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Download full textGaribaldi, Antoine M., Ed. – 1979
In April 1978 the National Institute of Education held a conference to explore alternative approaches to suspension as a disciplinary procedure. This publication reproduces the proceedings of this conference. The proceedings reflect a cross-section of opinion on alternative programs provided by panelists and speakers from many sectors of the…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Counseling Services, Discipline Policy, Program Descriptions
Sonnenberg, William; And Others – 1990
The Second Annual Federal Forecasters Conference, "Forecasting and Public Policy", provided a forum where forecasters from various Federal agencies could meet and discuss aspects of forecasting in the U.S. Government. A total of 140 forecasters from 42 Federal agencies and other organizations attended the conference. Opening remarks by…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Conference Proceedings, Decision Making, Educational Change
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1979
This report of the UNISIST II conference presents the general proceedings of the conference and makes recommendations on the future activities at national, regional, and international levels in the field of scientific and technical information. The opening section reports the welcoming addresses to the delegates and the administrative business of…
Descriptors: Information Dissemination, Information Networks, Information Processing, Information Systems
New Trends, 1984
This document contains reports of the members of three committees of the Council of Europe who made on-site visits to experimental adult education and community development projects throughout Europe in 1982 and 1983. The 14 reports describing the projects cover the following topics: (1) National Federation of Women's Institutes (United Kingdom);…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Continuing Education
Hayward, Peter W. – 1994
The Ethiopian Community Development Center and the Center for Applied Linguistics hosted a conference to discuss the language and cultural orientation needs of Somali and Sudanese refugees. Somali and Sudanese refugees receive a 10-week language and cultural orientation course in Kenya (Africa) before coming to the United States. Representatives…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Cultural Awareness, Delivery Systems, Foreign Countries
Jamaican Movement for the Advancement of Literacy, Kingston. – 1990
A Unesco-sponsored conference on literacy was convened to establish a working definition for functional literacy relevant to the Caribbean; to develop strategies aimed at eradicating illiteracy by the year 2000 or achieving a substantial reduction in illiteracy; to assess skills for the production of materials for adult literacy; to develop…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Developing Nations, Educational Needs
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Hamburg (Germany). Inst. for Education. – 1999
This booklet examines adult education needs and opportunities for incarcerated persons from the perspective of experts and former inmates. The booklet considers adult learning a basic human right and a crucial step towards the reintegration and the rehabilitation of prisoners and that there is a great demand for learning in correctional…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Civil Liberties
PDF pending restorationOntario Dept. of Education, Toronto. – 1991
The English translation of a round-table discussion concerning literacy among Canadian francophones in non-francophone areas is presented. The panel includes a moderator, officials involved in literacy education in three provinces (Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan, Ontario), and a specialist in literacy among Canadian francophone women. After a brief…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Cultural Context, Educational Objectives, Educational Policy
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. National Center for Research in Vocational Education. – 1981
The first of a series of productivity primers examining the interrelationship among vocational education, productivity, and economic development, this volume contains selections from a national conference on the role of vocational education in economic development and productivity that was held in Columbus, Ohio from June 24 through June 26, 1981.…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Economic Development, Educational Needs, Educational Policy
Human Environment Center, Washington, DC. – 1981
The Human Environment Center held a national conference on Youth Conservation Jobs and Service in May, 1981, in Washington, D.C., attended by approximately 100 representatives of minority, employment, youth, environmental, and national service interests. The conferees concurred that the Young Adult Conservation Corps (YACC) and the Youth…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Conservation (Environment), Disadvantaged Youth
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Berlin (Germany). – 1998
This document is a comprehensive report a subregional seminar for eastern and southern African countries on the Jua Kali movement. (Jua Kali, "hot sun" in Swahili, refers to the informal or nonformal sector of the economy.) Section 1 explains the role of the International Project on Technical and Vocational Education (UNEVOC) in the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Role, Developing Nations, Economic Development
Technology Univ., Sydney (Australia). – 1994
This document contains materials about and from the "History of Adult Literacy Weekend" that was held at the University of New England in Armidale, Australia. The following papers about the weekend are included: "Foreword" (Patricia Ward, Rosie Wickert); "Introduction" (Rosie Wickert); "Focus on Oral…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Delivery Systems
Huling-Austin, Leslie; And Others – 1985
In November 1984 and April 1985, two national conferences devoted to the topic of teacher induction were hosted in Austin, Texas, by the Research and Development Center for Teacher Education at the University of Texas, Austin. These conferences were a part of the center's ongoing research in teacher induction, the most recent effort of which was…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Networks, Policy Formation, Program Development
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, Washington, DC. – 1980
This report to the President of the United States presents a summary of the planning, proceedings, and resolutions of the White House Conference on Library and Information Services. Questions the delegates addressed to the conference included: Do libraries, the traditional storehouses of information and knowledge, have a place in this fast moving…
Descriptors: Information Dissemination, Information Services, Libraries, Library Services
Cagungun, Hazel – 2000
This document contains information about and from a conference on addressing the training and employment needs of youth with mental health disabilities in the juvenile justice system that was held by the National Mental Health Association (NMHA). The document begins with an executive summary and nine recommendations for the Youth Subcommittee of…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Change Strategies, Conferences, Correctional Education
