English As A Foreign Language - Article Review
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A 6 page paper that provides a synopsis and a critique of an article entitled Breadth of Vocabulary and Advanced English Study: An Empirical Investigation. The author investigated the effects of different criteria on English proficiency. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: PGefl.rtf
Paper Title: English As A Foreign Language - Article Review

English As A Foreign Language - Using Cooperative Learning And NLP
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This 10 page paper addresses NLP (Neurolinguistic programming) first, offering an overview of NLP and then, providing examples of NLP strategies that can be used in the EFL/ESL classroom. The second section addresses Cooperative Learning using the same format, first, a brief explanation and then activities for the classroom. bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PGeflnpc.rtf
Paper Title: English As A Foreign Language - Using Cooperative Learning And NLP

ESL in Puerto Rico & Spain
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A 11 page research paper that focuses on why Puerto Rican ESL instruction has not succeeded, comparing it with Spain. This research investigates the question of why students in one Spanish-speaking country, i.e., Spain, learn English readily and why another Spanish-speaking culture, i.e., Puerto Rico, finds this task problematic and controversial. The writer also looks briefly at ESL methodology in both countries. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: kheslpr.rtf
Paper Title: ESL in Puerto Rico & Spain

Funding, Access and Teaching: The Canadian Experience of a Mass System of Higher Education
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A 4 page review of the article by Hans Schuette. This paper explores the ways that tertiary education has evolved in Canada and the reasons for that evolution. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPedCanadaEvol.rtf
Paper Title: Funding, Access and Teaching: The Canadian Experience of a Mass System of Higher Education

Further Education in Scotland
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This 5 page paper consider the position and policies of further education in Scotland as well as some of the future proposals including closer ties with commerce and higher education. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
Filename: TEscotfe.wps
Paper Title: Further Education in Scotland

Further Education in the UK
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This 10 page paper considers the place and added value of further education in the UK, the role of the teacher and how the educational establishments that serve in the post compulsory education and training environment can attract the students. The bibliography cites 11 sources.
Filename: TEfuredu.rtf
Paper Title: Further Education in the UK

Gender and educational attainment.
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A five page paper which looks at the gender differential in educational attainment, with reference to such issues as peer group influence, family structure and the feminisation of the workforce. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: JLgendiff.rtf
Paper Title: Gender and educational attainment.

Gifted And Talented Education In The United Kingdom
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This 43 page research report addresses gifted education with an emphasis on the United Kingdom. The report begins with a brief history of gifted education (in the 1870s in New Jersey, USA) and includes the change in focus from intellectual cognitive ability to a broader perspective. Topics addressed in the report include: the definition of giftedness and how that has changed and why, underachievement, methods for identifying gifted children, including tests, teacher recommendations and checklists, identification by provision and identification by provision in practice, Freeman's Sports approach, comments on nature vs nurture, can giftedness be developed, characteristics of the gifted child, emotional/social development, implications for teachers, preparing teachers to work with the gifted, and comments about programs for the gifted. While most of the research is applicable to giftedness anywhere, there is an emphasis on the UK. Bibliography lists 24 sources.
Filename: PGukgft.rtf
Paper Title: Gifted And Talented Education In The United Kingdom

Global Trends in Education
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A 6 page research paper that discusses global trends that are likely to continue over the next five years. The trends include the move toward global education, the movements of students across international borders and the spread of information that is facilitated by digitized forms of communication and the world's network of libraries. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: khgloed.rtf
Paper Title: Global Trends in Education

Health and Education in Canada and the U.S.
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A 7 page paper that compares and contrasts the educational systems and the health care systems in the U.S. and Canada. There are many similarities in the educational system in the two countries. The health care systems, however, are vastly different. These are discussed. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PGedhth.wps
Paper Title: Health and Education in Canada and the U.S.