AECT Conference Report, Spring 1977, included: (1) First General Session: The Concept of Instructional Development-Evolution or Revolution? (2) Second General Session: AECT's Role in Educational Excellence, and (3) Third General Session: Alex Haley on Roots. (STS)

The test publisher's responsibility is discussed. "Right and good conduct" of the publisher in relation to the desires of the test user is related to the actual age of the test--old versus new materials. Other issues confronting the test publisher are the conflict between the needs for personal privacy and the claims of the community in relation…

Highlights of speeches presented at the 30th ASTD National Conference in San Francisco are given: S.I. Hayakawa outlined developments in higher education during the 1970's; Joe Batten called for life enrichment, not just job enrichment; and Dorothy Jongeward discussed transactional analysis as a tool for more effective interpersonal relationships.…

This book contains proceedings of the annual conference of the British Educational Administration Society (BEAS) held in September 1978 in London. The theme of the conference was approaches to the professional development of educational administrators and the future role of the BEAS in that process. Three speeches are included, covering the…

Abstracts of papers and symposia accepted for presentation at the 1973 AERA Annual Meeting comprise this volume. Also included are a divisional program listing, topic index, indices of individual paper titles and symposia session titles, and author index. Abstracts appear in the chronological order of presentation consistent with the listing of…

Two papers concerned with the ethics of testing and one paper that is a proposal for alternatives to psychological testing, presented at Session II of the Invitational Conference on Measurement in Education, are provided. The papers and their authors are: "Ethical Issues and Questions about Testing Confronting Test Publishers" by Thomas J.…

The conference, whose proceedings are recorded in the document, met to fulfill a need observed at the 1972 National Policy Conference on Education for Blacks. It was apparent the following gaps in communication needed to be closed: providing minority leaders with information on the concept of career education as viewed by the Office of Education;…

The APA Ethical Principles, the University of Georgia policy, standard research texts, and research literature on specific methodologies, all in relation to ethical issues in human research, are discussed. The 10 APA principles state, in essence, that the investigator is responsible for what happens, that confidentiality and the protection of the…

Presents abstracts of 63 papers to be presented at the 1976 Convention of the National Association of Biology Teachers, October 14-17, 1976, Denver, Colorado. Papers cover a wide range of biology and science education topics with the majority concentrating upon the convention's main program, "Ecosystems: 1776-1976-?". (SL)

Address of Joel H. Hildebrand to the American Chemical Society general meeting on August 30, 1976, Berkeley, California. Topics include personal accounts, historical developments in chemistry, and philosophical considerations of the role of science in modern society. (SL)

Address of Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg to the American Chemical Society banquet on August 31, 1976, San Francisco, California. Discussed are the contributions chemistry has made to human progress in the past and looks at some that it may add in the future. (Author/SL)

A review of the three main papers presented at the International Conference on Educational Technology with an overview of other topics discussed. (HB)

Presented are the proceedings of the National Education Professions Development Seminar, Leadership for Change, held in December 1974. Transcripts of the speeches given include "Leadership in Vocational Education: Potential for Change," Mary Kievit; "Vocational Education Legislation," Melvin Barlow; and "Leadership in…

This publication provides abstracts of papers presented at the 49th annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) held in San Francisco, April 23-25, 1976. The entries represent a wide range of topics in the field of science education. The themes recurring most often are related to the fields of: (1)…

Basically designed as an inservice training activity for vocational education personnel, the conference had three broad objectives: (1) to upgrade the professional personnel, involved in vocational educational programs in North Dakota, (2) to sharpen the focus of the role of vocational education in meeting the needs of people, and (3) to continue…