Participants in prior planning sessions selected problems encountered in teaching English to Navajo students as the specific theme to be stressed during the conference. Subsequently, 5 formal addresses were presented at the conference, w rkshop groups were formed and 6 workshops were conducted, and 2 panel discussions were held. The major foci of…

Staffing patterns in 123 sheltered workshops in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania are described through measures of professional density, and are related to varying organizational characteristics. Shops with no professionals serve fewer clients than those with professionals, and very little professional time is available per client. An…

Thirty-five Head Start children received special instruction in various language skills. A control group consisted of 25 Head Start children. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of this special teacher-developed language readiness curriculum on the grade one reading achievement when compared to the achievement of the control…

During an inservice training program on the construction and use of informal reading inventories, 14 teachers of freshman English learned how to administer informal reading inventories, how to use information obtained to construct reading profiles, and how to use reading profiles to guide reading instruction. After six 2-hour sessions, they…

This report outlines the main ideas generated by participants in a one-day workshop on "Futures in Education," which was conducted by the Temple University Department of Educational Administration in May 1977. The format of the workshop emphasized participating discussion; no formal presentations were made except for reporting the results of a…

Presented is the final report of a project to provide occupational home economics teachers with learning experiences designed to increase their knowledge and skills in working with students with special needs. Three phases of the project are outlined: development, implementation, and evaluation. Results of the project are provided in table form,…

The entries in this journal represent the second annual publication of selected material dealing with the topic of black theatre. Articles describe an evening with the Frank Silvera Writers Workshop in Harlem, relate an interview with Vinie Burrows, explore the thinking of black scholars and artists on the elements of the African-American theatre…

Reported are the activities of a project in Wisconsin aimed at modifying programs providing inservice and instructional materials to vocational, technical, and adult education districts to allow participation by handicapped students. Section I provides a summary of project activities, including workshops, collection of materials, publications,…

This project was funded by the National Science Foundation to help institutions of higher education develop course-related library instruction programs for students in undergraduate science programs. The second volume of the annual report for 1976-77 continues appendix four of the first volume, the October 1976 workshop proceedings. It presents…

The proposed plan for providing teacher training to implement the occupational clusters approach to career orientation in Virginia schools consists of four phases. Phase I is a two- or three-day regional workshop for teachers about to implement the program. During the two weeks of phase II teachers begin the program in their school classrooms,…

Reported are the findings of a project to evaluate the effectiveness of music therapy with disturbed or otherwise handicapped individuals in a number of different clinical settings. Following an introduction which outlines the project's objectives, a brief section discusses research methodology. The remainder of the document includes a larger…

A national survey was designed to obtain information in four principal areas of concern: (1) what preparation medical faculty members had for their roles as teachers; (2) instructional practices of medical faculty; (3) where faculty are experiencing difficulties in teaching; and (4) in what areas they are interested in receiving help. A stratified…

The major purpose of an interpersonal communications workshop is to provide participants the opportunity to acquire knowledge and practice skills in face-to-face communication, individual communicating style, group and organizational factors which affect communication, and continued improvement of individual communication skills. The exercises in…

This report of a two-day workshop on non-traditional careers in librarianship provides the text of five major presentations as well as summaries of the three alternative sessions which followed. Each of the speakers described a different type of career: (1) Alice S. Warner of Warner-Eddison Associates is an information broker; (2) Robert E. Herz…

The four speeches which were given at this one-day workshop are reprinted in this document. The opening speaker began with an assessment of the problem of illiteracy in the United States and presented the library as an agency already dedicated to adult education and teaching of reading. The next speaker challenged librarians to keep abreast of…