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An elementary physical education teacher describes a successful behavior improvement program implemented at his school. Students earned points (tokens) for good behavior and physical education achievement. They lost points for inappropriate behavior. Donated prizes were awarded based on accumulated points. (IAH)
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Education for parenthood has long been a neglected area of school curricula despite a professed belief in such education. This paper suggests the current level of priority for education for parenthood and the reasons for this level of priority. (CB)
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Outlines a hypothetical vocational center of the near future and explains why the changes described are crucial in addressing the skill shortage and enhancing the public image of vocational education. (SK)
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Speculates that a balance can be found by focusing on artistic concepts, learned through experience and broadening the range of cultural exemplars. Posits that the balance is best found by teachers in tune with the school community. (KM)
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Examined is the contribution that hands-on, interactive centers can make to science education. The characteristics of informal and formal learning are compared and discussed. (KR)
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Three assumptions regarding good teacher education are presented. Teaching strategies are then categorized and discussed according to their place in a training sequence: before, during, and after the training. Each of the teaching strategies promotes generalization of the instructional skills taught. (JDD)
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Describes results of a study to collect information on employer expectations of cooperative education students and projections for the future. The study focused on projected needs for cooperative education students, future skill requirements, and criteria used to select students. (JOW)
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Cooperative education coordinators should market their work experience programs to college-bound students. The combination of career-specific work experience and appropriate course work can expose college-bound students to career options, prepare them for higher education, and give them job skills. (SK)
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While national and local coaching education programs exist, they don't seem to be based on what coaches need and want. This study was conducted to determine coaches' and athletic directors'(N=4,923) preferences in coaching education. (Author/IAH)
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This article examines the plight of liberal education in research-oriented institutions of higher education and proposes a model for undergraduate liberal/integrative studies that is nonindoctrinative, politically feasible, and relevant for revamping institutional life in North American culture (IAH)
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Four sessions of coed outdoor adventure camp were evaluated to determine the effects on self-concept of the teenage participants. Differences in results were attributed to differences in the organization of each camp session. (Author/CW)
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Discussed is the Action Research and Community Problem-Solving model as an approach to environmental education. The basic steps to this approach are described. Bridges to the community and between the sciences are proposed. (CW)
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An education lobbyist reviews trends in governmental relations by higher education organizations since the 1960s, notes problems during the Reagan administration, the tendency toward decentralization and fragmentation of the higher education message, and current needs for leadership among higher education interests. (MLW)
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Contends that feminist goals could be achieved by extending the freedom and authority of women teachers, especially regarding the education of girls, to realize a transcendent female genealogy and to measure human improvement according to female rather than male values. (DM)
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British laws on education and sex discrimination do not afford girls equality of education. However, Britain's integration into the European Economics Community (EEC) may result in liberalization of laws as a result of European influence. (DM)