This article seeks to describe attributes of effective health educators by presenting the interrelationships between Stephen Covey's "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" and the responsibilities and competencies proposed by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. A brief historical account of key figures and events associated with the health education credentialing process is provided. Moreover, implications for health education professional preparation...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Health Education, Change Agents, Goal Orientation, Leadership Effectiveness, Needs...
There is a high incidence of today's gifted students independently interacting with their global community through technology tools. Teachers of the gifted (GT teachers) must possess an understanding of technology processes and concepts in order to engage their students through instructionally meaningful and appropriate lessons. Although many educators would like to use technology tools as an instructional medium, two obstacles prevent GT teachers from integrating technology into the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academically Gifted, Educational Technology, Technology Integration, Computer...
The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented (NRC/GT) is funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences. This special issue of the Journal for the Education of the Gifted highlights a few of the research studies conducted from 1995-2000. These selected studies have a common thread as they all address teaching and learning from the perspective of changing behaviors, strategies, and practices. Each study is also responsive to our commitment to quantitative...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Research, Gifted, State Departments of Education, School Districts, Needs...
Schools in 47 high-poverty school districts located mostly along the Atlantic Coast of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia may have a head start on new requirements of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001, thanks to a $6 million grant from the National Science Foundation. Begun in April 2000, the five-year Coastal Rural Systemic Initiative (CRSI) is striving to stimulate sustainable systemic improvements in science and mathematics education in school districts with a long...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Rural Schools, Poverty, Federal Legislation, Disadvantaged Youth, School Districts,...
Consistent with results of previous needs assessments for urban American Indian and Alaska Native populations, a needs assessment in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area for the Native American Rehabilitation Association Northwest revealed high levels of co-occurring conditions for American Indian and Alaska Native clients, often combining chronic health problems, substance abuse histories, and mental health diagnoses. Focus group results suggest the need for crisis care as well as specific...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Substance Abuse, Needs Assessment, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Focus Groups,...
High school students engaging in career decision making encounter significant challenges due to changing social and economic conditions. The student needs assessment focus of this study provides unique insights into student perceptions of the effectiveness of high school career programs. Results indicated that Grade 12 students value resources that support transitions, have a passion for career, and report a wide range of occupational choices. However, students may not perceive career...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Student Needs, High Schools, Needs Assessment, Program Effectiveness, Public Policy,...
A community-campus health partnership was formed in 1999. To determine health partnership priorities, it was collaboratively decided that an assessment of the community's health needs and interests was necessary. This article describes a community-based participatory research project: namely, a door-to-door survey to assess community health needs and interests. The survey was developed and approved by the health partnership's board of directors, consisting of a majority of community residents,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, African Americans, Empowerment, Health Needs, Participatory Research, Health...
Anyone who works with new teachers must let them know that they should not have to make a choice between bringing up test scores or promoting lifelong learning. Mentor teachers must show beginning teachers how to be "passionate teachers," which the author defines as living a life as a reflective educator, making it a priority to build positive relationships with students, creating a classroom community in which students share responsibility for their own learning and the learning of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Occupational Aspiration, Teaching (Occupation), Needs Assessment, Scores, Lifelong...
In their call for proposals for this themed issue, the editors maintain that higher education institutions should graduate future P-12 teachers who think globally, have international experience, demonstrate foreign language competence, and are able to incorporate a global dimension into their teaching. In contrast, the authors argue that future educators should be inclusive educators who use teaching strategies that are inclusive of all students, think globally, and include global dimensions in...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Inclusive Schools, Global Education, Teaching Methods, Social Justice, Needs...
World dilemmas such as poverty, immigration, globalization, technology, transportation, and transnational endeavors define the notion of "global village" in the same way that multicultural populations currently in all nations are described. No longer are nations as homogeneous as they were even a decade ago. In classroom settings the study of international education is similar to teaching with a multicultural perspective in terms of an emphasis on inclusiveness of diverse populations...
Topics: ERIC Archive, International Education, Global Approach, Educational Change, Foreign Countries,...
This article examines social justice as a vehicle for equity for all children. It focuses on the training of school leaders who can promote democratic schools and address inequality in K-12 schools. It outlines the needs assessment, consensus building, curriculum, and faculty voice in establishing a doctorate in educational justice. (Contains 1 table.)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Secondary Education, Needs Assessment, Educational Change, Social Justice,...
Family literacy programs reflect a recent trend in educational reform that has proven to be a successful educational model for all members of the family unit. Based on the literature that links family involvement to student achievement, these initiatives focus on empowering parents of school children. These programs have been particularly beneficial for linguistically and culturally diverse families, since they provide opportunities for adult family members to acquire English language/literacy...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Personnel Selection, Family Involvement, Academic Achievement, Educational Change,...
The incidence of bulimia nervosa has increased significantly in the second half of the twentieth century and its occurrence is more than twice that of anorexia nervosa. Due to its complex nature, successful treatment requires an interdisciplinary approach with nutritional, psychological, medical, pharmacological and dental therapies. Despite bulimia nervosa's growing incidence, many health care professionals fail to detect the condition in their patients. In addition, professionals lack...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Intervention, Needs Assessment, Incidence, Focus Groups, Eating Disorders,...
The purpose of this study was to conduct a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis of the health education profession and discipline in India. Materials from CINAHL, ERIC, MEDLINE, and Internet were collected to conduct the open coding of the SWOT analysis. Strengths of health education in India include an elaborate tiered infrastructure, well trained workforce in health education, resources for information dissemination, school health education programs, and ability...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Printed Materials, Physicians, Quality Control, Marketing, Foreign Countries,...
In order to maintain a strong front against both terrorist and natural threats, it is incumbent upon the public health system to employ workers who possess the skills and knowledge required to protect the health of the nation. The aim of this study is to contribute to an understanding of the learning needs of the public health workforce as the needs relate to bioterrorism and emerging health threats. The findings of a competency-based needs assessment conducted for public health workers in the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Health Personnel, Terrorism, Needs Assessment, Public Health, Job Training, Program...
This study examined the congruence between the priorities of the Manitoba Government's "Kindergarten to Senior 4 (K-S4) Education Agenda for Student Success" and priorities of stakeholders in a rural Manitoba school division, and the division's capacity to achieve them. Capacity included three components for success: Legitimization of Alternatives, Diverse Networks, and Resource Mobilization. The findings suggest that the theoretical conceptualizations of how rural areas develop...
Topics: ERIC Archive, School Restructuring, Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Foreign Countries,...
Learning "using" technologies has become a global phenomenon. The Internet is often seen as a value-neutral tool that potentially allows individuals to overcome the constraints of traditional elitist spaces and gain unhindered access to learning. It is widely suggested that online technologies can help address issues of educational equity and social exclusion, and open up democratic and accessible educational opportunities. The national governments and non-governmental agencies who...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Equal Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Educational Change, Developing Nations,...
This research comprises a brief analysis of the economic model design, projected for poor countries, where complex assessments of the health status, education outcomes and motivation for children with disabilities are impossible to be done; is possible to be applied on a national scale in Georgia, if the actual government has the necessary resources, or, in other countries, having a similar lack of expertise in special education and disabled children assessment. The National Curriculum...
Topics: ERIC Archive, National Curriculum, Audits (Verification), Inclusive Schools, Academic...
As the research interests and the focus of traditional earth scientists are transformed, so too must education in earth system science at colleges and universities across the country change. The required change involves not only the methods used to teach this new science, but also the essential place of the earth sciences in the panoply of disciplines as traditionally ordered by academic colleagues. With growing public and political awareness of the significant environmental problems facing the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Curriculum, Environmental Education, Politics of Education, Climate,...
This paper describes the development of a needs assessment guide that is user-friendly, facilitates the development of the youth-counsellor relationship, and is sensitive to gender, sexual orientation and cultural diversity. Through a three-phase collaborative process with counsellors and youth, the major issues in needs assessment were uncovered and a youth sensitive needs assessment guide that supports a strong positive working alliance between counsellor and youth was developed. The project...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Needs Assessment, Cultural Relevance, Program Effectiveness, Guides, Youth,...
The purposes of this descriptive study were to assess graduates' perception of the importance and competence levels of performing identified transferable skills in the workplace and use the Borich (1980) needs assessment model to identify the skills most in need to enhance the curriculum. The findings revealed that solving problems, working independently, and functioning well in stressful situations were perceived by graduates as being most important to their job, and identifying political...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Needs Assessment, Agricultural Colleges, Agricultural Education, College Graduates,...
There are many competencies necessary for success as a 4-H agent. The 4-H Professional Research, Knowledge, and Competencies (PRKC) Model organizes competencies into six domains: (a) Youth Development, (b) Youth Program Development, (c) Volunteerism, (d) Partnerships, (e) Organizational Systems, and (f) Equity, Access and Opportunity (National 4-H Professional Development Task Force, 2004). Previous research (Harder & Dooley, 2007; Seevers, Baca & VanLeeuwen, 2005) identified...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Needs, Youth Programs, Needs Assessment, Extension Agents, Program...
In this study, the researchers used a classical Delphi method to re-examine the conceptual framework, definition, and knowledge base of the field. Seventeen engaged scholars, each representing the expert agricultural education community, reached consensus on defining the field of study, 10 knowledge domains, and 67 knowledge objects. The Delphi panel agreed, "Agricultural education-2010, as a field of study, integrates social and behavioral sciences with the natural and applied science of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Delphi Technique, Learning Theories, Curriculum Development, Instructional Design,...
Technological advances have created unlimited opportunities in education. Training and technology have merged to create new methods referred to as technology-based training. The purpose of this study was to identify organizations that hire agriculture and life sciences students for positions involving technology-based training and identify competencies required for these positions from the perspective of the identified organizations. This study describes the technologies that the identified...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Instructional Design, Needs Assessment, Computer Assisted Instruction, Biological...
Modern education today, some argue, easily integrates and adjusts to new technological developments through flexible curricula in the areas where these developments are taking place such as in the field of information technology or in the widespread use of the Internet. However, modern education can be criticized for ignoring or failing to lead societies toward a more humane future in the face of massive social and ecological changes. When it decides to encounter those social problems, the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Role of Education, Educational Philosophy, Values Education, World Views, Needs...
Despite its flaws, the USCO created the conditions for an unprecedented national statement on school safety. This study asks: How do states conceptualize school safety? While critics have denounced the dizzying assortment of states' persistently dangerous criteria, we argue that these differences have been grossly exaggerated. We contend that states' shared orientations toward school safety can be described using a risk assessment perspective. This article introduces a framework that distills...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Violence, School Safety, School Choice, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation,...
This article is a critical reflection on a study of the views of Spanish teachers in South Australian schools about their professional development (PD) needs and experiences. Officials responsible for designing Spanish specific PD were interviewed. Sixteen teachers were randomly selected from private, public, country and metropolitan middle schools and were interviewed using a semi-structured questionnaire with an open-ended response format. Non-native and native Spanish speaking participants...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Professional Development, Spanish Speaking, Spanish, Foreign Countries, Middle School...
Background: In the early 1980s, the author of this article researched, in her M.Ed thesis, the state of adult education in Hong Kong with regard to its general support and delivery through university channels. At that time, adult education had a separate identity and, since, has generally become vocationalized, creditized or subsumed into postsecondary education and part-time higher education. Dr. Shak's recent book to be published: Lifelong Education: Consensus in Characteristics and Practices...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Needs Assessment, Continuing Education, Lifelong Learning, Educational Change,...
The purpose of this research was to explore the relationship between life difficulties of international students at a Southeastern university in the USA and the self-concept of these students. The findings indicate that international students experience minor to moderate difficulty in studying in the United States. The current study also indicates that, overall, international students at the University returned significantly greater scores than the norm group on dimensions of self-concept for...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Foreign Students, Self Concept Measures, Measures (Individuals), Social Indicators,...
The purpose of this study was to determine the agricultural information preferences of crop producers in Iowa and the implications for agricultural extension education. The objective was to identify agricultural information issues producers perceive as significant to their businesses. The results will help agricultural extension educators and communicators make informed decisions regarding program content and delivery. To identify these needs and preferences, this study consisted of five crop...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Rural Extension, Focus Groups, Marketing, Program Content, Agricultural Education,...
The purpose of this study was to determine if a need exists to establish an organization specifically for preservice agricultural science teachers and if so, the attributes of such an organization. Selected peer preservice agricultural education programs were examined and focus groups were conducted with preservice and inservice teachers. Results indicated that there was a need for an organization and that it should affiliate with the Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association of Texas. The...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Preservice Teachers, Science Programs, Focus Groups, Agricultural Education, Student...
This investigation provides a model for at-risk youth community agencies to tailor their programs to fit the specific needs of their local out-of-school youth. Using a needs-based assessment, baseline data were gathered on Cleveland African Americans (N = 187) to pinpoint academic strengths and deficits, career interests, and life-skill needs. The practical implications of population data in program development as well as the perceived benefits are discussed. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.)
Topics: ERIC Archive, At Risk Persons, Public Agencies, Program Development, Dropout Programs, Models,...
This study investigated the information needs of parents who have children in transition into public kindergarten. The research group consisted of 94 parents who have children with hearing impairment with ages ranging from 3 to 5. "The Scale Parental Information Needs in Transition to Kindergarten" was used in this study. Parents' responses to the items of the questionnaires were determined by the means and percentages. The research also examined the effects of different variables....
Topics: ERIC Archive, Information Needs, Hearing Impairments, Foreign Countries, Kindergarten,...
This paper reports the results of a needs assessment survey that was conducted to find out pre-service teachers' background knowledge, experiences and perceptions about their preparation for technology integration at a university in the Middle East USA. A questionnaire with both closed and open-ended items was administered to a group of student teachers. Participants seemed neutral with regards to feelings of being adequately prepared to use technology in their teaching but perceived that they...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Preservice Teacher Education, Needs Assessment, Technology Integration, Educational...
This study assessed needs, knowledge, and interests of agricultural professionals who were likely to enroll in an online extension course in sustainable agriculture. The objectives of the study were: to (1) describe their demographic characteristics, (2) identify their concerns and interests related to farming, (3) evaluate participants' knowledge and adoption of sustainable farming practices, and (4) use the evidence to implement a distance education program in sustainable agriculture. A...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Agricultural Education, Knowledge Level, Extension Education, Sustainable...
Agricultural communications programs should frequently review their curriculum to ensure students receive the highest quality of education possible (Akers, 2000). This research is a nationwide look at recent agricultural communications graduates' employers and/or co-workers. The purpose of this study was to determine which workplace habits and communication skills are satisfactory and which need improvements in the opinion of co workers or employers. Members of several professional agricultural...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Agricultural Education, Communication Skills, Employer Attitudes, Graduate Surveys,...
This study identified and prioritized the agricultural in-service needs of introductory level career and technical education teachers in Utah. The Utah State Board of Education requires that all seventh grade students complete an introductory career and technical education course as their first formal career exploration experience. One component of the course is exploration of the agriculture industry. In order to effectively help students explore agricultural opportunities, teachers, most of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Needs Assessment, Agricultural Education, Grade 7, Agriculture, Vocational Education,...
Cooperative Extension's role as a relevant provider of nonformal education is dependent upon its ability to improve and adjust in response to internal and external pressures. Periodically conducting needs assessments focused on the Extension organization can aid in Extension's efforts to deliver quality educational programs by pinpointing priority areas in need of improvement. A qualitative analysis of the final reports from the University of Florida's IFAS Extension annual county program...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Strategic Planning, Human Capital, Nonformal Education, Extension Education, Program...
This community-based participatory research (CBPR) project utilized a mixed-methods survey design to identify urban (Tulsa, OK) American Indian (AI) strengths and needs. Six hundred fifty AIs (550 adults and 100 youth) were surveyed regarding their attitudes and beliefs about their community. These results were used in conjunction with other community research efforts to inform program development, support proposals for external funding, and develop a comprehensive service system model to be...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Participatory Research, Needs Assessment, American Indians, Health Needs, Program...
Hollow reforms, like proposals that emphasize get-tough accountability over support for educators and widespread choice over quality neighborhood schools, enjoy their share of supporters. As the author watched the choice and accountability movements gain momentum across the nation, she concluded that curriculum and instruction were far more important than choice and accountability. In this article, the author argues that it is time for those who want to improve their schools to focus on the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Public Education, Neighborhood Schools, Educational Change, Accountability, Theory...
Research administration has experienced dramatic changes over the past decades. As scientific research has evolved, higher education institutions have tried to adapt, with varying degrees of success. This paper presents a conceptual framework based on six cornerstones of research administration: mission, information, communication, collaboration, transition or transformation, and outcomes. Within these cornerstones are key strategies that research administrators can apply according to their...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Research Administration, Models, Higher Education, Administrative Principles,...
This study presents findings from a university-wide faculty survey on research resources at a top-tier research institution in the United States (U.S.). The researchers (faculty leaders) designed the original instrument, submitted it for critique and validation to a faculty senate's research body, and solicited participation from all colleges. The principal investigators sought to identify impediments to research and scholarship, as perceived by faculty. The questions posed were: What specific...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Faculty, Researchers, Attitudes, Needs Assessment, Resources, Financial...
A needs assessment was conducted for the adaptation of an existing online Cooperative Extension investment course for use by farm households. The theoretical model was Social Marketing Theory. Data about financial attitudes, practices, and learning preferences of farm households were collected through a telephone survey of 300 farm households and two focus groups. Quantitative and qualitative data confirmed that farmers prefer investing in land and farm-related assets instead of securities....
Topics: ERIC Archive, Extension Education, Needs Assessment, Focus Groups, Telephone Surveys, Marketing,...
A master's comprehensive University is planning a learning commons to support undergraduate learning. The planning process included a literature review, site visits to commons, consultations with experts in the field, discussions with campus specialists, and surveys of patrons. The literature reports two primary forms of data gathering for learning commons: interview/observation and purposive surveys. This report describes the findings of a survey conducted to determine students' perceptions of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Student Attitudes, Information Processing, Information Needs, Student Surveys,...
The National Research Council's (NRC, 2005) publication "America's Lab Report: Investigations in High School Science" provided the impetus for this study. In the NRC report, the experiences of high school students nationally are described along with recommendations for improving and supporting these experiences. Since the NRC report was published and this research project was initiated, science laboratory experiences for students have received still greater prominence in the U.S. as...
Topics: ERIC Archive, High Schools, Science Laboratories, Teaching Methods, Science Instruction, Secondary...
In this study, the post-training needs of urban high school counselors were explored. A total of 55 high school counselors completed a questionnaire. The counselors emphasized the necessity of supplemental training for properly conducting youth drop-out and violence prevention programs, effective services for underachieving students who consistently earn low-to-failing grades, and needs assessments analysis. Implications for counselor education training programs are discussed. (Contains 2...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Needs, Counselor Training, School Counselors, Questionnaires, High...
Professional School Counselors (PSCs) are trained to be leaders in school reform, collaborators with other educators, and advocates for all students. While PSCs provide academic, career, and personal/social interventions for the student body as part of a comprehensive school counseling program the needs of students with disabilities are often excluded. This article demonstrates replicable strategies for including students with special needs in a comprehensive school counseling program. The...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Counseling Services, Disabilities, Self Advocacy, School Counseling, School...
This article reported and discussed the evaluation of a lecture, designed to change university students' values related with sustainable ways of living. The outcomes of the study were those obtained from the evaluation of the course titled "Education and Awareness for Sustainability", which has been offered for three years in the Department of Elementary Education, Middle East Technical University-Ankara (Turkey). The study was realized with the participation of 85 students from...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Summative Evaluation, Formative Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Needs Assessment,...
Universal Design provides a framework to effectively increase the number of students studying abroad by creating and expanding supportive environments designed to meet a wide range of student needs. While the concept of Universal Design originated with the needs of students with disabilities, its value and application extend to a much wider student constituency. The concepts within Universal Design can be used to communicate information crucial for a wide range of students with specific needs...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Student Needs, Program Effectiveness, Study Abroad, Access to Education, Fundamental...
Many professions require members to be involved in continuing education in order to maintain skill levels, to remain current on issues, and often to remain licensed or certified in that field. The same level of continuous professional development does not always occur in student affairs, and there exists no system for documenting such activities when they occur. The purpose of this study is to explore the perceived benefits of requiring professional development credits (PDCs) in the profession...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Continuing Education, Credits, Professional Development, Student Personnel Services,...