In recognizing the importance of energy conservation to education, the U.S. Office of Environmental Education produced an Instructional Resource Package on environment and energy. In addition to the interdisciplinary packets, fact sheets on energy technologies were developed. Outreach programs were designed to inform teachers about the…

Describes a two-stage project for upgrading practitioners' interpersonal skills in a statewide service delivery system. Involved selection and training of trainers and teaching service providers a model for helping that described the skills, goals, and process for facilitating client action. Provides a brief summary of workshop evaluation data.…

Ways in which to organize a drive-in workshop are presented. They include selection of a chairperson, appointment of a steering committee, timing of the workshop, agenda, speakers, where to get information on drive-ins, awards, publicity campaign, and ways in which to boost membership in professional associations. (CT)

This workshop attempts to raise the awareness of college women and men to the issues of the dual-career family. It is anticipated that by gaining more insight into their own values, participants will be able to make more informed decisions regarding their future career and life-style patterns. (Author)

Concerns PL 94-142 enactment, specifically school responsibility to provide sex education to handicapped students. Describes training format for counselor-conducted workshops to help teachers overcome sexual myths assigned to handicapped and create emotional and educational climate conducive to sex education instruction. (NRB)

A study investigated the attitudes of physical education teachers toward the integration of handicapped children into their classes and examined the inservice workshop needs of teachers of handicapped students. Problems anticipated by physical educators included: (1) time in providing adequate services; and (2) nonacceptance and ridicule of…

Project SAFE (Seizure Assimilation For Educators) was designed as a pilot project to train education personnel in the various aspects of seizure management in emotionally disturbed students. The project training program, utilizing a pretest/posttest design, compared the knowledge levels of 33 educators on seizure disorders and their management.…

Describes two NEH sponsored workshops for the development of foreign language and literature programs which took place at the San Francisco and Houston MLA meetings in 1979 and 1980. Resulting efforts to strengthen foreign language programs as essential components of humanistic education are illustrated by reports from 1979 workshop participants.…

Profiles an academic model which permits all student affairs personnel to actively facilitate student development on campus. Describes three variations of the model, from three universities, which incorporate a series of courses focusing on identified student needs. Describes other related student development activities. (RC)

Presents results of the 1976 workshop organized by the European Communities' Biologists' Association (ECBA) in Amsterdam. Recommendations on university training of European biologists prior to specialization are included. (HM)

Describes a three stage sexual enhancement workshop for adults aged 18-20. The sensitization stage involves sessions on sex and society, stereotypes and the sex response cycle. Desensitization involves group discussion and films related to various sexual expressions. Resensitization emphasizes sexual communication. (RC)

Provides information from 12 directors of Advanced Teacher Workshops and Science Training seminars regarding the question of whether these NSF-sponsored projects concern themselves with values in a substantive way. (CS)

Reports on the utilization of published teaching activities, reference materials and audio-visuals by participants in two in-service energy education workshops. Tables list materials ordered, level of utilization in teaching and lesson planning, and the source for each item used. (WB)

This article describes Oldfields School's systematic orientation program for beginning teachers. They meet as a group and discuss case studies, which give substance to the regulations and policies listed in the school handbooks. (SJL)

The Department of Psychiatric Education at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University holds seven-hour workshops on teaching to enhance the teaching skills of its residents. Presentations of educational principles, simulation exercises, group discussions, and reviews of audiotaped residents are among the techniques used in the…