NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing 19,726 to 19,740 of 20,699 results Save | Export
Davis, Marcheta Z., Ed. – 1973
This document reports on a conference, concerning rural blacks in four Southern states, that has as its theme the definition of the problem and research priorities relating to the development of a sense of community. A section on formal presentations includes topics such as democracy, economic progress, and research in the southern region, the…
Descriptors: Black Community, Black Culture, Black Influences, Blacks
Greenville Technical Coll., SC. – 1974
The theme for the proceedings of the conference is "Technical Education--A Continuing Search for Quality." The topics of the 10 papers included in the proceedings covered the search for quality, technical teacher training, effective student counseling, educational management by objectives, educational management through joint participation with…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Conference Reports, Correctional Rehabilitation, Counseling
Rural Development Service (USDA), Washington, DC. – 1971
Information derived from the Federal Information Exchange System on Federal outlays in rural America (160 Federal programs) provides the basis for this initial annual report. Information is reported via narrative and tabular data and relates only to Federal assistance. Highlighting some of the recent rural socioeconomic trends, the narrative…
Descriptors: Agencies, Annual Reports, Education, Employment
Porreca, Anthony G., Ed.; And Others – 1975
The 17 presentations of the second Decisions Ahead Conference reflect the contributions of several persons who are representatives of important contemporary vocational and career education issues. The topics on which the conference was planned represent significant views of researchers, conceptualizers, and practitioners which can assist in the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Development, Career Education, Conference Reports
O'Shea, David W., Ed. – 1974
Proceedings of the 1974 Second Annual Conference of the Sociology of Education Association are presented. The conference, which focused upon the sociology of the school and schooling at the elementary and secondary levels, was structured around three objectives: (1) provide sociologists of education an opportunity to review past work in their…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Educational Change, Educational Environment, Educational Objectives
Clark, Cynthia L., Ed. – 1976
The principal objectives of this conference were to exchange information, discuss theoretical and empirical developments, and to coordinate research efforts. The papers and their authors are: "The Graded Response Model of Latent Trait Theory and Tailored Testing" by Fumiko Samejima; (Incomplete Orders and Computerized Testing" by…
Descriptors: Ability, Adaptive Testing, Bayesian Statistics, Branching
University System of Georgia, Atlanta. – 1974
The responsiveness of Georgia's universities, senior, and junior colleges to the state's students is reported. Many new programs were added, modified, or expanded, and were implemented to keep up-to-date with requirements for new types and emphases of instruction, research, and public service that reflect rapidly changing technology and economic…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Annual Reports, College Administration, Curriculum Development
Bostick, Herman F., Ed.; Hutchinson, Gail, Ed. – 1973
This report includes the following addresses to the conference: (1) "Some Socio-linguistic Considerations in the Teaching of Foreign Languages", (2) "The Case of Afro-Portuguese Literature", (3) "Foreign Language Success Stories--Hackensack Has It!", (4) "On Apes, Poetry, and Language Teaching", (5) "A Sociolinguistic Aspect of Japanese Americans…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, African Culture, African Literature, Conference Reports
Nicholls State Univ., Thibodaux, LA. Graduate School. – 1972
The report is a final evaluation of a three-week Adult Basic Education (ABE) institute emphasizing rural ABE, and of the research phase of the project conducted July 1971--May 1972. Throughout the institute, participants were requested to compile a list of areas of adult education research based on the presentations and discussions during the…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Basic Education, Adult Dropouts, Adult Educators
World Education, Inc., New York, NY. – 1974
Opening with a message from president Thomas B. Keehn, the publication presents the reports of four regional representatives for Asia, Africa, Latin America, and North America focusing on the following organizational goals: (1) developing and expanding the World Education program of integrating family life planning with functional literacy…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
Holloway, Ralph, Ed. – 1974
At a meeting of community/junior college officials on proposed academic redesign based on learning resource centers, various aspects of instructional development were discussed. Topics include the use of television to extend education, organizing for instructional development, bringing about change, the concept of the learning center, organizing…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Colleges, Conference Reports, Cost Effectiveness
Picasso de Oyague, Alfredo – 1972
This study on malnutrition as a limiting factor in the development of education (and, hence, in socioeconomic development generally) was presented to the UNESCO Seminar on Education, Nutrition, Agriculture and Man. The paper reports on recent research showing that the development of the central nervous system in very young children (including the…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Development, Childhood Needs, Cognitive Development
Magisos, Joel H.; Schroeder, Paul E. – 1974
The annotated bibliography provides abstracts of 43 research reports, guides, handbooks, descriptions of pilot programs, conference and seminar proceedings, and monographs, and of 12 journal articles, all published since 1967, dealing with the various aspects of vocational education administration at the State level. The cited listings were…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Annotated Bibliographies, Bibliographies, Computer Oriented Programs
National Association of Secondary School Principals, Reston, VA. – 1975
The curriculum report describes the Experience-Based Career Education project (EBCE) that is attempting to foster productive relationships between school and community and to meet the personal and occupational needs of high school students. The four project centers are: Far West School (Oakland, California), the Academy for Career Education…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Education, Career Guidance
Aberdeen Coll. of Education (Scotland). – 1974
Papers from a conference series initiated in the Aberdeen College of Education in 1968 and recently held in Golspie, Scotland (July 1974), address policy oriented recommendations relative to rural education. This conference report is intended to serve as a useful source of ideas; as background information on international rural educational…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrative Problems, Bilingual Education, Conference Reports
Pages: 1  |  ...  |  1312  |  1313  |  1314  |  1315  |  1316  |  1317  |  1318  |  1319  |  1320  |  ...  |  1380