VARIOUS MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS IN INTERNATIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION WERE PRESENTED FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM, FRANCE, JAPAN, CANADA, UNITED STATES, AND ITALY. ALSO, SEVERAL PAPERS DISCUSSED (1) PROBLEMS, FUNCTIONS, AND TRENDS, (2) THE IMPACT OF INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION ON THE CLASSROOM TEACHER, (3) PRODUCTION FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT, (4)…

Delegates from Wisconsin public libraries were invited to attend a 2-day workshop together with several consultants and representatives of the Division of Library Services to plan for an assessment, examination, and evaluation of public library service to children in the state. Issues and tasks addressed by the group included (1) the formulation…

Based on interviews with more than 50 individuals at television stations, colleges, and publishing companies, as well as on a review of existing literature, this report summarizes the "state of the art" in telecourse use and makes recommendations for future research efforts. This document is part of a series of instructional materials…

This manual was prepared for use at a 2-day seminar to aid college and university administrators and station executives in making effective decisions about the use and implementation of telecourses. There are four objectives for the workshop: (1) to understand the characteristics, attitudes, needs, and desires of various groups involved in…

This publication is a compilation of keynote addresses and workshop presentations given at a national conference on the Child Development Associate (CDA) program held in conjunction with the 1979 annual meeting of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). The document is divided into eleven sections. Each section…

The ideas of four contemporary poets--Ann Deagon, Lyn Lifshin, Marge Piercy, and Alice Walker--concerning the oral interpretation of poetry are presented in this paper. The poets' ideas relate to the following topics: (1) the importance of reading poems aloud; (2) reasons why they give poetry readings, and effects of their poetry readings on their…

The document offers guidelines for conducting an inservice program for parents of gifted students. Initial sections describe the inservice model, list activities on identification of the gifted, and present information on emotional consequences of giftedness. Following sections address key points from other presentations, the workshop agenda, and…

The third of eight delegate workbooks prepared for the May, 1977 White House Conference on Handicapped Individuals contains ballots for the workshop on educational concerns of handicapped individuals of all ages. The ballots are intended to enable delegates to assign priorities to various issues and proposals in a way that reflects conclusions of…

This collection of speech summaries, workshop findings, and panel and discussion texts given by a total of 23 producers, programmers, performers, researchers, and writers, focuses on Canadian children's television. Introductory remarks by Nan-B. de Gaspe Beaubien are included with summaries of presentations by Sam Rabinovitch, James Dormeyer, Bob…

KNOWLEDGE OF PSYCHOANALYTIC EGO PSYCHOLOGY CAN BE USED BY EDUCATORS TO PROMOTE MORE EFFECTIVE TEACHING OF CHILDREN IN THE GROUP SETTING OF THE CLASSROOM. THIS THEORY WAS THE BASIS OF THE TEACHERS TRAINING PROGRAM ESTABLISHED BY THE CHICAGO INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOANALYSIS. THE PROGRAM INVOLVED FIVE SEMINARS AT WHICH TEACHERS PRESENTED CASE SUMMARIES…

This report contains the proceedings of a professional meeting on computer science held at Stanford University in October, 1968. Three papers presented at this meeting are published in the report. C. L. Coates spoke on "University Education in Computer Engineering"; L. P. Huelsman spoke on "Digital Computer Applications at the…

This issue of the Multi-State Consortium on Performance-Based Teacher Education (PBTE) newsletter presents (1) a summary of recommendations from a Florida conference on processes that would aid planners in the design of PBTE programs; (2) announcement of special sessions on performance based teacher assessment at the 1973 American Educational…

This dissertation focused on the effects of inservice training on perceptions of teachers and others toward experiences of the black child. The purpose of the study was to determine whether a change could be made in perceptions of the students toward experiences of the black child through a workshop experience. The design of the workshop provided…

This is a report on teacher-designed population education, a project that was a joint venture of the Rhode Island Education Association, the National Education Association, and the University of Rhode Island. The project gave 15 Rhode Island teachers an opportunity to learn about population education and to design their own teaching procedures.…

A three-day continuing education workshop on Hispano cultural and historical perspectives was developed for librarians and library administrators to help them understand the Hispano culture and to help them improve the library services for the Hispano community. Such library services should be based on the cultural, linguistic, and information…