Basically designed as an inservice training activity for vocational education personnel, the conference had three broad objectives: (1) to upgrade the professional personnel, involved in vocational educational programs in North Dakota, (2) to sharpen the focus of the role of vocational education in meeting the needs of people, and (3) to continue…

The report is one of a series containing data and recommendations relevant to the task of developing future plans for Montana's post-secondary education. A brief introduction outlines the methods used in gathering information on manpower needs, and is followed by a review and summarization of the data collected, including a description, analysis,…

The report on adult and continuing education is one of a series presenting data and recommendations relevant to developing plans for the future of Montana post-secondary education. The introduction briefly describes the approach used by the group carrying out the study. It is followed by a review and summarization of the data collected. Sources…

The spring meeting of the Southwide Research Coordinating Council focused on descriptions and demonstrations of management information system components developed by various southeastern State vocational education agencies. Reports concerning research and development activities, as viewed from the national scene and from two national centers, were…

This report of the activities of the New England Program in Teacher Education (NEPTE) during the period of July 1973 through June 1974 is divided into 10 sections. The introduction briefly describes NEPTE's purpose and history. The second section communicates the general thrust of the year's activity toward finding sources of funding other than…

Presented in this document are the conference papers on Reform and Planning of Higher Education, held in Oxford, England, March 31-April 5, 1974. This symposium was centered on the British experience and the present state of thinking in the United Kingdom, and includes fifteen papers read by British lecturers and five by non-British lecturers that…

Presentations made by representatives of various extension centers cover: psychology in extension, concepts for extension and advisory work, extension research policy, problem-solving research, observations on an experience in extension education, and comments on the seminar. Group reports are also included. (MJM)

This conference record is organized according to the kinds of sessions that were held: general sessions, which include the keynote speech and the banquet speech; discussion groups, which were divided according to four topics--priorities, processes, products, and problems; the French group; and the annual banquet and business session. An appendix…

This report summarizes and compares results of three conference seminars on Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI) held in 1967, 1968, and 1969 for administrators and teachers. Basic seminar objectives were to give participants an opportunity to exchange ideas about IPI, to provide them with information concerning future developments of IPI,…

This paper is a report of a symposium on research in mathematical learning and teaching held during the annual meeting of the California Mathematics Council in 1966. Speakers and their topics were: Professor Frederick J. McDonald - "The Teaching of Mathematics"; Dr. John E. Coulson - "The Learning of Mathematics"; Professor Zoltan P. Dienes -…

This booklet summarizes the initial conference of the Canadian Association of Mathematics Teachers. The primary purpose of the conference was to exchange information on objectives, present state and proposed development of mathematics curriculum in the provinces of Canada and to comment on the difficulties experienced in introducing new approaches…

A critique of the concept of human capital as an evaluative measure of manpower development programs initiated this conference. Manuscripts from the more than 50 authors are included for reports on "basic" research in the labor market field (inter-plant and intra-plant mobility, the peripheral labor force, and problems of statistical…

The 39 medical educators attended a 2-day conference to resolve some of the disparity which exists in the knowledge and utilization of audiovisual aids and to define the role of learning resource centers. Major presentations were: (1) "The Continuing Confusion in Communications" by J.F. Wolker, (2) "Visual Systems: Pro and Con" by R.S. Craig, (3)…

This is a report of a Conference of State Supervisors of Mathematics held at the University of Virginia December 4-9, 1969. The long-range goal of the conference was "to stimulate replication of successful compensatory programs in mathematics for low achieving students." Forty-eight state supervisors representing 34 states and Puerto Rico…

This is the second volume of reports on the work of the Further Education Staff College. Each volume consists of accounts of the proceedings of selected study-conferences and collections of special papers and monographs. Twenty numbers are published each year covering the development of further education, college and industrial relationships, the…