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Download full textDinnerstein, Myra; And Others – 1981
Suggestions are presented on mainstreaming women's studies in the traditional curriculum. Directors of 17 curriculum projects involved in integrating materials on women into the college curriculum participated in a 3-day conference (Princeton, New Jersey, August 27-30, 1981). The material in the handbook is drawn from the experience of these…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Patterson, Janice H.; Smith, Marshall S. – 1986
This report presents a national agenda for research on the learning of thinking skills via computer technology which was developed at a National Academy of Sciences conference on educational, methodological, and practical issues involved in the use of computers to promote complex thought in grades K-12. The discussion of research topics agreed…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software
Greenhalgh, Claire – 1996
In recent years, there has been increasing interest within the media and in government about young people who are spending more time in front of the television or computer than in physical activities. A 1996 conference examined these issues and addressed concerns that young people's lack of activity has a detrimental effect upon their health and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Child Health, Children
Boud, D. J., Ed.; de Rome, E. A., Ed. – 1980
Proceedings of a 1980 conference in Australia on the problems of first-year students, which focus on student discontinuation, are presented. The contents include three papers, discussion group reports, and a report on the outcome of the discussion groups, policy proposals, and recommendations. In "First Year Students: Selection and…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Articulation (Education), College Freshmen, College Preparation
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 2002
This workshop was the first of two designed for the purpose of developing specific recommendations for a program of research on adolescent literacy. Together these workshops, jointly sponsored by government and private sector entities, will draw on the knowledge and experiences of researchers and practitioners who work with adolescents and their…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Agenda Setting, Illiteracy
Page, Glenda, Ed.; And Others – 1978
The second of a two-volume set, this collection of 11 papers concentrates on current developments in the teaching of reading, such as translating commonly accepted reading theories or assumptions into classroom practices, maintaining an input of structured, meaningful, rhythmic language in an independent reading program, and relating reading and…
Descriptors: Bibliotherapy, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Jones, Margaret A., Ed. – 1981
The second session of the January conference on Contemporary Elementary and Middle School Physical Education was devoted to over 35 workshops and demonstrations of games and sports that could be used by teachers with their classes. Emphasis was placed on the development of individual skills, physical fitness through sports, and noncompetitive…
Descriptors: Athletics, Class Activities, Elementary Education, Games
Solomon, George T., Ed.; Whiting, Bruce G., Ed. – 1985
These proceedings present 5 keynote addresses and 28 session papers focusing on creation of environments for stimulating entrepreneurial activities. The keynote addresses are "Entrepreneurial Leadership--A Performing Art" (Gordon L. Lippitt); "Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Work in a Large Company" (George F. Troy);…
Descriptors: Business Education, Creativity, Economic Progress, Economics
Atkinson, Joan K., Ed. – 1980
The report contains 15 papers given at a 1979 Australian conference on prevention and intervention with young children at risk of developmental and learning difficulties. Papers have the following titles and authors: "Prevention and Early Amelioration of Developmental and Learning Disabilities: Progress, Problems and Prospects" (W.…
Descriptors: Communication Disorders, Developmental Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Emotional Problems
Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock. Dept. of Park Administration and Landscape Architecture. – 1983
Summaries are given on conference workshops and sessions on the topics of: (1) computers and their use in parks and leisure service agencies; (2) maintenance; (3) private initiatives in county park systems; (4) community education workshops; (5) trees and shrubs for the urban environment; (6) adjustments to severe fiscal constraints; (7) improving…
Descriptors: Administrators, Community Cooperation, Community Resources, Computers
Shimoda, Koichi, Ed.; Ryu, Tae, Ed. – 1986
Organized by the International Commission on Physics Education (ICPE) and the Physics Education Society of Japan, the conference reported here, the first of its kind held in Asia, was designed to inform teachers of results of prior ICPE conferences as well as to explore desirable directions for physics education, and was attended by nearly 450…
Descriptors: College Science, Computer Uses in Education, Demonstrations (Educational), Foreign Countries
Christ, Frank L., Ed. – 1970
The report drawn from the third annual conference that was designed to provide professional dialogue for those concerned with the improvement of college reading programs, this volume contains ten papers that deal with the following topics: the certification of reading teachers, diagnosing the reading needs of college students, a multimedia…
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Motivation Techniques, Reading Diagnosis
Gibbs, Vanita M., Comp.; And Others – 1984
Reflecting the views of teachers, reading specialists, and professors on both the basics and the new technologies in reading instruction, these conference proceedings begin with Carl Personke's address, "The Word's the Thing," on classroom activities that stress the word as concept. The second paper, William Linville's and David…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Creative Writing, Elementary Education
Schick, George B., Ed.; May, Merrill M., Ed. – 1970
This is the second of two volumes containing papers focusing on reading processes and pedagogy that were drawn from the nineteenth annual meeting of the National Reading Conference held in 1969. Among the topics covered in the 37 papers are the following: interpersonal dynamics in counseling students with learning problems, developing an effective…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Content Area Reading, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Report of the Less Commonly Taught Languages Summit (Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 20-21, 1996).
Stenson, Nancy J.; Janus, Louis E.; Mulkern, Ann E. – 1998
The report summarizes the proceedings of a conference on less commonly taught languages (LCTLs). An introductory chapter describes the origins and organization of the conference, and notes the sponsoring organizations, languages represented by participants, institutions represented, and professional associations to which participants belonged.…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Conferences, Curriculum Design, Educational Technology
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