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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and the Pacific. – 1985
This book describes a 1983 Unesco workshop held to review health-education teaching prepared by workshop participants. The document, developed primarily for educators in developing countries, includes the teaching materials in nutrition and health education for teachers of grades 1, 5, and 6, and for teacher educators. Chapter 1 of the document…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Developing Nations, Disease Control, Elementary Education
Sparrman, Carl-Axel – 1988
A joint Swedish-Finnish seminar for both teacher trainers and teachers concerning the effect of a cross-cultural approach to school curricula is summarized. The conference addressed four issues in lectures and discussion groups: (1) cultural attitudes and cultural symbols; (2) language and culture; (3) giving consideration to different cultures in…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, International Programs
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and Oceania. – 1980
In September 1978, the Asian Centre of Educational Innovation for Development convened a meeting to consider ways of promoting continuing education of teacher educators for innovative teacher education. This meeting prepared guidelines and country plans for the organization of National Advanced-Level Workshops involving member nations: Thailand,…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation, Educational Needs
Roth, Gene L., Ed.; Walter, Richard, Ed. – 1987
This document presents three papers dealing with trade and industrial education research. "Educating the Vocational Teacher Educator" (Clyde Knight) reports a study to identify needs of vocational teacher educators to improve existing programs and make necessary changes in doctoral programs. "The Relationship between Perceived…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Conference Proceedings
Chadsey-Rusch, Janis, Ed.; Hanley-Maxwell, Cheryl, Ed. – 1986
Presented originally at four conferences (held during 1984-1985), the 12 invited papers contained in this document were part of a federally funded project, the National Network for Professional Development in Vocational Special Education. Project objectives included training of teacher educators in employment preparation for the handicapped,…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Inservice Teacher Education, Mild Disabilities
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and the Pacific. – 1985
Science educators from Bangladesh, China, India, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Korea, and Sri Lanka met to: (1) review current experiences in the preparation of science teachers and teacher educators and their continuing education in the nine countries, as well as to consider major trends, issues, and problems related to the training and…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Council for Cultural Cooperation, Strasbourg (France). – 1985
The proceedings of an international conference on teacher training include an introductory section on background and objectives, opening speeches by Georges Tenekides and Paul Sakellaridis, reports of working groups, conclusions and recommendations, a symposium program, a list of participants, and several presentations. The following are the…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Communicative Competence (Languages), Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Smith, Charles W.; And Others – 1986
This document contains four papers presented at a panel on implications of the Holmes Group and the Carnegie Commission reports for vocational teacher education. In the first paper, Charles W. Smith discusses general issues concerning the emergence of the education reform movement and calls for vocational educators to be part of the reform…
Descriptors: Education Courses, Education Majors, Educational Attitudes, Methods Courses
Benn, Roseanne, Ed. – 1998
This document contains 19 papers presented at a conference on educating adult educators at the University of Exeter, England in July 1998. The following are included: "Themes and Issues in Training the Adult Educator" (Rosesanne Benn); "Training Adult Educators in Poland" (Tadeusz Aleksander); "Educating Teacher…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Art Education, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
Porter, G. William, Ed.; And Others – 1976
The basic text (or, in some cases, an outline of the text) of the presentations taped at the conference for vocational education personnel coordinators constitute the major portion of this report. Titles are (1) A Philosophy for Personnel Development in Vocational Education, (2) Performance-Based Teacher Education for Vocational Teachers, (3) A…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Career Education, Competency Based Teacher Education, Conference Reports
Achilles, C. M.; And Others – 1983
Collected here are symposium reports addressing the dissemination of theory and research to educational practitioners, specifically considering the National Diffusion Network (NDN) as an example of effective information delivery. An introductory theoretical review by C. M. Achilles of the state-of-the-art in dissemination poses questions for…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs, Educational Change, Educational Innovation
Rubba, Peter A., Ed.; Rye, James A., Ed.; Keig, Patricia F., Ed. – 1999
This proceedings contains a copy of the conference program and more than 75 papers and presentation summaries from the meeting, placed in order by conference session. Paper topics include science assessment issues; science for special needs students; science teachers' self-efficacy; teaching science to at-risk students; online inquiry…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation, Females
Bullock, Lyndal M., Ed.; Simpson, Richard L., Ed. – 1990
This document is the product of a forum that attempted to identify trends in education that are affecting and will continue to affect children with disabilities from birth to age 21, and the ensuing implications for the training of personnel. The edited transcripts of two introductory presentations begin with volume--"Charting the Course for…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Change Strategies, Disabilities, Educational Change
Reno, Hilde, Comp.; Witte, Maria, Comp. – 1996
The following are among the 56 papers included in this proceedings: "Contextual Factors Associated with Evaluation Practices of Selected Adult and Continuing Education Providers in Malaysia" (S. Ahmad); "The Professional Ethic and the Spirit of Post-Modernism" (P. Armstrong); "Transforming the Teacher-Student…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy