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Grantmakers for Education, 2006
To provide an even more intensive learning experience at Grantmakers for Education's 2006 conference, the program featured a conference "study group." This special small-group program track focused on foundation strategy and the value of a well-crafted theory of change for increasing strategic clarity and impact. This report is intended to make…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Philanthropic Foundations, Grants, Private Financial Support
Wilhelm, Irma J., Ed. – 1988
This symposium considered major issues in the delivery of physical therapy services to children and their families. The 26 invited participants used a series of formal presentations and small and large group sessions to identify issues, set priorities for action, and develop preliminary recommendations. Formal presentations include: "Issues…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Role, Allied Health Occupations Education, Change Strategies
McRobbie, Joan, Ed.; Berliner, BethAnn, Ed. – 1989
This collection of conference presentations focuses on the twin themes of restructuring and technology in rural schools. Rural America's increasingly polarized demographics, political leadership voids, teacher training, renewal strategies, and ever-shrinking budgets are discussed, along with ongoing media criticism, which is a reality for all…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Educational Policy
Shefrin, Carol; Shafer, Dehra – 2000
The Tuscarora Intermediate Unit Adult Education and Job Training Center planned, coordinated, delivered, and evaluated a 2-day institute on organizational change and improvement. The 85 agency staff members who attended the institute received an orientation to organizational change and improvement based on the latest theory and methodologies but…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Agency Role, Change Strategies, Focus Groups
Boylan, Colin, Ed.; Hemmings, Brian, Ed. – Online Submission, 2004
The 20th National Society for the Provision of Education in Rural Australia (SPERA) and Western Australia District High School Administrators' Association (WADHSAA) joint conference proceedings, based on the theme "Working Together, Staying Vital," was held in Fremantle, Perth, Western Australia, in June 2004. The proceedings contain 13…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Education, Indigenous Knowledge, Theory Practice Relationship
Polson, Cheryl J., Ed.; Schied, Fred M., Ed. – 1994
This conference proceedings includes the following papers: "Professors of Adult Education, Colleges of Education, and the Transformation of the Research University" (Common); "The Future of Adult Education" (Wisniewski); "Adult Education's Prospects in a Post-University World" (Smith); "Whither the University--Whither Academic Adult Education?"…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning
Nesbit, Tom, Ed. – 2001
This document contains 29 papers and 7 roundtable presentations from a Canadian conference on the study of adult education. The following papers are among those included: "Cultivating Knowledge" (Mike Ambach); "Subsistence Learning" (Rose Barg); "Non-Governmental Organizations and Popular Education Programs" (Bijoy P.…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy