The proceedings of a one-day conference on equal educational opportunity are abstracted in this document. Included are statements by representatives of the invited public and private agencies. The summary points out that there were two recurrent basic themes--(1) ways must be found to ensure and implement equality of educational opportunity for…

Significant speeches, current research activities, and minutes of business meetings are reported for the conference attended by 74 participants and guests from 12 states and the U.S. Office of Education. Major presentations were: (1) "Whither Vocational and Technical Education, (2) "Department Position Paper on Vocational…

A symposium of industrial, governmental, and academic leaders was held to consider new technological devices and systems and to develop guidelines for teachers and school administrators on how to prepare for the coming age of technology in education. Topics under consideration included educational objectives, the historical and sociological…

Published in 1965, these guidelines outline the requirements for the fiscal and general administration of Title I projects, for project design and evaluation, and for reporting project activities. Exhibits of forms for reporting activities and administrative procedures at the state and local levels are included. (LB)

This report of the Stanford Center for Research and Development in Teaching consists of seven sections. Section 1 defines the Center's focus and orientation. Orientation to forthcoming changes in the teacher's role includes consideration of programed instruction, flexible scheduling, and differentiated teaching staff. The focus of the Center is…

Two hundred and thirty-nine individual and agency members of the Western Region Council of State Leagues for Nursing and representatives of health-related groups in the West, national health-related groups, and federal government agencies attended the Conference which was planned to provide a process experience which could be a guide to action in…

A "Research Conference on the Use of Autobiographical Data as Psychological Predictors" brought together 15 research psychologists to discuss means of maximizing the use of autobiographical instruments. The purposes of the conference were to: (1) reveal experiences, statistical data, and psychological insights developed through research and the…

This conference report is made up of six papers and related commentaries on the nature of disadvantagement and its implications. Most participants were from the Milwaukee, Wisconsin, area. Small group meetings and discussions followed each of the papers. The opening paper, "Education and the Disadvantaged" (E. Melby), examined a broad…

This document contains summaries of six courses presented at the Second Annual Presessions of the American Educational Research Association: (1) Bayesian statistical analysis, (2) curriculum research and evaluation, (3) design and analysis of comparative experiments in education, (4) educational research management procedures, (5) multivariate…

This book presents material from a symposium on television violence that was organized by the Canadian Radio-Television Commission. Part 1, "The Public Issue," discusses the social effects of mass media and violence as a dramatic convention. Part 2, "The Social Effects of Television Violence," provides experiments, research,…

Conference reports and reference papers prepared by 52 countries for the International Conference on Education, and national reports on the progress of the systems in 75 countries are included in this bibliography on major trends in education and the changing role of the teacher. A total of 137 documents published in 1974 and 1975 are listed.…

Twenty-nine speeches presented at a five-state (Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico) conference are contained in this report. A wide range of vocational education topics are covered including working with the disadvantaged, development and improvement of vocational-technical programs, personnel and staff development, and the role of…

Papers which were presented at the Armidale Conference at the University of New England in Australia constitute the body of this book. An introduction to the book is followed by the opening address of the conference. Section one contains the conference's working papers and individual statements from some of the conference participants. The…

Proceedings of a symposium held at the University of Notre Dame, January 11-13, 1976 are presented. Subjects of discussion included: partoral issues for the church today; Christian scholars and the work of the church; the role of a Catholic university or college in advancing evangelization in the American context; relation between the American…

These conference proceedings cover three general areas: (1) purposes and values of high school athletics, (2) the need for a definition of equality, and (3) the legal basis for athletics and evolving definitions of equality. Specific essays discuss topics such as the organization and legal basis for athletics; racial segregation in high school…