This paper describes the International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications 2001 (DC-2001), the ninth major workshop of the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI), which was held in Tokyo in October 2001. DC-2001 was a week-long event that included both a workshop and a conference. In the tradition of previous events, the workshop…

This document contains the proceedings of the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) 2000. It includes the advance program and registration materials for the NECC. Major themes of NECC 2000 include: connecting technology to teaching and learning; staying connected with professional development; moving beyond the crossroads; teachers as…

Authors question Burstiner's conclusions on both methodological and theoretical grounds, and suggest additional considerations and criteria for further work in the area of creative leadership development. (GB)

Reports on the history, rationale, procedures, and results of a 4-day meeting of some 96 administrators from two large school systems. The meeting was part of a large-scale organization development effort to begin and sustain organizational renewal processes in the entire system. (Author)

Describes the University of Texas 6-week summer performance workshop in Shakespearean drama held at a small town in Windale, Texas. (PG)

Discusses a workshop designed to find ways of applying home economics concepts and skills to population education and family planning programs. (SB)

Describes an inservice teacher education workshop using local history for reading instruction. (RB)

If school counseling is to continue as an ongoing dynamic profession, counselor educators must address their attention to the improvement of practitioner competencies as well as toward counselor preparation. The purpose of this paper is to share one educational approach which can facilitate movement toward achievement of these desired needs.…

Article is a handbook of teaching ideas and techniques for preschool teachers with a practical point of view. (GB)

The results of this study indicate that teachers more adequately understood the characteristics and needs of disadvantaged children, but that deeply held beliefs were probably not challenged nor permanently changed. (DM)

This article describes the academic content and evaluation of an inservice training model for Bureau of Employment Security interviewers and counselors. Preliminary data suggests that a workshop organized according to established features of systems analysis is personally and professionally helpful to most participants. Although the model appears…

A discussion of the use of sensitivity training techniques in inservice teacher training for geography and mathematics curricula. Workshop activities are described under such headings as confusion,'' conflict,'' confrontation,'' collaboration,'' and choice.'' (Author/RF)

TM and its potential uses for creative development of teacher personalities is discussed. (JB)

The article outlines a plan to train a cadre of teachers extensively in various facets of drug abuse during the summer of 1970 at four federally sponsored programs, or at programs developed in each state. (Author)

Describes an intensive workshop in open education and identifies basic dimensions of a humanizing in-service model. (DS)