When asked what they would find most helpful to enable them to use technologies more in their teaching, most teachers say "give me examples, in my subject area" and "point me to relevant people I can discuss these issues with". Web 2.0 technologies--with their emphasis on sharing, networking and user production--seem to offer a…

This publication highlights major achievements of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) activities over the period 1970 to 1990. Chapter 1, "The Stockholm Conference and the Establishment of UNEP," describes the establishment of UNEP. Chapter 2, "The Role of UNEP," covers program development, environment and…

Throughout the country, organizations of intellectuals (most of them called Independent Scholars' Roundtables) meet to discuss issues of importance to them. The participants share knowledge, problem-solving methods, and experiences. The groups may be organized around a particular discipline or they may be interdisciplinary. They are typically open…

This paper outlines a sample format for a fast-moving, enjoyable, half-hour television show designed to introduce infants to the academic areas of self-awareness, colors, letters, numbers, shapes, and reading. As envisioned, the program will also include music, information aiding parents in developing their infant's gross and fine motor abilities,…

The paper describes the Temporary Care Services program in Massachusetts which provides in-home respite care to families with developmentally delayed children. Events which led to the program's development are reviewed. Respite care is offered in six areas: emergencies, scheduled routine events, social activities, family life, child care for…

The paper describes the Silver Hills (Idaho) Junior High School Talent Pool, a program designed to advance thinking skills through enrichment activities. The Talent Pool concept was established as an alternate means of identifying students eligible for gifted/talented services and programs. Students participate in three levels of enrichment…

The Grant Wood Area Education Agency (GWAEA) is a regional education service agency centered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, serving 39 public school districts and 36 private school districts in a seven-county area. Area education agencies (AEA) in Iowa are separate legal entities, not arms of the State Department or the school districts who decide to join…

Visits to 10 schools and residential centers in eight countries were made to investigate international applications of ecological models in the psychoeducational treatment of behavior disordered children. The ecological approach differs from other approaches because it views the problem as a disturbance in the relationship and reciprocity between…

This document contains accounts of nearly 200 programs currently in operation in California intermediate and secondary schools. The programs described were selected from among a large number of programs nominated by personnel from schools, district offices, and offices of county superintendents of schools. Teams of state department of education…

This paper is an overview of a teacher evaluation program developed by two elementary school principals in Ralston, Nebraska. The program's development is traced from its planning stage through implementation. Points of emphasis show how administrators and teachers jointly developed teacher standards of competence and show how this relationship…

The paper describes a junior high school mentor program for gifted students. Noted among responsibilities of the coordinating teacher are finding a mentor to guide the student and arranging for the student's classes to be covered while he is away on field trips or in meetings. College students, nonpracticing teachers, hobbyists, and professional…

The seven descriptive position papers were prepared after selection for the Multi-National Workshop on Basic and Functional Education for Adults. Those selected are significant innovative programs of adult education in the U. S. which may have direct applicability to improving program practices in various parts of the world. The programs described…

Brief, individual program descriptions from member organizations of the National Federation for the Improvement of Rural Education (NFIRE) constitute the sum of this report on NFIRE developments. Each report includes: the name of the organization; the name of a contact person; an address; an organizational classification; a descriptive note on the…

Explores an exciting new international gallery--"Passport to the World"--at the Children's Museum in Indianapolis, Indiana, which houses the largest collection of any youth museum in the world. (Author/BB)

The history of patron access microcomputers in libraries is described as carrying on a tradition that information and computer power should be shared. Questions that all types of libraries need to ask in planning microcomputer centers are considered and several model centers are described. (EM)