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Rohrbaugh, Patricia – American School and University, 1979
Tucked into a hillside to conserve energy, Bluffton College's science center is an open plan laboratory designed for flexibility. (Author)
Descriptors: Building Design, Energy Conservation, Heat Recovery, Higher Education
Peer reviewedHornung, Gertrude S. – Educational Perspectives, 1987
Discusses the role of education in a museum setting. Reviews the direction of thinking in museum education and the history of the museum movement in the United States. Highlights the preparation of viewers, the professional status of museum educators, and marketing museum programs as some problems in museum education. (CW)
Descriptors: Art Education, Arts Centers, College Instruction, College Science
Download full textGranstam, Ingrid – 1991
This report is a summary of experience gained on international study tours and conferences about ways to increase young people's interest in science and technology and to change girls' attitudes towards technology by presenting the subject in a more interesting way. The document begins with some general thoughts about the significance of…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Females, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedBaird, Donald M.; Szamosi, Janos – Journal of Chemical Education, 1987
Discusses the establishment of a high school chemistry instrumentation center designed to retrain teachers, improve precollege preparation of high school chemistry students, and to make simple chemical instruments at a minimal cost. (TW)
Descriptors: Chemistry, College School Cooperation, College Science, Higher Education
Peer reviewedPaldy, Lester G., Ed. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1989
Discusses the current status and major issues affecting the quality and size of the human resources pool of scientists, engineers, and technical personnel. Indicates the role and strategies the National Science Foundation plans to take to address the deficiences. (RT)
Descriptors: College Science, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs, Engineering Education
O'Loughlin, Michael J.; And Others – 1982
The Science and Mathematics Education Centre (SMEC) at the Western Australian Institute of Technology offers two graduate courses: Graduate Diploma in Science Education and the Master of Applied Science (Science Education). Three distinct groups of students engaged in these SMEC programs can be identified based on their interests/expertise in…
Descriptors: Computer Science, Computer Science Education, Educational Research, Foreign Countries
Dekkers, John; And Others – 1983
The Science and Mathematics Education Centre (SMEC) was established in 1979 in the Division of Engineering and Science at Western Australian Institute of Technology. The establishment of an autonomous SMEC, physically located in a science/mathematics environment, is helping to bridge the gap between secondary science/mathematics teachers and…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Curriculum Development, Education Service Centers, Educational Research
British Council, London (England). – 1983
A variety of science and mathematics education activities are reported in two sections. These activities include: conferences (both past and future); innovative projects/programs and initiatives at the primary, secondary, and teacher-education levels; instructional materials development/use; instructional strategies; science education research;…
Descriptors: Conferences, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Foster, Gerald Wm., Ed. – 1987
This document contains the abstracts of the presentations made at this conference. Topics of presentations included: (1) linking research and science teaching using community resources; (2) planning science teacher workshops; (3) school-related recycling programs; (4) improving student attitudes toward science; (5) rural science teaching; (6)…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College School Cooperation, College Science, Elementary School Science
