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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and Oceania. – 1980
In September 1979, representatives of 14 of the 20 member nations of the Asian Programme of Educational Innovation for Development met in Australia to discuss national strategies for curriculum design and development. This report on that conference begins with summaries of the position papers filed by the representatives from the Democratic…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Developing Nations
Download full textStrum, Philippa, Ed.; Biette, David, Ed. – Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 2005
The Conference proceedings include an Introduction by Demetrios Papademetriou. Two panels presented speakers as follows: Panel I: Elementary and Secondary (K-12) Education: (1) Immigrant Integration and "Bilingual" Education (Alec Ian Gershberg); (2) Absent Policies: Canadian Strategies for the Education and Integration of Immigrant…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education, Adult Literacy, Immigrants
Fragomen, Austin T., Jr., Ed.; Tomasi, Lydio F., Ed. – 1980
This collection of papers from a 1979 legal symposium presents the views of government representatives and experts from the private sector concerning the rights of legal and illegal aliens in the United States, international trends in aliens' rights, and immigration/refugee policy options and issues for the l980s. Issues considered include: (1)…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Court Litigation, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Peer reviewedNusberg, Charlotte – Ageing International, 1986
Reports on discussions of 30 United States and Canadian experts at a meeting on policies and problems concerning midlife and older women. Discussion focused on income security and long-term care. Includes future prospects. (CH)
Descriptors: Females, Financial Problems, Income, Older Adults
National Council of La Raza, Washington, DC. – 1984
These proceedings summarize the events and discussion which occurred during the Third National Hispanic Leadership Conference, and present the recommendations in 12 separate issue areas which were developed by working panels and adopted by the plenary body. The conference was attended by approximately 150 Hispanic leaders from throughout the…
Descriptors: Art, Business Responsibility, Economic Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Akins, Carl, Ed.; Beschner, George, Ed. – 1980
This monograph contains papers and workshop summaries from a two-day symposium for ethnographers and drug abuse policymakers. An introductory paper outlines the background and purpose of the symposium, followed by papers that provide a definition of ethnography, present a history of illicit drug ethnographies, and examine state problems and the…
Descriptors: Administrators, Drug Abuse, Ethnography, Illegal Drug Use
Nellum (A.L.) and Associates, Washington, DC. – 1980
This report describes the purpose, process, and outcomes of the Symposium on "Policy and Program Issues Related to Child and Family Services to Black Americans," sponsored by the Division of Black American Affairs of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). In stage one of the symposium task group activities, the participants, who came…
Descriptors: Blacks, Child Rearing, Child Welfare, Children
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
Stoloff, David L. – 1999
This presentation discusses the influence of the Connecticut Association of Colleges and Universities for Teacher Education (CACUTE) on state policy making. It provides a historical analysis of the CACUTE through an overview of the political and economic forces that have resulted in current teacher education policy in Connecticut. The presentation…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Legislation, Educational Planning
de Pietro, Leslie; Vukelich, Goranka – 1986
This paper reports on the High/Scope National Policy Conference, which was concerned with the process of designing good early childhood legislation and the political processes that enhance or impede legislative passage. Discussion began with an overview of the range of options facing policymakers as they attempt to design legislation or write…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Legislation, Policy Formation, Politics of Education
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. Bureau for Food and Nutrition Services. – 1979
The overall themes of the papers given at the 1979 Conference on Asian and Pacific American Education are summarized here. Topics are equal educational opportunities for Asian and Pacific Americans; the educational needs of Pacific American communities; school district policymaking; the responsiveness of postsecondary education to Asian and…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Asian Studies, Bilingual Education Programs, Day Care
Auckland Inst. of Tech. (New Zealand). – 1995
This report begins with an outline of key issues in policy development and implementation in technical and vocational education (TVE). It sets forth the bases of policy development and implementation, the purpose of TVE, contextual factors that affect policy development and implementation. The following values significant in policy determination…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Curriculum, Developing Nations, Educational Cooperation
Florida International Univ., Miami. Latin American and Caribbean Center. – 1985
Papers presented at the 1983 Southeast Regional Conference on Immigration and Refugee Issues are provided in this document. Also included are the reports of five conference workshops and transcripts of three roundtable discussions on the issue of asylum. The papers (and their authors) are: (1) "The Ethics of Immigration" (Bryan O.…
Descriptors: Cubans, Economic Factors, Government Role, Haitians
Lincoln Inst. for Research and Education, Washington, DC. – 1983
The central theme of the papers presented in this symposium is that the labor market for minorities and youth does not appear to function properly because of structural impediments (often caused by government regulations meant to help minorities) and that these impediments must be identified and effective remedies proposed. Following an…
Descriptors: Black Employment, Civil Rights Legislation, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Greenhalgh, Claire – 1995
This report summarizes papers presented and the resulting discussions at a conference focused on key issues emerging from the 1994 United Nations International Year of the Family and how these issues should be reflected in policies for families in Great Britain. The papers addressed the following topics: (1) specific achievements of the United…
Descriptors: Divorce, Economic Factors, Economic Impact, Employed Parents
