Professor Max Eddy, Head of Purdue University's Department of Industrial Education, with the assistance of J.P. Corcoran, Director of a trade union training department, describe the development of a programme of training for apprentice instructors run jointly by the union and the university. (Editor)

When a school's efforts toward change are patterned in tune with its basic organizational structure, these efforts will more than likely result in success. (CK)

"Des Moines makes a concentrated effort to bring together tomorrow's jobs and job-seekers. One strategy is an annual guidance institute. The 4-week program for counselors described here combined academic activity at Drake University with on-the-job experience in business and industrial establishments. (Editor/JK)

The Cooperative Parent Infant Institute sponsored by the Iowa Department of Public Instruction and the Iowa School for the Deaf has served 85 preschool age hearing impaired children since 1978 by providing (1) a parent education program, (2) supplementary diagnostic evaluations, and (3) a family centered recreation program. (Author)

A career guidance institute for educators working with handicapped and disadvantaged learners included 10 hours of seminar/classroom guidance experiences devoted to theory. Each participant then undertook a 40-hour work internship designed to provide experiences and information about entry-level jobs that special needs learners could perform. (SK)

Discusses purpose of resume, describes "advertisement" aspect, and encourages participants to inventory their assets and experiences, and to gather information about their chosen occupational areas. Explains traditional formats and offers suggestions for attractive layout and reproduction. Found that persons who talk with others produce…

Described is a summer institute for art teachers, where they work in an isolated location with artists of their choice--musicians, architects, writers--in order to develop technical skills within a new perspective of learning. (KC)

Reports on a round table of elementary school teachers who had attended inservice training programs. The teachers' motivation for enrolling in these institutes, the problems discussed during training and the impact of the program on their approach to teaching French were the round table main topics. (MES)

An outcomes charting method was used to evaluate effects of a 12-year-old interdisciplinary summer institute for health professionals. Primary outcomes were academic publications, and a case management guide and videotapes. Secondary outcomes included improved clinical service and an undergraduate course on case management. (SK)

Describes a three-week summer institute for high school social studies teachers, held at Rutgers University in 1987, which was intended to prepare teachers for the advanced placement course and examination in political science. Covers institute planning, participant recruitment, institute course content, final evaluation, and follow-up on the…