At a 1967 institute hosted by the Department of Public Instruction in Iowa, the following three papers were presented: (1) "The School as a Social Institution and Setting for Practice"; (2) "Factors which Affect a Model for School Social Work Practice"; and (3) "The Social Worker as a Link between School, Home, and Community." Appended are the…

A 10-week summer institute held at Auburn University in 1966 provided opportunity for short-term but intensive training in educational research for 29 public school administrators. Most of the participants were selected by their school systems as persons who, after completion of the institute, could be assigned research and curriculum development…

In acquiring materials to build library collections, two functions have to be performed: selection and acquisition. Because the selection of books for inclusion in a library collection requires an intimate understanding of the purpose of the library, a detailed knowledge of the subject area in question, time to read and make judgements about the…

The development of undergraduate library collections is shown under two aspects: (1) the formation of the basic collection of the Undergraduate Library of the University of Michigan, and (2) the problems, practical and theoretial, encountered in the day-to-day effort to maintain the collection. The budget is the sire of all selection criteria.…

A variety of examples of collection development in a university system is provided by this case study. The University of California's nine campuses provide a wide variety of library acquisition experience. A retrospective view of their development reflects the changing pace and pattern of library collection building over the years. The University…

A 6-week research training institute was conducted during summer 1969 for 30 participants from New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont, and Maine. Objectives were (1) study of problems inherent in evaluating particular curriculum changes with which the trainee was concerned; (2) study of major alternatives open to educators in terms of educational…

This document describes part of the evaluation of a six-week reading institute for 69 K-3 teachers from the Raymond School, Model School Division (MSD), Washington, D.C. and thereby provides an evaluation model for schools to use in their own inservice training programs. Two evaluation instruments developed by an MSD innovation team in cooperation…

A 6-week institute has been designed to provide participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to strengthen history education and to transmit their knowledge to beginning and experienced teachers. Under the planning and direction of an advisory committee (composed of members of the American Historical Association), six interdisciplinary…

As an expansion and extension of the impact of three training institutes for curriculum personnel development, specific developmental and dissemination activities were carried out, including: (1) a booklet publication of "mini-presentations" of speeches made at the original institutes (see CE 001 403); (2) preparation of an abbreviated "Vocational…

This study reports the findings of a telephone interview conducted with 12 teacher education project/program directors at Indiana University to ascertain the directors' perceptions and reflections regarding the quality and quantity of services rendered by ad hoc service-oriented teams and centers within the Division of Teacher Education. These…

The selected material from the Right-to-Read Institute consists of: (1) Goals of the Institute and Specific Objectives, (2) Alabama Working at Reading Excellence Program, (3) What is the Right to Read?, (4) Objectives, (5) Activities - Studies, (6) Inventory, (7) Recommendations, (8) Alabama Population Characteristics and (9) Sounds and Light for…

The purpose of the Faculty Enrichment Institute was to expose the humanities faculty of Elizabeth City State University to the latest developments in research, curriculum, teaching techniques and other related areas in order to improve the quality of instruction. This report discusses the project activities and the staff involved, and concludes…

This appendix lists the planned level of work by the participants in the Summer Institute courses. These levels were coded from 0 through 5 in relation to the following definitions: work at level of introductory course; work at level normally requiring approximately a year of prior study of basic subject matter; work at level normally requiring…

The primary objective of the Regional University Administrator's Institute held at Northern Michigan University in the summer of 1970 was to analyze communication dilemmas between hierarchical positions and construct a heuristic model of a higher education administrative communication and decisionmaking process. There is growing evidence of…

A DENTAL ASSISTANT TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAM OF APPROXIMATELY 4 WEEKS IN LENGTH WAS HELD FOR GRADUATES OF ACCREDITED DENTAL ASSISTING PROGRAMS HAVING 5 OR MORE YEARS OF DENTAL ASSISTANT TEACHING EXPERIENCE. THE 72 PARTICIPANTS WERE PRE- AND POST-TESTED IN KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS OF DENTAL ASSISTING. THE PRESENTATION INCLUDED LECTURES, DEMONSTRATIONS,…