children: ecological; educational; psychological; and economical. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In order to enhance educational experiences teachers need to understand, and be able to properly apply, externally-oriented operant and classical conditioning procedures. Furthermore, they need to be familiarized with William Glasser's Control Theory and how it can be used to foster internal operant conditioning. The purpose of the present paper will be to describe the above procedures and explain how they work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of this paper is the development of an experimental program which will maximize education and reduce crime. It starts with classes of ten children from nursery (age 4) through grade two (age 8). A separate school from grade three through grade twelve, is to isolate and try to help children with problems. From grade seven through grade twelve, the problem students from separate schools are sent to workstudy camps. With additional problems in the camps, they can be sent to prison. The objective in educational institutions is to teach those who want to learn. For those who don't want to learn or cannot learn or won't let others learn, it begins with separation and can end in isolation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Educational psychology is often taught by several instructors with little standardization of information or modeling of theories. This paper describes the use of instructional design as a means of guaranteeing that students in educational psychology classes receive similar information from each instructor that teaches the classes. In addition to standardization, modeling of the information is important. Instructors of educational psychology classes should "practice what they preach." Students in classes where instructors model the theories will observe and experience the theories in action. The authors find that students in their educational psychology classes are more enthusiastic about the material than were students in prior educational psychology classes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objectives of this paper are to show: (1) education has changed dramatically in the past few decades, (2) many of these changes have occurred without the benefit of educational research, (3) exploration of the implications educational research has had, if any, upon the changes in education and, (4) possible corrective measures will be discussed so as to assist future research in actually assisting the educational system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper reports on the employability of UKM graduates for the past five years (2006 2010). The employability of our graduates has consistently improved through the years. Medical and dental cohorts have less problems finding gainful employment compared with cohorts from other disciplines. Since 2008, our graduates have made inroads into sectors hitherto unexplored. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]