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Download full textAmerican Federation of Teachers, Washington, DC. – 1978
The titles included in this document are: (1) The New Teacher Center Program; (2) Teacher Corps and Teacher Centers: Forging New Alliances; (3) Teacher Centers: For Exploring What Schools Are Aiming At and How to Get There; and (4) The Detroit Center for Professional Growth and Development. (DS)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Inservice Teacher Education
Woods, Doris G.; Dansker, Judith – 1979
The Southeastern Teacher Corps Conference on Promoting Faculty Involvement spoke to the following issues: 1) Acquainting conference participants with the processes and problems of institutionalization; 2) Introducing participants to a variety of incentives and rewards useful to promote faculty involvement in field-based activities; 3)…
Descriptors: Educational Cooperation, Higher Education, Information Dissemination, Information Networks
White, Leigh Cree, Ed. – 1981
The 4-H/Community Resource Development workshop was designed to help people conducting Extension 4-H programs on sensitive and complex community issues improve their ability to create a better climate for discussion of alternatives and development of community projects. Topics of the presentations included the role of the 4-H administrator,…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Citizen Participation, Community Development, Community Involvement
British Columbia Teachers' Federation, Vancouver. – 1999
In 1998, the British Columbia Teachers' Federation (BCTF) appointed an eight-member task force to investigate the effectiveness of the education system for First Nations students. The task force report and recommendations are intended to serve several groups of Aboriginal students: First Nations students, with or without status under Canada's…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Canada Natives, Culturally Relevant Education, Educational Environment
Bossone, Richard M., Ed. – 1982
This report summarizes the proceedings and presents the papers discussed at a national conference on effective aspects of urban education. The first paper discusses the development of the San Francisco (California) Redesign Program, a five year master plan for educational reform which aimed to improve the physical educational environment,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Community Involvement, Computer Assisted Instruction
Mertz, Robert J., Ed. – 1983
Conference papers outlining strategies for implementing change through inservice education are presented. Three opening papers deal with the general theme of the conference: "Effective Inservice Education" (Gordon Lawrence); "A Panel Discussion on Staff Development" (Margaret L. Trent, Robert W. Evans, and Frederick R.…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Curriculum Development, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
Genser, Andrea, Ed.; Baden, Clifford – 1980
This publication is a collection of representative presentations from a conference on school-age child care which took place in 1979 at Wheelock College, Boston, Massachusetts. The book is divided into four sections. Part I, the Introduction, explores the differing needs of children in school-age child care programs, and discusses the way…
Descriptors: After School Day Care, After School Programs, Childhood Needs, Day Care Centers
Johnson, Marilyn J., Ed.; Ramirez, Bruce A., Ed. – 1987
The document contains summaries of papers and ensuing discussions presented at a 1985 symposium on exceptional American Indian children and youth. The opening address (by Beverly Valley, a parent and school board member) stresses the role of parents and the need for less culturally biased testing. Two papers deal with parent and family…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Cognitive Style, Cultural Differences
Clinchy, Evans – 1984
In April 1984, more than 350 parents, teachers, principals and administrators from major urban school systems in Massachusetts met to define what an "excellent" desegregated urban public school system should be. This conference report, following excerpts from a keynote address by John E. Durkin, documents seven workshops which focused on…
Descriptors: Accountability, Bilingual Education, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Improvement
Perlman, Leonard G., Ed. – 1979
This publication includes six action papers presented at the Denver, Colorado, seminar on June 5-7, 1978. Three disability categories highlighted in the seminar are the topics of the papers: cancer, cardiac illness, and epilepsy. There are two papers devoted to each category of disability, one focusing on action for eliminating barriers to…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Cancer, Change Strategies, Community Involvement
Save the Children, Albuquerque, NM. – 1979
Essential goals and related objectives for increased effectiveness are presented in conference addresses and in workshops to aid those involved in planning and implementing programs for Indian children. Roles and responsibilities are stressed in the conference addresses, which are titled: "Roles and Responsibilities of Family and Community in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, American Indian Education, American Indians, Career Development
Lamb-Parker, Faith, Ed.; Hagen, John, Ed.; Robinson, Ruth, Ed.; Clark, Cheryl, Ed. – 1998
This report summarizes the conference proceedings of the fourth Head Start National Research Conference. The focus of the conference was on creating a shared agenda for researchers, practitioners, and policy makers related to serving children and families in an era of rapid change. Keynote topics and speakers are: "Countering the Health…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Child Development, Child Health, Classroom Environment
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Hamburg (Germany). Inst. for Education. – 1999
This booklet, which was produced as a follow-up to the Fifth International Conference on Adult Education, presents examples of key areas where research is currently being conducted by various public and nongovernmental agencies and recommends ways to enhance communication among researchers. The first 75% of the booklet reviews recent research on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Lamb-Parker, Faith, Ed.; Hagen, John, Ed.; Robinson, Ruth, Ed. – 2001
This report summarizes the conference proceedings of the fifth Head Start National Research Conference. The focus of the conference was on the relationship of environment and developmental changes. Keynote topics and speakers were: "How Can We Know Environment Really Matters?" (Michael Rutter); "Creating Developmentally Appropriate…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Brain, Child Development, Child Health
Jackson, Ann, Ed.; Jones, David, Ed. – 2000
This document contains 43 papers from a conference on researching inclusion. The following are among the papers included: "Include Me Out: Critique and Contradiction in Thinking about Social Exclusion and Lifelong Learning" (Paul Armstrong); "The Linking of Work and Education To Enable Social Inclusion" (Dave Beck);…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Accreditation (Institutions), Admission Criteria
