Fifty randomly selected moderate and low implementing Distar Language teachers were retrained in techniques of correcting students' mistakes and recycling through an instructional task until all of the children in the group responded without error (criterion teaching). As a result of retraining, the experimental teachers performed at a…

Major elements of the Florida Parent Education Follow Through Program are: (1) training mothers (two to each classroom) in the role of combined parent educator and teacher auxiliary; (2) training the teacher to use paraprofessional personnel; (3) developing materials for family use which take into account not only the school's goals for the child,…

In response to the growing attention on China's educational system, a two-day workshop on education in China was sponsored. The purpose of the conference was to assess what already is known about China; to identify issues which might profitably be investigated by future visitors to China; and to encourage further interest in Chinese education…

The City School District of Syracuse, New York devised an individualized instructional program which developed students who were creative, self-discoverers, problem-solvers, and capable of learning to learn. As a first step, a 1969 summer inservice workshop was held at which one or more administrators and two teachers from each of 13 schools were…

Fifty-eight persons participated in an institute designed to provide the opportunity of sharing ideas and experiences in relation to innovative school systems and vocational programs for the disadvantaged and the potential dropout. Participants heard and reacted to the following presentations: (1) "Educational Programs and Career Opportunities As…

This document is the culmination of a year of cooperative effort between the Michigan Education Association's Human Relations Division and the Human Relations Section of the National Education Association Teacher Rights. These two groups spent the 1971-72 school year working together, with invaluable assistance from New Perspectives on Race, Inc.…

In order to produce measurable performance objectives for every vocational education program in the technical and industrial division at a Fresno community college, an educational consultant led a 4-day workshop for 33 community college instructors. Funded under the Vocational Education Act of 1968 in cooperation with the California Community…

This book of readings is divided into two sections, each describing a specific aspect of staff development. There are three articles on planning in Section I. The quadrant arrangement developed in Georgia is described as one method of facilitating cooperation between an institution and the State Department of Education to serve a particular area…

The Production Workshop Project was designed to promote the educational rehabilitation of selected ninth-grade students. Programs in block-scheduled academic instruction were integrated with vocational training in a Production Workshop setting. The 1971-72 Project activities served a total of 243 students--117 boys and 126 girls. Approximately 68…

Educational television (ETV), as a demonstration project, as a possible means of reaching a target population of migrant Spanish-speaking Mexican Americans in the Southwest Region with low literacy backgrounds was studied. Two state departments (Arizona and California) and the University of Colorado were enlisted to participate in the project. The…

A workshop held December 7, 8, and 9, 1970, was the second phase of a three-part program which aims to organize and develop Adult Basic Education (ABE) teacher preparation programs in institutions of higher education. The goals of the workshop were to: (1) inform participants about the need for professional preparation in teaching Adult Basic…

The overall effectiveness of the educational experiences provided at two West Tennessee ABE Workshops conducted in November 1971, excluding an objective measure of gain in knowledge, was studied. A questionnaire and an evaluation scale for use by workshop participants were administered to adult basic education personnel from all counties in West…

The Portsmouth Project attempted to develop a consciousness in teachers of how they acted in their own classrooms and of the effect their behavior had on the learning environment of children. A basic assumption of the program was that teachers will change their style of interacting with students in the classroom if they become more aware of their…

A two-year project established to develop a kindergarten-primary curriculum to help all children become aware of significant aspects of Black culture and learn to confront the problems they will face living in an integrated society is presented. The program was designed in four phases. Phase I concerned itself mainly with collecting resources and…

A set of curriculum papers written mainly by teachers who attended workshops in continuing education is presented. This set contains articles looking toward a freer conception of school writing than the one generally held, and some exemplary assignments. The intent of these papers is to provoke significant curriculum change by changing teacher…