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Download full textHord, Shirley M. Ed.; And Others – 1985
Participants in the "Beyond the Looking Glass" Conference established a set of objectives for each of the three teacher education constituencies: practice, policy, and research. The teacher education continuum of preservice, induction, and inservice served as one dimension of a framework for structuring dialogue, discussion, and…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Inservice Teacher Education, Policy Formation, Preservice Teacher Education
Hall, Gene E. – 1986
A synthesis is presented of the outcomes of the "Beyond the Looking Glass" Conference which brought together educational practitioners, policy makers, and researchers to make concrete suggestions for what should be done to improve the conditions, processes, and effects of teacher education. Three major points of agreement formed the…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Educational Change, Inservice Teacher Education, Policy Formation
National Association of State Directors of Special Education, Alexandria, VA. – 1994
This monograph summarizes outcomes of a forum addressing strategies to improve special education program evaluation efforts and orient policymakers, administrators, and advocates to the benefits of program evaluation as an integral part of program improvement. The forum also addressed barriers restricting evaluation of program effectiveness…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Kern, Evan J., Ed. – 1986
Eighteen scholars, representing classroom teachers, museum educators, and higher education faculty were invited to prepare papers on the topic of aesthetics and art criticism in the classroom. The papers included are: "Signs Visual and Verbal" (Mary Wiseman); "Role-playing the Aesthetician in Art Education" (Robert Russell); "Is Teaching…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Aesthetic Values, Art Activities, Art Appreciation
Patton, Ruth Volz, Ed.; Lawrence, Marianne, Ed. – 1985
These 10 papers focus on the key to excellence in vocational education in light of teacher assessment and effective assessment systems, challenges to testing students and teachers and the legal implications, basic and employability skills, and the need for vocational teacher technological update strategies. "Introduction and Colloquium…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competence, Employment Potential, Faculty Development
California State Dept. of the Youth Authority, Sacramento. – 1987
This publication is the product of a two and one-half day workshop that was held to develop directions and strategies for meeting the future needs of California correctional education. The first part of the document contains the opening session address by California Assemblyman John Vasconcellos and two presentations--"The Doomed and the…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Agency Cooperation, Change Strategies, Correctional Education
Corwin, Luene; And Others – 1986
This report reviews the program evaluation approaches used at three member colleges of the National Postsecondary Alliance (NPA), a consortium of postsecondary schools intent on achieving excellence in occupational education. The first paper, "Introduction" by Luene Corwin, discusses the goals and major activities of the NPA. The second…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Colleges, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Criteria
American Association of Community and Junior Colleges, Washington, DC. – 1984
Four major topics are addressed in these papers presented at the Hispanic Roundtable meeting: current staffing patterns at community colleges, transferability trends among Hispanic students, employment barriers, and legislative issues. Introductory comments by Maria Barrera are followed by Mary Jane Garza's paper, "Current Staffing…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, College Faculty, College Transfer Students
Van Kollenburg, Susan E., Ed. – 1996
This collection presents 68 papers or summaries presented at a 1996 conference on self-study and institutional improvement for institutions of higher education. Papers are grouped in the following 10 chapters (with sample topics in parentheses): (1) "Integrity and Accreditation: Current Issues" (intercollegiate athletics, nontraditional students,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies
Singer, Norman M., Comp.; And Others – 1985
This document recapitulates the seventh in a continuing series of annual, nationwide vocational education dissemination conferences. As a record of conference activities and a guide to available resources, information, and programs across the country, this recap is intended to serve both conference participants and a general audience of vocational…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Competency Based Education, Conference Proceedings, Databases
Hutinger, Patricia, Ed.; Smith-Dickson, Bonnie, Ed. – 1982
Texts of two keynote addresses, synopses of workshop proceedings, and a detailed conference evaluation comprise this report of a conference planned to foster information exchange and collaboration--networking--among rural early intervention professionals. The address by Barbara Zang discusses specific skills and techniques for influencing state…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Agency Cooperation, Community Information Services, Delivery Systems
Smith, Janet, Ed. – 1987
The conference "People and Technology: Investing in Training for Europe's Future" was the largest combined conference and exhibition ever launched by the European Community in the field of vocational training. The major themes discussed during the course of the conference were the future of training and work in light of technological…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Corporate Education, Economic Development, Employment Programs
Commission des Communautes Europeennes (Luxembourg). – 1987
The following papers are included in this volume: "Technological Change: The Future of Training and Work" (Lord Young of Graffham); "L'Education, la Formation et l'Evolution Technologique dans l'Industrie" (Mathias Hinterscheid); "Education, Training, and Technological Change in Industry" (Philippe Meyer);…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Corporate Education, Economic Development, Employment Programs
Miller, Greg, Ed. – 2000
These proceedings contain 48 presentations and 15 poster abstracts. Papers include "Computer Tasks Required in Selected Undergraduate Agriculture Courses" (Johnson, Ferguson, Vokinnns, Lester); "College of Agriculture Faculty Perceptions of Electronic Technologies in Teaching" (Dooley, Murphy); "Steering Through Turbulent…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Sciences
Baker, David W., Comp. – 1985
Initiated to address issues concerning preservice and inservice needs of art, music, dance and theater arts teachers, this symposium considered ideas and methods for improving teacher preparation and education at all levels of instruction. Charles Fowler presented "The Crisis in Teacher Education: Issues for the Arts," and Kathryn Martin, in "On…
Descriptors: Art, Art Teachers, Dance Education, Elementary Secondary Education
