The 6th Annual Conference of the National Academy for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (NAIRTL) and the 4th Biennial Threshold Concepts Conference was held at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, on June 27-29, 2012. The NAIRTL is a collaborative initiative between University College Cork, Cork Institute of Technology, National…

This monograph brings together the work of national stakeholders in gifted education and beyond gifted education on the critical issue of child poverty among students who show academic and intellectual promise for positive contributions in various areas of study. It has been compiled in order to provide the field of gifted education with a…

This publication contains the proceedings of a symposium concerning the liberal education of architects. The papers and addresses included are: "Prefatory Remarks to the Symposium" (S. Grabow); "Keynote Address" (W. McMinn); "Invited Position Papers" (D. Ghirardo; J. Hartray; R. Bliss); "A Liberal Education for Architects" (R. Allen); "On the…

This working paper is one in a series of policy statements on the relationship between liberal education and careers in business; it covers a seminar discussing ethics and the teaching of morality. Papers given by seven professionals in the corporate and academic world are included. After an introduction to the seminar and a statement on corporate…

This Proceedings from the NCA 2001 Summer Conference deals with the General Education Strand. This strand explored five major issues in establishing and maintaining oral communication as a vital general education component. The five issues covered in the strand were: (1) principles of general education; (2) communication as general education and…

The conferences were part of a series to review the whole field of postsecondary education policy in Britain in terms of changes in objectives, government processes, resources, and students. Papers on vocational education include: the present problems and position relating to vocational education (H.W. French); Technical Education Council progress…

In 1987, Brooklyn College (New York) implemented the Center for Core Studies as a one-year experiment. The Center included three programs: the Visitors Program, the Summer Associates Program, and the Associates-in-Residence Program. participants from 40 institutions to the campus for 2-day visits. The Summer Associates Program brought 12 alumni of…

Proceedings of two conferences of a society of specialists in the philosophy of education are contained in this document. Seven papers are included from the 1987 conference program. They are: (1) "Conversation and Character: Teachable Moments in Plato's 'Republic'" (D. B. Owen); (2) "In Praise of the Philosophy of Liberal Education" (A. M.…

The incorporation of science and technology developments into a standard liberal arts core (the New Liberal Arts) is addressed in papers presented at six conferences and workshops held at various intervals during 1984 and 1985 at State University of New York campuses. The New Liberal Arts has been part of ongoing general education curriculum…

Included in this publication are the following addresses to the meeting: (1) "The Professional Ethics of Teachers in a Democratic School" (Betty A. Sichel); (2) "The 4Cs of the New Scholarship on Women" (James W. Garrison and Anne Phelan); (3) "Is It Possible to be Philosophical About Poverty?" (J. Gordon Chamberlin); (4) "Moral Images, Democratic…

This report presents the proceedings of a regional workshop on the training of secondary school teachers in the use of computers in general education, which was conducted to launch a pilot project for the countries of Europe and stimulate international cooperation in the field. Introductory materials note that the tasks set for workshop…

A group of papers concerning English language syllabus design for general education curricula developed for a symposium on that topic includes an introduction on the definition and function of syllabuses by Christopher Brumfit, and a paper providing a review and discussion of terminology, background to the discussion, and current views on the…

Presentations and other materials are provided from the Asia and the Pacific Programme of Educational Innovation for Development (APEID) Planning and Review Meeting on Work as an Integral Part of General Education. The focus is on how education, through an orientation to work, could help to decrease the gravity of the problems of population…

These four presentations to the 1983 Community College General Education Association conference address the theme, "Toward a New General Education: Work, Self, and Society." First, "General Education and Work: The Next Decade," by Philip M. Piaker, recounts efforts begun at Harpur College in the late 1940's to revise the general education…

A 1981 Wingspread conference on the implications of the new scholarship on women for the traditional goals and assumptions of liberal education also addresses possibilities and imperatives for curricular and institutional change. After an introduction by Anne Fuller, papers by three women's studies scholars are presented. "Feminist…