This booklet provides the results of a review and evaluation of fellowships and institutes funded in Fiscal Year 1988 through the Library Career Training Program under Title II-B of the Higher Education Act. A total of 14 master's fellowships, 9 doctoral fellowships, and three institutes were funded, and abstracts of each are provided. Each…

The purpose of this paper is to describe an institute on basic skills that was organized for faculty members at a historically black, public, four-year, urban-oriented, "open admissions" college. Specifically, the described institute was designed to develop positive faculty attitudes toward incorporating the teaching of basic skills into the…

ACTIVITIES OF THE CENTER FOR THE QUARTER INCLUDED CONTINUED WORK ON 14 CENTER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND ON TWO ADDITIONAL RESEARCH PROJECTS AND A RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAM FUNDED BY SPECIAL CONTRACTS. LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES INCLUDED A 2-DAY MEETING FOR STATE PERSONNEL ON INFORMATION ACCESSIBILITY, FOUR RESEARCH TRAINING…

Summarized are the proceedings from a special study institute on the I CAN Project which has developed individualized physical education curriculum materials for trainable retarded students. It is explained that the project cover instruction in acquatic skills, body management, fundamental skills (such as locomotion and object control), and health…

The program for training teachers of disturbed preschoolers conducted at the Department of Child Study at Tufts University is described in terms of origin and need, administrative concerns, and the philosophy regarding the role of a teacher with the emotionally disturbed. Additional aspects of the program which are discussed include the training…

The first dozen years of the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Summer Institutes Program, 1954-65 are reviewed. The full report entitled "An Investment in Knowledge" is scheduled for publication in 1969. The forerunner of NSF Summer Institutes was held during July and August of 1954 at the University of Washington. Fifty-three high…

To provide participants with intensive training in programed instruction, to make them more knowledgeable consumers of programed instruction materials, and to develop programming skills on a professional level so that they could apply the systems approach in development of instructional materials, two training institutes were initiated. A total of…

This paper is the first of a series of occasional papers to be released through the ERIC Center for Science Education designed to report to the profession on various aspects of science education. The author reviewed three document types dealing with inservice education for secondary school science teachers. These were (1) published descriptions of…

In early June 1969, 55 special education and physical education teachers and experts in outdoor education met for a week at the Battle Creek Public Schools' outdoor education center, Clear Lake Camp (Michigan). The participants shared in the camping activities of children from Battle Creek classes for the physically and mentally handicapped, deaf,…

A two-week institute, funded under Title II-B of the Higher Education Act, focused on the process of communication as the vital interface with all aspects of the school library supervisor's role. "School library supervisor" was intended to include any school librarian with supervisory or management responsibility beyond the single…

This program of instruction, reviewed and accepted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, was prepared for Multidisciplinary Accident Investigation teams and others. It is intended to provide background information, a working knowledge of all of the pertinent factors, investigative techniques, tools, data requirements, and field…

This article describes the training programs, financial status, evaluation procedures, and innovative educational aspects of the Turin International Centre for Advanced Technical and Vocational Training. (Author/DB)

An institute held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art taught teachers how to look at art, how to use an art museum as a resource, how to use visual arts confidently, and how to integrate the visual arts into classroom subjects. The program's goals, teaching methods, and results are covered. (IS)

Materials used by the director of a project designed to assist key personnel in businesses, industries, and agencies with the educational counseling of their employees are presented. The objectives of the project, "Training Mentors as Educational Advisors of Adult Learners," were to: (1) provide two training sessions in educational…