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Download full textRoger Tory Peterson Inst. of Natural History, Inc., Jamestown, NY. – 1991
This document reports on a conference about the use of existing resources to teach nature education to urban children. The conference was organized around the question of how to encourage more positive use of parklands for outdoor nature education. The conference was held in New York City's Central Park and over 80 leaders representing city…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Nature Centers
Mahar, Mary Helen, Ed. – 1966
Papers contributed by the conferees and members of the staff of the Office of Education are organized into seven subject areas: (1) problems of urban education and school library services; (2) interrelating curriculum and school library supervision in large cities; (3) school library services for culturally deprived children and youth in large…
Descriptors: Conferences, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Problems
Mann, Philip H., Ed. – 1974
Provided are 19 presentations made to 200 participants in a conference on issues of mainstreaming, career education, and teacher education programs for urban handicapped children. Noted are four conference objectives such as improving communication within states between educational agencies and large city special education (SE) personnel.…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Career Education, Classification, Conference Reports
Levine, Judith R., Ed.; Feist, Stanley C., Ed. – 1989
This conference proceedings includes the text of 15 of the 27 presentations made at the third annual Conference on Undergraduate Teaching of Psychology. In addition to a conference program, the proceedings includes the following papers: (1) "Multiethnic, Crosscultural Illustrations for Psychology Courses," by Judith Gray; (2) "A Computerized…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Classroom Techniques, Community Colleges, Course Content
South Carolina Univ., Columbia. National Resource Center for the Freshman Year Experience. – 1994
These proceedings report on a 1994 conference on the planning, implementing, and refining of programs designed to enhance the first-year experience of college students in urban settings. Early sections detail conference aims, background and policies. One section describes workshops on various topics, provides a profile on the keynote speaker, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, Economically Disadvantaged
