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Massachusetts Univ., Amherst. Center for International Education. – 1979
This document contains the papers delivered at the New England Regional Meeting which focused on the theme of International Perspectives on Nonformal Education. The keynote address provides a state of the art of nonformal education and discusses its successes, limitations, and future challenges. The first group of papers presents philosophical and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Education, Conference Papers, Lifelong Learning
Download full textUnited Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and the Pacific. – 1983
The outcome of a study workshop with participants from 11 Asian and Pacific countries, this report is broadly divided into four chapters. The first gives an overview of the philosophical concept and challenges of distance education at the higher education level in the context of this region. The second chapter contains synopses of reports…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Developing Nations, Distance Education, Educational Planning
Hillison, John; Finch, Curtis – 1979
This report presents four presentations made at a workshop which was held in Richmond, Virginia, to assist teacher educators to better prepare vocational teachers for competency-based instruction. The first presentation, "The Promise of Competency-Based Vocational Education," summarizes the contemporary curricular movement toward…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Conference Reports, Delivery Systems, Minimum Competency Testing
Kantrowitz, Martin; And Others – 1987
A guide for educators seeking to reform programs and teaching methods at established medical schools is presented. Focused on practical problems, attention is directed to an innovative curricular track and the ideas, experiences, and discussions presented during a conference attended by educators at eight institutions that have used the track…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Curriculum, Comparative Education, Education Work Relationship
Gross, Ronald – 1979
The expansion of higher education in the United States has resulted in a variety of outreach programs to bring postsecondary education off the campus and into the community. New systems and programs of nontraditional study have emerged. Issues of current concern in open learning include: quality and effectiveness, outreach and access, research and…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Adult Education, Community Colleges, Correspondence Study
Cox, Roy, Ed. – 1979
The roles of cooperation and choice in higher education are discussed in papers compiled from the 1977 Annual Conference of the University Teaching Methods Unit of the University of London. Financial constraints, a movement away from narrow specialist courses, effectiveness of interdisciplinary courses, instructional innovations, and changes in…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Role, College Students, Cooperative Programs
Schwartz, Phebe, Comp. – 1985
Conference papers and various related materials are collected in this volume compiled in conjunction with the National Rural Teacher Education Conference. The bulk of the document consists of papers presented on the 12 major topics of the conference: (1) accreditation and endorsement standards versus the needs of rural education; (2) innovative…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Curriculum, Delivery Systems, Distance Education
Granholm, Gunnar W., Ed. – 1976
This book contains four sections of supplementary papers contributed to the tenth international conference of the International Council on Correspondence Education (ICCE); the minutes of the ICCE business section; four chapters dealing with the main conference sub-themes; general conference and ICCE information; and the present ICCE constitution.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Communication (Thought Transfer), Conference Reports
Ljosa, Erling, Ed. – 1975
This report contains forty papers presented at the tenth international conference of the International Council on Correspondence Education. The conference theme is described as one analyzing educational and administrative sub-systems and components, with reference to their purposes, significance, characteristics, interrelationship, and cost…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Communication (Thought Transfer), Conference Reports
