The concept of counsellor-as-teacher has gained popularity as a developmental approach to helping people achieve interpersonal competence. This article describes a systematic training program designed to help counsellors transfer their skills to the classroom and thus become teachers of interpersonal effectiveness. (Author)

After noting that adult educators should examine how to facilitate learning in a training situation, the author describes three experiential activities (for use in the opening sessions of workshops or seminars) which allow the participants to become acquainted with each other and thus, help establish an atmosphere conductive to learning. (EM)

Aspects of decline that affect architecture--enrollment, resources, facility condition, funding, the educator's role, and the architect's role--were discussed by workshop participants. Specific solutions included building conversion, master plans, an energy bond referendum, and a regional school concept. (Author/MLF)

Panel members discussed voting trends, declining enrollment, success of bond issues, school closing, and a summary of NIE's research on declining enrollment. Workshop members participated in discussing the issues. (Author/MLF)

Describes an inservice workshop strategy for training teachers to create self-instructional materials. Workshop steps include (1) defining instructional objectives, (2) developing a post-test, (3) choosing an instructional strategy, (4) trying out the strategy, and (5) revising the instruction. (RT)

Reviews a leadership development aerospace educators workshop held at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, July 22, 1977, and an introductory/advanced aerospace workshop held at Central Washington State College. (SL)

This paper is about an education experiment, the sponsorship and coordination of a series of workshops for teachers by an organization of teaching anthropologists. We plan to discuss the impetus for the formation of such a series of workshops, and then describe and evaluate them. (Author/JM)

A seminar designed to ease school integration tension reveals that teacher/student attitudes and concern can cause problems as well as solve them. The seminar also shows teachers that there is a difference between black and white culture. (Author/AM)

This section, "Le Planetaire," contains an interview with Anne Slack on the American Association of Teachers of French and contemporary French culture, a review of a dictionary of familiar French for students, dates to remember, events of interest to French teachers and a general bibliography. (Text is in French.) (AMH)

The history, goals, and current activities of the Center for Teaching and Learning at Stanford University are outlined and discussed in this article. The Center's main areas of concern are graduate student teaching, guidance for young faculty, and faculty renewal. (JD)

Describes the activities, goals, and benefits of the Regional Program for Nursing Research Development, a regional approach to stimulating clinical nursing research, conducted under the auspices of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (Division of Nursing). (TA)

The updating and renewal of knowledge and skills are professional responsibilities of all school counselors. Unfortunately, while an ever-growing need for new knowledge and skills exists, there seem to be few organized efforts to meet these needs. This article describes a model that was designed to fill this void. (Author)

HELP (P), the Higher Education Learning Project (Physics) is a collaborative venture among teachers of physics in several British universities involving skill development, stimulation of individualized study, and teaching techniques. (LBH)

A significant experiment in educational cooperation is described: the U.S.-Japan CULCON Joint Project on Education and Mutual Understanding, a pioneering effort directed toward elementary and secondary level curricula. (LBH)

Evaluated the relative effectiveness of two teacher-training packages under two analog consultation conditions. The experimental training package was found effective in increasing teachers' knowledge of behavioral procedures and in increasing the frequency of teacher verbalization regarding overt child behaviors and behavioral intervention plans…