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Clynes, Roger – 1990
The development of adaptable and flexible educational buildings and facilities to support changes in educational systems is the subject of this report. A summary of a seminar sponsored by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) comprises the first part of this report. Issues discussed include the nature of change and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Architectural Research, Building Design, Building Innovation
Colven, Ronald – 1990
Proceedings of a meeting of representatives from 13 countries on the effect of the physical environment on educational quality are summaried. Three major issues are addressed: (1) the effect of the physical environment on education; (2) successful school building characteristics; and (3) what can be done to maintain and improve the quality of…
Descriptors: Architectural Programing, Building Design, Building Plans, Educational Environment
Council of Graduate Schools in the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1979
This conference was designed to explore the many issues concerned with quality and assessment at the master's level. Areas covered included needs and objectives, curriculum design and delivery, the meaning of quality, extant standards of quality for accreditation, definitions of assessment and methods of assessment for master's programs. Over two…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Curriculum Design, Educational Assessment, Educational Needs
Council of Graduate Schools in the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1979
The rapid increase in the number and variety of master's degree programs offered across the United States has generated a great deal of concern within the academy regarding the quality of these programs. This conference was designed to explore the numerous issues of quality and assessment at the master's level from a variety of perspectives. This…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Curriculum Design, Educational Assessment, Educational Needs
Williams, Joan Frye, Ed. – 1986
Papers presented and summaries of discussions at a 3-day conference which focused on screen displays for online catalogs are included in this report. Papers presented were: (1) "Suggested Guidelines for Screen Layouts and Design of Online Catalogs" (Joseph R. Matthews); (2) "Displays in Database Search Systems" (Fran Spigai);…
Descriptors: Design Requirements, Display Systems, Evaluation Criteria, Human Factors Engineering
General Services Administration, Washington, DC. – 1988
Summaries of the welcoming and opening remarks for a symposium on the standards issues that will affect the federal government's planning, acquisition, and use of integrated computer and telecommunications systems over the next five years set the stage for the keynote address by Joseph Timko of IBM entitled "Standards--Perspectives and Evolution."…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software, Computer System Design, Data Processing
Smith, Douglas H.; Dowling, William D. – 1978
Prepared for discussion at an Adult Education Research Conference, this paper offers commentary and summative evaluation of eleven doctoral dissertations on the process of determining educational or training needs of specific adult populations. As context for discussion Joe Ellis' definitions of needs--Felt, Real, and Education--are noted along…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Education, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Needs
Gross, Beatrice; Gross, Ronald – 1981
This report synthesizes the information presented at three conferences designed to develop guidelines for future funding for Follow Through programs. These conferences were part of a series of activities undertaken by the National Institute of Education (NIE) in 1981 to plan for a new set of Follow Through research and pilot project activities.…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Early Childhood Education, Outcomes of Education, Program Attitudes
Rubin, Allen, Ed.; Rosenblatt, Aaron, Ed. – 1979
Major papers presented at the Conference on Research Utilization in Social Work Education are compiled in this sourcebook. The conference focused on six topics that reviewed the state of the art of research utilization and suggested directions for the future. The papers included are: Understanding Research Utilization in Social Work (Stuart A.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Quality, Field Experience Programs
National Center for Health Services Research (DHEW/PHS), Hyattsville, MD. – 1980
In addition to publishing the papers given at key meetings, this series on health facilities includes discussions and responses. The series is intended to help meet the information needs of health service providers and others who require direct access to concepts and ideas evolving from the exchange of research results. Health facility reuse is an…
Descriptors: Facility Planning, Financial Support, Health Facilities, Health Needs
World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession, Morges (Switzerland). – 1979
It is vitally important for workers in all regions of the world to form unions and to exercise the rights and discharge the responsibilities which membership involves. The right to organize or join a union is essential not only for the welfare of the individual worker, or for all of those belonging to the union, but also for the welfare of society…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Developing Nations, Elementary Secondary Education, Global Approach
Cervenka, Edward J.; And Others – 1980
Follow-up studies are necessary for investigating the long-term, enduring, anticipated effects of bilingual education. Investigations need to be based on a recognition of their value to educational audiences, the relative merits of research issues, attention to the problem of attrition, proper selection of dependent measures, and the merits of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Followup Studies, Measurement Objectives
National Swedish Board of Universities and Colleges, Stockholm. Research and Development Unit. – 1979
Critical problems and functions of the Swedish system of higher education in dealing with adult learners are summarized in this workshop publication. Various institutional responses to the growing body of nontraditional students are discussed and it is suggested that the overwhelming reaction of Swedish higher education has been to incorporate…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Competence, Curriculum Design
Shaw, Malcolm, Ed.; Roper, Eric, Ed. – 1992
The 38 conference papers in this volume were chosen to exemplify different definitions of, and approaches to, quality, as they are applied in a wide range of educational and training contexts. The papers are: "Designing Organisations That Learn" (D. J. Dicks); "Quality Assurance in a European Context" (D. Alexander, J. Morgan);…
Descriptors: Computer Software Development, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Educational Quality
Hoachlander, Gary; And Others – 1996
At the Futures Conference held by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) in 1995, discussants from inside and outside the NCES considered the commissioned papers and contributed their expertise. This volume assembles the papers and commentary and summarizes some considerations for policy, research, and practice in future operations of…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Change, Educational Policy
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