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Eshelman, James N., Ed. – 1970
The proceedings of the 1970 annual meeting of the Council of Graduate Schools in the United States covers a reassessment of the doctoral population with outlooks for the future by Michael J. Pelczar, Charles E. Falk, J. Wayne Reitz, T. L. Cairns, Robert Alberty, and Richard P. Adams; reassessment of the master's degree by Henry V. Bohm, Francis M.…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Degree Requirements, Doctoral Degrees, Doctoral Dissertations
Bishop, Edward W. – 1976
The problems of alcohol as it affects highway safety is the subject of this manual, which was prepared for a three-day training workshop. The manual is addressed to police command and supervisory personnel and is concerned with increasing the rate of alcohol-related enforcement by making these personnel aware of the many factors that influence a…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Alcohol Education, Case Studies, Chemistry
Novick, Phyllis Thomas – 1979
This five-session research-based program trains parents in various skills through a series of experiential learning activities. An introductory chapter reviews the problem initiating the study, the purpose, importance, assumption, limitations, and plan of the study, along with a definition of terms. Next, a literature review examines materials…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Child Rearing, Communication Skills, Learning Activities
Burgess, Joanne – 1979
The purpose of the mini-course described in this training manual is to provide parents with information and techniques that emphasize the importance of reading to children and to increase their proficiency in handling the task. The manual includes descriptions of the complete course, its objectives, recommended readings, lists of handouts and…
Descriptors: Children, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Early Childhood Education
Duke, Elizabeth – 1977
The document presents Module 8, gifted and talented students among educationally disadvanted groups, of the Star Power modules developed for school personnel who have an interest in or a need to explore the area of gifted and talented education. It is explained in an introductory section that the modules can be used for independent study, for…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Rayward, W. Boyd – 1979
An experimental writing program lasting three years and four months was held in the Chicago Public Library System, for which writers-in-residence, scholars-in- residence, and other program associates presented several series focusing on the city of Chicago. Emphasis during the first year centered on the literary/historical aspect of writing in and…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Citizen Participation
Ramsden, Patricia A. – 1980
Observing that the lecture/discussion instructional technique resulted in high failure rates among students taking technical composition, an instructor at Madisonville Community College (Kentucky) implemented a new course system designed to provide individualized instruction. The system called for two fifty-minute lectures per week attended by all…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Community Colleges, Conventional Instruction
Delaware Univ., Newark. Cooperative Extension Service. – 1979
These proceedings summarize the important ideas discussed in various workshops of a Delaware forum on the changing nature of the American family. The contents include an opening statement by the Governor of Delaware; a transcript of a panel discussion of lobbying and obtaining grants and other types of funding; a brief address from a…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Rearing, Day Care, Family Problems
Ray, Barbara H. – 1977
The development and evaluation of a counseling model, the College Orientation Workshop for college-bound students, was investigated. A questionnaire was administered to juniors at Pensacola Catholic High School. Student responses to the questionnaire determined the number of students to participate in the workshop as well as the information…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, College Attendance, College Bound Students
Far West Lab. for Educational Research and Development, San Francisco, CA. – 1977
This guide, comprised of three lessons, is designed to train teachers to select children's books with a multicultural perspective. The preliminary lesson introduces and describes the learning unit and states the objectives. Objectives are to understand the importance of judging books for their inclusion of minority culture experience based on…
Descriptors: Blacks, Books, Childrens Literature, Content Analysis
Tanaka, Masako N. – 1977
This guide, presented in four chapters, provides activities to train teachers to set up a multicultural classroom. In Section I the activity acquaints the participant with six types of classroom areas: private area, individual free-work area with seating, learning center with surfaces for sitting work, learning centers without surfaces for sitting…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Elementary Education
Butler, Martha L. – 1978
An evaluative report is given on the Anxiety Management Training and Sex Role Workshops of the "New Career Options for Women through Mathematics" summer institute. The overall purpose was to help remedy the problems of low utilization of the scientific and technical academic and work potential of Arkansas women, and their resulting conditions of…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Attitudes, Career Opportunities, Educational Research
Kim, Jin Eun – 1978
This handbook was developed to assist vocational administrators in (1) developing strategies for goal-setting and resource allocation, (2) identifying potential problems, (3) analyzing cost-effectiveness of vocational programs, and (4) improving managerial skills using information from the analysis in the decision-making process. The handbook…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrators, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Administration
Oglesby, Elizabeth H.; Katz, D. S. – 1979
This report describes and summarizes the purposes, activities, major findings, and recommendations of three coal-related study reports: (1) An Assessment of Employment and Training needs for Coal and Gasification Occupations, (2) A Manual for Competency-Matched Instructional Resources for Developing Coal Mining Curricula, and (3) The Preparation…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs, Employment Projections
CRABB, ALFRED L., JR., ED. – 1968
THE FIRST REGIONAL MEETINGS SPONSORED BY THE KENTUCKY COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF ENGLISH (KCTE) FOR APPROXIMATELY 85 HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH DEPARTMENT CHAIRMEN WERE HELD IN HOPKINSVILLE AND LEXINGTON IN NOVEMBER, 1967. PARTICIPANTS RECEIVED COPIES OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF ENGLISH (NCTE) RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENTS OF ENGLISH…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Consultants, Department Heads, English Instruction
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