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Download full textCollantes, Lourdes Y., Ed. – 1985
Six symposium papers are included in this document. The first paper, by Henry Chang, is a brief profile of Asian/Pacific American (APA) librarians, emphasizing the need for more data on this group and the need for the group to become more assertive of their rights to equal opportunity in the field. The second paper, by Jane Katayama, addresses…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Ethnic Stereotypes, Librarians, Library Administration
Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents, Boston. – 1992
The School-Based Improvement Project (SBIP) is a cooperative venture between the Office of Community Education of the Massachusetts Department of Education and the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents (MASS). SBIP is a multiyear professional-development initiative designed to improve the leadership of superintendents who are engaged…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Role, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedRossmiller, Richard A. – Journal of Education Finance, 1987
Outlines the development of thinking concerning equal educational opportunities as related to school finance. Discusses effective schools research and its implications for educational equity, school operation, and professional preparation and practice. The roles of individual schools and competent leadership should prevail over preoccupation with…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance
Stanojevic, Patricia S. B., Comp. – 1989
With the support of the Association of Canadian Community Colleges and the Canadian International Development Agency, a one-day workshop was held in April 1989. The workshop explored techniques by which individuals who have had overseas professional development experiences may enhance their institution's and their community's understanding of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cultural Enrichment, Cultural Exchange, Faculty Development
Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents, Boston. – 1991
The School-Based Improvement Project (SBIP) is a joint venture of the Office of Community Education of the Massachusetts Department of Education and the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents (MASS). SBIP is a multiyear professional-development initiative designed to help public school superintendents become effective leaders in…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Educational Change
Peer reviewedOpheim, Cynthia – Teaching History: A Journal of Methods, 1990
Describes an institute held at Southwest Texas State University on the bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution for social studies teachers to enhance their professional preparation. Notes major activities and teaching strategies of the program. Provides quantitative and qualitative evaluations of the effectiveness of the institute and a schedule of…
Descriptors: Constitutional History, Education, Educational Needs, Evaluation Methods
Connell, Charles W., Ed.; Gardner, Lynn J., Ed. – 1982
Developments and issues in academic advising are addressed in this collection of program abstracts from the 1982 conference of the National Academic Advising Association. Summaries are provided of the general sessions, preconference workshops, conference workshops, focus and special sessions, topical sessions, and paper sessions. In addition to…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Administrative Policy, Adult Students, Change Agents
McDonald, Joseph P.; And Others – 1985
This report of a 1984 conference on the computer as a teaching tool provides summaries of presentations on the role of the computer in the teaching of science, mathematics, computer literacy, and language arts. Analyses of themes emerging from the conference are then presented under four headings: (1) The Computer and the Curriculum (the computer…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Simulation, Curriculum Development
Stefanich, Greg P.; Egelston-Dodd, Judy, Ed. – 1994
This book includes four papers presented at a conference on teaching science to students with disabilities. The first paper, "Science Education for Motor/Orthopedically-Impaired Students" (E. C. Keller, Jr.), covers: (1) categories of motor/orthopedic-impairments, (2) life function assessment, (3) formal and informal science teaching…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Chemistry, Disabilities, Educational Strategies
Tait, Alan, Ed. – 1987
The 16 conference papers in this collection describe various ways in which counselling is used in distance education in Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Thailand, the United Kingdom, West Germany, and Zambia. Following an introduction by Alan Tait, the following papers are presented: (1) "Counselling in the Open University of the…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Counseling Services, Databases, Developed Nations
Roger, Margerit; Nichol, Louise – 1999
A forum was conducted to give workplace education practitioners (WEPs) from across Canada the opportunity to have an initial discussion on WEP development and recognition. The forum included presentations by forum participants, forum discussions, and brainstorming sessions on the following and other topics: roles and working contexts of WEPs in…
Descriptors: Brainstorming, Competence, Competency Based Education, Conferences
Talbert, Ray, Ed.; Smoyer, Susan, Ed. – 1984
This seminar, sponsored by the Oregon Council for Continued Professional Development and the Oregon Department of Education, brought together 60 educational leaders from all sectors and from all regions of Oregon to discuss staff development issues. Fostering collaborartion between elementary/secondary and postsecondary institutions was a central…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Interprofessional Relationship
Technology & Innovations in Education, Rapid City, SD. – 1997
This Technology & Innovations in Education (TIE) workshop was presented on April 24 and 25, 1997, in Denver, CO, to help participants gain a big picture perspective of technology planning and related issues, understand a model for sound, practical technology planning, build capacity for leading a local planning effort, engage in the steps of…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Networks
Center for Systems and Program Development, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1989
This document presents conference materials and five conference papers on literacy and the hearing impaired. Preceding the papers, a section of general information provides an introduction, conference format information, and a commentary by Michael Rodda. Recommendations from the work groups and an executive summary are then presented.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cognitive Processes, Computers, Elementary Secondary Education
Green, Diana M., Ed. – 1982
Institutional research that focuses on professional development is addressed in 35 papers from the 1982 meeting of the North East Association for Institutional Research. Titles and authors include the following: "Modeling College Student Adjustment and Retention for the Individual Institution" (Norman D. Aitken); "The Development…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Career Choice, College Faculty, College Students
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