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Download full textPartnership for Academic and Career Education, Pendleton, SC. – 1996
This resource handbook provides a brief overview of ideas, facts, and resources offered during the Partnership for Academic and Career Education's (PACE) 10th annual Summer Institute. The institute's goal was to inform participants about nontraditional careers open to students, with special emphasis on midlevel technology careers and to recommend…
Descriptors: High Schools, Institutes (Training Programs), Learning Activities, Postsecondary Education
German Foundation for International Development, Bonn (West Germany). – 1982
Two international meetings on distance education are summarized in this report. The first, a preparatory seminar on "Staff Development for Distance Education," was held in Berlin to give African participants an opportunity to meet prior to attending the 12th World Conference of the International Council for Correspondence Education…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Correspondence Study, Developing Nations, Distance Education
Sparling, Joseph, Ed.; And Others – 1978
Workshop sessions focusing on the issue of collaboration between health care services and day care services are documented in this report. The keynote address elaborates the thesis that day care programs should provide therapeutic care, particularly primary health care for ill children and staff, and assistance in obtaining secondary care. In…
Descriptors: Child Development, College Curriculum, Cooperation, Day Care
McCarn, Davis B., Comp. – 1983
A group of 27 library administrators and library computer systems experts met to share their experiences and insights with regard to online catalogs, to review survey results from The Council on Library Resources (CLR) 1982 Online Catalog Study, to review draft documents on the costs and features of online catalogs, and to discuss and recommend…
Descriptors: Costs, Design Requirements, Formative Evaluation, Guidelines
Street, Brian, Ed. – 1990
This report consists of papers given at, relating to, and produced by an international seminar that emphasized sharing practical experience and analyzing conditions necessary to set up and sustain a literacy program. The first section provides an "Introduction" (James Porter) and "Background to the Seminar" (Alan Rogers).…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Curriculum, Developing Nations
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 1990
This document reports the proceedings of a national conference of government, business, and educational executives on the school-to-work connection. The proceedings provide short summaries of the speeches and discussions held during the conference, which focused on the problems of poorly educated youth--tomorrow's workers--and how businesses and…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs, Educationally Disadvantaged
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Santiago (Chile). Regional Office for Education in Latin America and Caribbean. – 1980
A meeting was held in St. Lucia in September, 1980, at which representatives of Caribbean countries discussed the present state and future progress of adult education in the region. The meeting viewed adult education as a vital part of national and regional development. Meeting participants stressed the following four themes: (1) political changes…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Educational Administration, Educational Finance
Indian Adult Education Association, New Delhi. – 1980
This publication contains the proceedings of a conference held to discuss adult education and the National Adult Education Programme (NAEP) in India. Four major addresses are included in the booklet, along with references to other speeches, group discussion reports, resolutions, and recommendations. Inaugurating the conference, Shri J.J. Kidwai…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Economic Development, Educational Development
1984
This 63-paper collection represents a variety of interests and areas of expertise related to technology and its impact on the educational process at all levels. Topics include automated instructional management, computer literacy, software evaluation, beginning a computer program, finding software, networking, programming, and the computer and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Software
Perlman, Laura; Kane, Matt – 1986
In its ongoing study of changes in the situation of workers and unions, the AFL-CIO Executive Council's Committee on the Evolution of Work determined that information on job training and jobs is a top priority for today's workers. The AFL-CIO Training and Education Conference was planned in an effort to respond to this need. The conference brought…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Educational Needs, Educational Practices, Employer Employee Relationship
Falcone, Lisa, Ed.; Mundhenk, Robert, Ed. – 1994
In fall 1993, a roundtable was held with leading Tech Prep practitioners to discuss the direction Tech Prep has taken since 1990 and emerging issues related to the implementation of Tech Prep Associate Degree (TPAD) programs. Stemming from the roundtable, this monograph describes Tech Prep, provides recommendations for implementation, and…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship
World Health Organization, Copenhagen (Denmark). Regional Office for Europe. – 1981
This report discusses a working group convened in Varna, Bulgaria, by the World Health Organization to examine trends, issues, and problems regarding assessment of health professional competence and to prepare guidance to improve existing arrangements. Following a summary of the proceedings, the main portion of the paper reports main findings and…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, Allied Health Personnel, Competence
Appalachia Educational Lab., Charleston, WV. – 1991
The goal of this conference was to assist early childhood professionals in their efforts to provide training to parents and family-focused, community-based transitions between preschool and school. The conference was also designed to assure children access to a high quality, developmentally appropriate preschool; adequate nutrition; and health…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Disabilities, Educational Improvement
Lesgold, Alan; Reif, Frederick – 1983
The future of computers in education and the research needed to realize the computer's potential are discussed in this report, which presents a summary and the conclusions from an invitational conference involving 40 computer scientists, psychologists, educational researchers, teachers, school administrators, and parents. The summary stresses the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education
Northeast Regional Exchange, Inc., Chelmsford, MA. – 1982
These proceedings consist of papers delivered at a conference on the development of a working partnership involving business, industry, and education. Included in the proceedings are the texts of the following papers: "Business Doing Business with Schools: Does It Make Cents and Sense," by Edward J. Meade, Jr.; "Twenty Years of…
Descriptors: Business Responsibility, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs, Educational Benefits
