A summary of the workshop convened in May 1971 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil by the Council on Higher Education in the American Republics to assess current applications of communications technology for the improvement of educational systems in Latin America is given in this document. Against a background which includes: 1) technological asymmetry in…

The Third Annual Regional Workshop on Migrant Education was held on March 5-9, 1972 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. This conference was for migrant educators from the Eastern Stream states extending from the Gulf of Mexico north to New England. Over 480 participants met, coordinating their ideas and experiences to create a better world for the…

This study evaluated five Family Life Education Workshops designed to prepare elementary and secondary school teachers in Contra Costa County, California, to offer instruction in family life education, with an emphasis on healthy sexuality. The 30-hour workshops were offered in spring and summer 1968, winter and summer 1969, and fall 1970.…

In this issue, the Consortium on Early Childbearing and Childrearing, a federally funded research utilization and information sharing project, reports on recent conferences, workshops, and publications pertaining to the problems of young parenthood. The Consortium is directed principally toward helping communities initiate and improve health and…

The logical structure of the data bank is described from the user's point of view, without reference to machine implementation. The length of files, records, segments, and fields are variable and unlimited; duplication factors are unlimited; sequence of files, records within file, and segments within record are random. All data are subject to…

The ultimate objective of the proposed Appalachian Adult Basic Education (ABE) Teacher-Trainer Reading Wrokshop is to improve the reading ability of the rural, disadvantaged population in Appalachia. In order to achieve this goal, a teacher-trainer workshop in reading is proposed. A team of four experienced adult basic educators will be selected…

Eighty individuals attended a workshop which provided an opportunity to consider strategies and develop guidelines for improving and expanding vocational education opportunities for disadvantaged youth and adults. Presentations included in the document are: (1) "Handicapped and Disadvantaged Sections of Public Law 90-576" by John Wyllie, (2)…

Project ENABEL (Extern Network of Adult Basic Education Leaders) was launched as a pilot project to: (1) analyze the essential character of the Adult Basic Education (ABE) problem, (2) identify individuals and institutions whose functions are critically related to the ABE problem, (3) identify personal qualities and professional competencies…

This report details those 4-H staff development and training programs conducted at the national level that have been partially financed by a W. K. Kellogg Foundation grant. A national invitational joint meeting of State 4-H Youth Leaders and State Leaders was held in 1971 to discuss implementation of these programs. Twelve workshops and seminars…

A progress report is provided concerning those 4-H Staff Development and Training programs conducted at the national level and partially financed by a W. K. Kellogg Foundation Grant. During the first three months of 1972, seven workshops or seminars were conducted at the National 4-H Center, involving 273 staff members from all 50 states, Puerto…

This conference report begins with a statement of purpose and an outline of organization for the conference. Three topics--human development, studies for all men, and teachers and teaching--were related to the liberal arts, the humanities, and the disciplines and were to be brought to focus by three synthesizing reports after the completion of the…

The Federally Assisted Staff Training project is designed for teachers in the inner-city schools. Over 15,000 teachers and other staff members of the Detroit public school system have participated in this in-service program since April 1966. The program covers eight phases: in-service consultant-leadership training, teacher behavior improvement…

This booklet, published by the Workshop Center for Open Education, contains eight articles on open education and teacher centers. The first article, providing background information on the Workshop Center, emphasizes the need for distribution of information to teachers, administrators, paraprofessionals, and parents on open or informal education…

The development and field testing of inservice modules for teaching skills and processes inherent in an individualized reading program and proposed refinements of these modules on the basis of field test feedback were the focus of this study. The Miniteaching Unit contained seven segments, each composed of a videotape and a corresponding workbook…

In an effort to reduce the outbreak of highway crashes and citations observed among young males aged 18-19, countermeasure programs were conducted with seniors in 10 suburban high schools including 'driving workshops' conducted one day a week for six weeks under regular teachers trained by project staff. Records of 9,000 subjects, including…