Developed over a two-and-a-half-year period at Des Moines Family Learning Center, this series of 30-week workshops allows parents to share problems and advice, becoming familiar with the ways in which other parents handle family situations. The series is divided into the following three sections: self-esteem, misbehavior, and emotions; creativity,…

Sixty-six public libraries selected by random sample, substitutions and participation requests, tested Rutgers University 1970 Performance Measures Manual to gather information on the evaluation and improvement of public libraries. Selection was based on geographic location and budget categories. Following instructions for manual's use at…

Parents and prospective elementary teachers together planned a story hour for preschoolers and learned about childrens books. (JH)

An interagency system, geared to improve and create jobs for farm workers in Fresno County, California, is described. Key parts of the system include short training courses for workers, teacher training for bilingual agricultural specialists, and labor management workshops for employers. (Author/MS)

Data from questionnaires indicated that the Tennessee Aerospace Education Workshops were successful in reaching their stated goals, which included developing a greater awareness of aerospace education and helping teachers incorporate more aerospace education in classroom activities. (MLH)

Weekend workshops for teachers, focusing upon moral development, prove helpful to participants in encouraging them to understand and strengthen their own moral values, thus enabling them to encourage development of sound values in their students. (JD)

Describes and evaluates a global education workshop held at United Nations Headquarters in August 1977. The purpose of the workshop was to introduce educators and administrators at UNESCO associated schools to innovative approaches and methods for teaching about global concerns and the work of the United Nations system. (DB)

Analyzes the inservice education preferences of 228 Chicago public school teachers, revealing that: (1) teachers favor meetings organized for teachers with similar teaching responsibilities; (2) involvement in sharing ideas is preferred to lectures; (3) practical topics are preferred to theoretical ones; and (4) no optimal time length was…

Illustrates the groundwork that has been laid to pave the way for significant alterations in African educational systems. Describes the impetus provided by the UNESCO/UNICEF Cooperative Program for a universal education that incorporates formal, non-formal, and informal learning. The program began in Eastern Africa in 1972. (Author/RK)

Teachers in an inservice science program develop self-awareness and sensitivity to student needs and feelings. (Editor)

Provides guidelines for a two-day workshop in metric measurement for teachers in public elementary and/or secondary educational systems. Discussed are the philosophy of such a workshop, objectives (cognitive and affective), methodology, and evaluation. An example workshop, following the guidelenes, is presented, along with a bibliography of…

Urges college journalism instructors to contribute to the training of high school students by learning about the professional press, sharing their knowledge with high school teachers, and setting up one-day workshops for high school students. (GW)

Describes an annual fall retreat for junior college newspaper staffs, which involves a program of workshops and discussions about problems, goals, and staff members' roles; offers advice on planning such a retreat. (GW)

Describes interactive planning workshops sponsored by the Department of Energy hosted by community colleges which select community leaders to review and comment on plans and programs for energy conservation. (TP)