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Bennett, Caroline M. – New Directions for Testing and Measurement, 1981
The Educational Testing Service must take on more responsibility for preparing students to take tests and to better understand the legal and social aspects of testing. (Author/AL)
Descriptors: Accountability, Community Responsibility, Educational Responsibility, Information Dissemination
Fitzgibbon, Thomas J. – New Directions for Testing and Measurement, 1981
The involvement of the courts in testing matters, particularly with regard to college and professional school admissions, is analyzed. Testing professionals are encouraged to inform and enlighten society about testing issues. (Author/AL)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Attitudes, Educational Responsibility, Legislation
Fuller, Bruce – New Directions for Testing and Measurement, 1981
A discussion on the tension between university organizational interests and individual student interests with respect to the use of admissions tests is presented. Responsibilities of colleges and professional schools toward an increasingly pluralistic society are examined, and the need for more research on evaluating human competencies is urged.…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Entrance Examinations, Competence, Educational Responsibility
Download full textVavrus, Michael; And Others – 1993
This symposium presentation comprises five papers about the efforts of a consortium of three Iowa liberal arts colleges (Clarke College, Loras College, and the University of Dubuque) to develop a critical social perspective in its teacher preparation curriculum. An introduction by Michael Vavrus defines critical social perspective as a critical…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Illinois Advisory Committee on Nonpublic Schools, Lansing. – 1978
This document presents eight statements representative of positions taken by participants in a conference held to explore the relationship between the state and non-public schools. A historical perspective on the role of the parents in education, a lawyer's case for parental responsibility in education, parent involvement and parent rights are…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Educational History, Educational Responsibility, Government Role
Vandenberghe, R.; Leuven, K. U. – 1989
Educators from Holland and member countries of the Council of Europe attended a symposium on innovation in primary education in the Netherlands. Much of the discussion was based on the evaluation report, "Lessons from Practice: the Primary Education Act Reviewed." Participants evaluated initial, partial research results, and compared…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Cooperation, Educational Change, Educational Development
Reid, John Y., Ed. – 1980
Perspectives on the cultural obligations of higher education are presented in this collection of papers. Higher education's possible and probable cultural function is addressed from the perspective of business, the arts, education, and religion. Also discussed is the role of institutions of higher education in establishing a system of values,…
Descriptors: Art, College Students, Cultural Education, Educational Philosophy
Barcelona Council (Spain). – 1991
The First International Congress of Educating Cities in Barcelona (Spain) considered education in its broadest sense, beyond the school system. An introduction by P. Figueras Bellot is provided. The following are the English translations of the Spanish titles of the presentations given by representatives of international and government…
Descriptors: City Government, Educational Needs, Educational Responsibility, Elementary Secondary Education
Association of Teacher Educators, Salt Lake City. Utah Unit. – 1982
The proceedings of a conference which focused on accountability in teacher education are supplied in this document. Accountability procedures, such as competency requirements, are examined in a keynote speech by John D. McNeil of the University of California at Los Angeles. Other speakers who offered position papers on accountability were: (1)…
Descriptors: Accountability, Competency Based Teacher Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Responsibility
Clary, Joe Ray, Ed. – 1978
Proceedings are presented of the first conference on graduate vocational education. Papers read at that conference discuss the following topics: (1) The Quest for Quality--Guidelines for the Search; (2) Motivation for the Search for Quality in Graduate Vocational Education; (3) Dimensions of Quality--The Student's View; (4) Dimensions of…
Descriptors: Conferences, Educational Quality, Educational Responsibility, Graduate Students
Nasution, S.; Virasai, Banphot, Eds. – 1979
The proceedings of the Regional Institute of Higher Education and Development's seminar on higher education's commitment to the basic health needs of society are recorded. The first part of the seminar contains the official opening and several addresses that focus on basic health care in Southeast Asia. Part II, "Contributions of Higher…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Curriculum Development, Disease Control, Educational Responsibility
Smith, Michael C., Ed.; Dupuis, Adrian, Ed. – 1982
Six papers presented by philosophy of education specialists are gathered in this volume. The first, "Implications in Dewey for Feminist Theory in Education" by Wilma R. Miranda, discusses the social thought of John Dewey and argues that domestic virtues are significant as modes of political action. In "Jim Teaches Fang to Sit,"…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy, Educational Responsibility
Nasution, S.; Virasai, Banphot, Eds. – 1978
The proceedings of the Regional Institute of Higher Education and Development's seminar and the meaning and implications of social commitment in higher education are reported. The welcoming address (S. Nasution) and the opening address (Y. B. Dato' Murad bin Mohd. Noor) welcome the participants and set the tone for the discussions to follow. The…
Descriptors: College Role, Educational Needs, Educational Responsibility, Health Needs
Research for Better Schools, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. – 1979
The conference provided a forum where educators, education officers from the state of Delaware, citizen education groups, representatives of public service organizations, and members of the citizen education component of Research for Better Schools (RBS) could exchange ideas related to the conference theme, "Developing Competent Citizens in a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizen Participation, Citizenship, Citizenship Responsibility
Warmbrod, Catharine P., Comp.; And Others – 1978
This report summarizes the proceedings of a technical assistance conference held for thirty vocational education representatives from ten states. The goal was the development of plans of action for increasing the involvement of business, industry, and labor in vocational education personnel development programs. Section 1 contains five conference…
Descriptors: Business Responsibility, Community Cooperation, Community Involvement, Conference Reports
