Describes Project Childcare, initiated by a day care center in Rockland, Maine. The program focuses on cooperation between the day care center and family day care providers. (CM)

Explores the problems surrounding maximization of quality instruction in community colleges. Discusses how to recognize poor instruction, questions that should be asked of potential faculty members, faculty determination of evaluation criteria for instructional exellence, and programs and workshops directed solely toward instructional improvement.…

A questionnaire to assess teacher preferences for continuing education offerings was distributed to 555 randomly selected elementary school teachers in a large metropolitan area. Educational background influenced interest in research skills and in examining new materials and instructional strategies, but not interest in discussing educational…

Describes group workshops to eliminate self-defeating behavior as an alternative to suspension in the secondary school. Students who worked at understanding the SDB process reported they had better communication with their teachers and received fewer and in many cases no more disciplinary referrals. (Author)

A summer program to provide American teachers of French opportunities for interaction with French people and culture is described. It is a contract program which unites curriculum development procedures with cultural experiences in France, language practice, and purposeful travel. (SW)

Twenty-eight different courses in Britain, Europe, and the U.S. were examined, most of which involved participants only as passive members of an audience listening to a lecture or watching a demonstration. Preferences were for a workshop design that is flexible, learner-oriented, and encourages individuals to study themselves in a learning group…

Describes an inservice education program for agricultural teachers in Brazil. The purposes, organization, and operation of the United Nations Development Programme/Southern Illinois University Brazil Project are provided. (CP)

Elements to be included in a systematic approach to helping managers in their work and in the process to obtain relevant learning are outlined, along with methods of handling the interaction between the work pressures on managers and trends in the business environment. (MF)

This conference dealt with learning styles and characteristics and the benefits of individualized instruction, and with intercultural communication. Serveral papers presented at the conference are summarized and a number of workshops are described as the program is outlined. (CHK)

The process used by the University of the Pacific for developing a competency-based PharmD program in 1976 is described. The same procedures can be applied to similar programs for any professional degree in pharmacy. Course content, behavioral objectives, and charges to workshop groups are included. (Author/LBH)

Proposed is a center, to be operated as an independent yet university-affiliated institution, to fulfill multipurpose functions, including offering an experimental credit course on self-realization and eventually offering community-oriented workshops in this area. Details of the course are outlined. (LBH)

The redistribution of power brought about by collective bargaining is a major source of conflict between teachers and administrators. This article describes and reviews one school district's workshop conducted to bring these two sides closer together. (Author/DS)

The American Council on International Sports (ACIS), with a State Department grant, planned, organized, and conducted a program designed to revolutionize physical education and sports in all Iranian public schools. Some of the results are discussed. (LBH)

Reviews a project designed to prepare participants to assume leadership roles in the implementation of the Intermediate Science Curriculum Study (ISCS). (SL)

A model for a workshop designed to revitalize the teaching of measurement in a metric context is given. The model is organized in terms of planning, preparation, operation, closing, and follow-up. (MN)