This is a report on a conference series on teacher education and school integration in Atlanta, Georgia. Information on the most recent conferences since May, 1969, are also included. These conferences are held to have afforded the opportunity for many people to understand and profit from the mistakes and successes of others. Recommendations…

In order to compare the behavior of teachers at different grade levels within Project PLAN, a program of individualized instruction, eight observers were trained in the use of a specially developed teacher observation system (PLAN-TOS) which includes 17 categories of behavior, and observations were made of all 66 Project PLAN teachers in the 14…

Creative uses of labor training films, documentaries, and full-length feature films in labor education are examined and discussed. A need is seen for more authentic, professional training films. Typical discussion sessions are outlined for "The Shop Steward" and "The Grievance," two outstanding National Film Board of Canada…

Part of the series "Managing Highway Maintenance," the unit is designed for the training group leader and contains selected highlights and suggested discussion questions from six units of training: maintenance activities, work units, and classifying work; maintenance feature inventories; how to conduct a maintenance feature inventory;…

This study was designed to determine the communication characteristics which group members perceive as constituting the amount of influence of a designated leader, the communication characteristics which designated leaders perceive as consituting their own amount of influence, and the degree of similarity between the leader's and others'…

This study compared two different laboratory programs in a physical science course for nonscience majors. One program, Program X, centered around a continuing experiment where the students themselves attempted to function as a team of scientists. Program Y was a direct examination of scientists and their work by having the students study reports…

The Bibliotherapy Project, originally located at Agnews State Hospital, was transferred to the Santa Clara County Library in 1972 since the state of California announced the closing of the Hospital to the mentally ill. Most patients were returned to the community, where the County would provide the services formerly provided by the state. The new…

The purpose of this conference was to explore what is currently being done with computers in medical education, what future goals should be established for computers, and how these goals should be implemented in medical education. Five speeches and four panel discussions dealt with computers in undergraduate medical education, clinical medical…

The authors describe a three day symposium held on death. Several movies concerning death were presented. Various people from the community talked about their experience with death and extensive workshop discussions concluded the symposium. All participants indicated that they had benefited from the symposium. (SE)

Presents ideas for teaching basic skills. Includes strategies for teaching about human rights, directions for making an adding machine to use in addition and subtraction drill, activities for developing effective discussion skills, and suggestions for teaching place-name geography. (JMB)

This study was undertaken to develop an affective, small-group experience for helping children cope with death and to investigate the effectiveness of the experience in reducing children's anxieties about death. The generally positive results suggest that affective death education experiences such as this one should be made available to children.…

Tests the assumption that the aspects of a group's behavior that lead to judgments of quality probably are equally important and assesses the theoretical import of a discovery indicating differences in the relative impact of different variables on perceptions of the quality of decision making discussions. (MH)

This article describes a three-hour group meeting in which an orientation session is combined with a selection interview for applicants to a counselor education program. The faculty members give information about the program and the university. There is a group discussion period and then individual interviews. (Author/JEL)

The author found that college students felt that a mid-quarter course evaluation caused some changes in their courses if the instructor conducted discussions of the evaluation results. (ED.)

This paper focuses on how the sociological perspective can make significant contributions in providing a meaningful conceptual framework for analyzing self concept changes. Insight in explaining why only certain kinds of limited changes typically occur among sensitivity group participants is presented. (Author)