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Download full textOrganisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1998
This document contains the proceedings of a conference on adult learners conducted to identify barriers that prevent certain groups of adults from participating in lifelong learning opportunities and to deepen understanding of practices and institutional arrangements that better enable such adults to learn. Following a summary of the workshops of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Ringbom, Hakan, Ed. – 1983
At irregular intervals, beginning in 1977, Swedish-Finnish conferences on contrastive and applied linguistics have been arranged in Stockholm and Turko/Abo. This volume presents most of the papers given at the 1982 conference. Papers include: "Free Recall of Mixed Language Lists. Error Patterns in Bilingual Memory" (Karin Aronsson, Anja Metsola,…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Communication Skills, Comprehension, Error Patterns
Harvey, James, Ed. – 1995
This report summarizes one of a series of workshops organized by RAND's Critical Technologies Institute, on behalf of the U.S. Department of Education, to take advantage of the experience of those already implementing new technologies in the schools. The workshop consisted chiefly of dialogues with educators and experts from the private sector who…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Computer Software Development, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
Braden, Roberts A., Ed.; Walker, Alice D., Ed. – 1983
The 40 papers in this collection cover a wide variety of topics within the broad field of visual literacy. Three preliminary papers discuss visualization through film. The second section, which emphasizes visualization in a social context, contains 10 papers addressing cultural, political, social, and psychological issues, touching upon such…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Instructional Materials, Teaching Methods, Technological Advancement
Peer reviewedAnd Others; Gross, Ronald – Lifelong Learning: The Adult Years, 1981
Presents an interpretive report of the National Adult Education Conference of the Adult Education Association of the USA and the National Association for Public Continuing and Adult Education, held in St. Louis, Missouri, November 2-7, 1980. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Conferences, Educational Policy, Educational Trends
PSI Associates, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1981
In November 1980, the National Institute of Education (NIE) sponsored a roundtable on Issues in Urban Reading, the proceedings and recommendations of which are included in this paper and focused on two major questions: What is contributing to the drop in reading scores during the elementary and middle school years? and What are the skills and…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Conferences, Elementary Education, Junior High Schools
Keitel, Christine, Ed.; And Others – 1989
This document contains reports and papers from a conference focusing on the political dimension of mathematics education. The program was organized around four large themes: (1) "Mathematics Education and Culture" based on 13 papers; (2) "Society and Institutionalized Mathematics Education" based on 41 papers; (3) "Educational Institutions and the…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Culture, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnomathematics
Gallagher, James J., Ed.; Dawson, George, Ed. – 1986
The impact of cultural background on science learning is explored in this compilation of papers and reports from an inter-American Seminar on science education. For the purposes of enriching science program planning, teacher education, research, and practice in the schools, varying ideas are offered on the effects of cultural background on science…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Influences, Elementary School Science
Harris, Diana, Ed.; Collison, Beth, Ed. – 1980
This proceedings, which includes 52 papers and abstracts of 13 invited and nine tutorial sessions, provides an overview of the current status of computer usage in education and offers substantive forecasts for academic computing. Papers are presented under the following headings: Business--Economics, Tools and Techniques for Instruction, Computers…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs
Pittsburgh Univ., PA. Council of Graduate Students in Education. – 1980
Papers collected from the Council of Graduate Students in Education's Sixth Annual colloquium on June 14, 1980, in the School of Education, University of Pittsburgh are presented. The program featured Wilma B. Smith, who addressed the colloquium theme, "Education: The 1980's and Beyond." The same theme was the subject of three panelists: Dennis…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Comparative Education, Developing Nations, Educational Planning
1978
The following papers on meeting individual needs in second language instruction are included: (1) "Sprachenlernen: Beduerfnisse des Individuums in verschiedenen Leben- und Lernsituationen (Language Learning: Individual Needs in Various Life and Learning Situations)," by Eugen Egger; (2) "Peut-on accorder les besoins de l'etudiant et ceux de son…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Education Work Relationship, Individual Needs, Individualized Instruction
Steiner, H. G., Ed.; Christiansen, Bent, Ed. – 1978
This volume is largely based upon the preparation for and proceedings of the Third International Congress on Mathematical Education (ICME) held in Karlsruhe, Federal Republic of Germany, in August 1976. The volume deals with 13 broad themes of general educational interest for mathematics teachers and educators. Six of these themes divided the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Algorithms, Computers, Curriculum Development
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. Div. of Equal Educational Opportunities. – 1984
This report summarizes the proceedings of an Ohio Department of Education conference convened to describe, define, and develop activities that would provide a working model of the school principal as the instructional leader. First, the results of a pre-conference principals' needs assessment, which formed the basis for conference planning and…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement
Donmall, B. Gillian, Ed. – 1985
Papers sponsored by the Language Awareness Working Party, a task force of Great Britain's National Congress on Languages in Education concerned with common concerns of professionals in all areas of native and second language instruction, include: "The Report of the Language Awareness Working Party"; "Language Awareness in Six Easy…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Behavioral Objectives, Child Development, Children
