A two-week summer institute for teachers and administrators of kindergarten and grade 1 gifted children is described. The purpose of the Institute was to plan strategies for meeting the needs of the young gifted and talented children in their classrooms, schools, or districts. (Author)

This article describes an effort to create a teacher learning community in which university and local school teachers worked together to improve the teaching of writing at elementary and secondary levels. I describe how a university's National Writing Project (NWP) engaged in developing a cadre of selected teachers to share understandings about…

Testimony of witnesses, including senators and professors, newspaper articles, press releases, communications, and other publications in support of legislation that would create a Department or Academy of Peace and Conflict Resolution are provided. The academy would have 3 major functions: (1) to perform and assist research about international…

The appreciable impact of the National Science Foundation on the education of scientists in the United States since the agency's founding was discussed. One of the major new challenges considered was the need for scientists and engineers to learn more about our society's economics, politics, and values. (Editor/RK)

At North Dakota State School of Science, a summer program called CDI (Career Development Institute) is giving hundreds of rural high school students a hands-on opportunity to preview careers in the world of work. (Author/MW)

Prepared in response to requests from librarians and other members of the public for information about the types of projects that have been funded by the Higher Education Act Title II-B Program, a program which assists in training persons in librarianship through fellowships and institutes, this brochure provides information about projects funded…

THIRTY-FOUR PUBLIC SCHOOL GUIDANCE COUNSELORS FROM SIX NEW ENGLAND STATES, NEW YORK, AND NEW JERSEY PARTICIPATED IN AN INSTITUTE TO BECOME ACQUAINTED WITH THE PROBLEMS AND SPECIAL TECHNIQUES INVOLVED IN COUNSELING THE URBAN DISADVANTAGED STUDENT. THE PROGRAM CONSISTED OF LECTURES BY OUTSTANDING AUTHORITIES IN THE FIELD, LIMITED DISCUSSION PERIODS,…

This one-year project produced several publications and an evaluative investigation, all having to do with the rapidly growing community of educational information centers. Over 1500 such centers were surveyed by questionnaire to determine their locations, sizes, activities, and holdings. A directory which lists and describes some four hundred…

THE INSTITUTE WAS HELD TO IMPROVE INSTRUCTION AND UPDATE CURRICULUM OFFERINGS THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND PROCEDURES WHEREBY INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS MAY BE INTEGRATED INTO THE LABORATORY ACTIVITIES OF INDUSTRIAL ARTS PROGRAMS. THE 24 PARTICIPANTS WERE TEACHER EDUCATORS, SUPERVISORS, AND TEACHERS FROM 16 STATES. PHASE I…

This report describes and evaluates the Advanced Educational Research Institute held from June 20 through August 12, 1966. The primary objective of the institute was the further development and extension of the research competencies of the trainees. The 23 participants were primarily faculty members in institutions of higher education across the…

The 32 academic year study programs for 1972-73 sponsored by the National Science Foundation are described in this directory. Institutes are provided for secondary school teachers and supervisors of science, mathematics, and social science at colleges and universities throughout the United States. Information on eligibility, requirements, stipends…

Over 200 academic year institutes for 1971-72 are described in this directory. The institutes, sponsored by the National Science Foundation at colleges and universities throughout the United States, are intended for secondary school teachers and supervisors of science, mathematics and social science. Information on eligibility, requirements,…

Professor Max Eddy, Head of Purdue University's Department of Industrial Education, with the assistance of J.P. Corcoran, Director of a trade union training department, describe the development of a programme of training for apprentice instructors run jointly by the union and the university. (Editor)

"Des Moines makes a concentrated effort to bring together tomorrow's jobs and job-seekers. One strategy is an annual guidance institute. The 4-week program for counselors described here combined academic activity at Drake University with on-the-job experience in business and industrial establishments. (Editor/JK)