/library/oar/handle/123456789/54873 Tue, 04 Nov 2025 07:16:45 GMT 2025-11-04T07:16:45Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/55506 Title: Seek data, then decide and act Abstract: One of the main areas that all schools who are embarking on School Development Planning are called to explore is that of student performance. Whilst, in my opinion, this is an area one should not explore in the initial stages of school-based development, there will come a time when this area will need to be explored and indeed taken seriously. My main concern here is that as people and facilitators embark on such improvement efforts, too often, that work is based on ill-defined problems and limited understanding of the factors related to or causing current results. Frequently, school improvement planning is based on the latest trends or hot topics rather than being grounded in data about student performance. Thu, 01 Apr 1999 00:00:00 GMT /library/oar/handle/123456789/55506 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/55205 Title: Media workstation : audio resources Abstract: It was nearly a century ago that audio was first used for instructional purposes, and though a lot of research has gone into its use, the subject has been relatively sidelined in more recent years, probably because of the pervading influx of video and computer technology (Tripp & Roby, 1996). Thu, 01 Apr 1999 00:00:00 GMT /library/oar/handle/123456789/55205 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/55204 Title: SOCRATES : exchange of information and experience on education systems and policy Abstract: Socrates is the European Union action programme for cooperation in the field of education which aims to develop the European dimension in education, to promote cooperation in the field of education and to improve linguistic competence. SOCRATES is actually a collection of programmes, each one treating a specific sector of education. Such programmes are ERASMUS for Higher education and COMENIUS for schools. Other programmes, which draw together a range of measures to support schools and language learning, are LINGUA and ODL, open and distance learning. Taken together, these programmes have the aim of increasing the European dimension of education, the exchange of information and to improve quantity and quality of European cooperation in Education. Thu, 01 Apr 1999 00:00:00 GMT /library/oar/handle/123456789/55204 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/55203 Title: Constructing scientific ideas : implications for teaching and learning Abstract: Many of the ideas which children have about science are developed from their early experiences with the natural world around them, through play and interaction with others in their lives. Many of the conceptions which children have are developed from their sensory experiences. Children have ways of constructing events and phenomena which are coherent and fit in with their domain of experience but which may be very different from the scientific view. Thu, 01 Apr 1999 00:00:00 GMT /library/oar/handle/123456789/55203 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z