This paper reports on a World Health Organization (WHO) workshop whose participants, in accordance with WHO's Health for All (HFA) Target is, "Knowledge and Motivation for Healthy Behaviour," examined the importance of nutritional education in medical schools. Areas discussed include the discrepancy between the need for skills in…

A workshop focused on major research issues in networking and communications. This report defines the context for research priorities and initiatives and deals with issues in networking and communications. Fifteen major research priorities and four research specific initiatives were identified by participants as areas that should be pursued over…

This paper outlines how to teach an introductory workshop about the Internet. It includes field-tested instruction and materials, training session agendas, exercises, materials for use with or without hands-on computer work, a pre-workshop needs assessment form, an instructor evaluation form, and Internet navigation exercises. Although the field…

This document presents a brief history of the Society of Scribes and describes procedures for the 1-day workshop, master apprenticeship method, of calligraphy instruction. Calligrapher-instructors using this method include: Lili Cassel Wronker, who encourages straight edge pen point exercises; E. J. Carroll, who focuses on the commercial client…

A 1990 workshop discussed the dissemination and transfer of innovation in science, mathematics, and engineering education. The workshop was comprised of 20 participants, representing all levels of responsibility in higher education and a broad range of disciplines including chemistry, communication, computer science, earth science, engineering,…

This paper presents an outline for a three-part workshop for parents who want to help their children become better readers. The paper provides lists of materials, the overheads, and the handouts for each of the three parts of the workshop. The parts of the workshop described in the paper discuss: (1) word recognition and questioning strategies;…

This report highlighs basic descriptive statistics regarding Mid-Plains Community College Area (MPCCA) human resource development events/activities for fiscal year 1997-98. During that fiscal year, there were 117 form 0004's completed by 73 different MPCCA administrators, faculty, and classified staff. There were a total of 116 MPCCA…

While recent arguments often propose that students should be engaged as writers in service to the larger community, the question remains how to engage students as intellectuals, writers, and creators of knowledge in an intellectual setting that mostly asks them to be passive learners. In Project Renaissance, leaving behind the familiar boundaries…

This final report describes the activities and accomplishments of a three-year grant which enabled the Medici Foundation to organize a series of workshops at which groups of history faculty from small four-year colleges, community colleges, and high schools explored uses of film materials in classroom teaching, especially use of the 5-part public…

This participant's guide is intended to be used in a one-day workshop for college/university staff involved in administering federally supported student financial assistance programs under Title IV of the reauthorized Higher Education Act. The materials are in a workbook format and include copies of workshop display materials, space for notes,…

A practicum addressed the low number of parents participating with their children in a Chapter 1 Reading Program by the development and implementation of a parental involvement program. The program implemented strategies to eliminate conflicts cited by parents as major reasons for non-participation in meetings and workshops relative to their…

A workshop is described that trains teachers of vocational English as a Second Language (VESL) how to identify the language needs of and develop lessons for a particular job or job site. The workshop, one of a series of four designed to improve the skills of refugee service provider staff, was offered twice in 1982 and 1983. Activities included…

The Science Alliance, a coalition of industry, business, and educational institutions, developed and sponsored a partnership project to help elementary teachers overcome obstacles to teaching quality science. The intent of the Teacher-Scientist Partnership Project was to bring together the scientific expertise of scientists with the classroom…

An evaluation was done of the 1992 Parent Involvement Program Institute (PIPI), a program sponsored by the Office of Parent Involvement of the New York City Board of Education and held at Pace University (New York City). The PIPI brought together parents to showcase successful program components, and to provide help and encouragement to parents…

The Conflict Resolution Model project was designed to develop and field test an instructional model and materials for use in providing instruction in conflict resolution theory and techniques to participants in adult basic and literacy education (ABLE) and English-as-a-second-language (ESL) programs. The instructional materials were written in a…