The volume consists of the proceedings of a meeting of consultants for a project on learning, retention, and transfer in military training. Topics discussed included the following: research strategy, computer-aided instruction, training for vigilance, decision making, pattern recognition, and learning, retention, and transfer of…

The primary purpose of this project was to stimulate individuals and institutions to conduct short-term teacher education activities for persons in the health occupations field. Because this program has been growing rapidly, teacher education activities have not kept up with the expansion. An institute, consisting of 85 participants, six staff…

Designed as one of 10 institutes for the inservice training of vocational-technical educators in eastern metropolitan areas, the major focus of this institute was the administrative coordination within the urban school organization, which is essential to the planning and implementation of programs appropriate to inner city residents. A total of 86…

A conference set up to exchange and disseminate ideas and information on the mentally retarded is presented. Specific purposes of the conference are: (1) to promote appreciation and understanding of handicapped youth--mentally retarded, and physically and visually handicapped youth, (2) to promote knowledge of on-going programs through 4-H with…

The objectives of the Auxiliary Educational Career Unit, funded under Title I of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act, were: (1) to upgrade the basic skills of Education Assistants; (2) to administer and to coordinate a training program for staff trainers of paraprofessionals, Educational Assistants, and Associates; (3) to provide…

Readings and ten weeks of discussions at institutes about current societal malaise, problems of growth, implications of growth for freedom and justice, and the "good" society are summarized. College, university, and secondary-school participants represented the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Focusing on current problems, institute…

College language departments have an important role to play in the professional improvement of foreign language high school teachers. A summer conference held for high school French teachers by a university's French department was greatly appreciated by the participants. Emphasis was placed on French language and culture and teaching methodology.…

Results of a summer training seminar for elementary art teachers showed that students taught by teachers trained in aesthetic education demonstrate a measurable increase in their sensitivity to aesthetic stimuli. The seminar is described and the evaluation results are discussed. (RM)

Evaluates a training institute designed to increase the advancement of women in administrative positions in four Tennessee school districts. Reports that the program improved participants' qualifications, sensitivity to sexism, sense of self as administrator, motivation to pursue career, professional visibility, feeling of belonging to a group,…

U.S. corporations are moving en masse into the learning business. A Carnegie Foundation study, "Corporate Classrooms: The Learning Business," is discussed, and programs run by AT&T, Wang, Bell and Howell, and the National Technological University are cited. (MLW)

This six-week program involving minority honor students juxtaposed didactic and experiential research components in psychology to provide a breadth of exposure to researchers and topics while achieving in-depth training in research methodology. Interns initially participated in faculty-sponsored research but later developed and implemented their…

Describes two new approaches to supplement vocational agriculture teacher inservice education at Washington State University: 2-week summer school and 2-day mini-courses. (HD)

This study examined teacher opportunities to learn content subject matter at a summer mathematics institute. The Alaska Partnership for Teacher Enhancement was formed as a collaborative between a university, four school districts, the State Department of Education, the Anchorage Education Association, and General Communication, Inc. It offered…

The Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs (IIRA) started at Western Illinois University in 1989. An outgrowth of the population declines and economic stagnation during the early 1980s, it provides a comprehensive program of applied research, technical assistance, policy evaluation, and educational outreach to community leaders and residents in…

A report from the Educational Resources Information Center at the National Council of Teachers of English; ERIC abstracts of documents pertinent to this topic are included. (Author)