Workshop for presidents of engineering colleges, deans and directors of engineering research, to discuss improvement of research administration. (IR)

Proceedings are summarized from the four-day conference "Parents and Children: A Family-Focused Approach to Service Delivery," held in Williamsburg, Virginia, July 1982. (MP)

Provides a definition of creative thinking and describes the objectives, design, and outcomes of creative thinking workshops. Gives examples of workshop exercises intended to encourage self-confidence, curiosity, and risk taking, which in turn influence the ability to tap one's potential for creativity. (SK)

Weighs the advantages and disadvantages of using the workshop approach in college writing instruction. Focuses on inadequate instructor qualities, inadequate class mix, poor use of time, boredom, and grading procedures as problems to be overcome when using the workshop approach. (RL)

Examines factors leading to the growth in direct response marketing; elements that differentiate direct response marketing from marketing as a whole; and workshops designed for educators to develop curriculum in direct response marketing. (CT)

The article presents forms and procedures for evaluating staff of a sheltered workshop for mentally retarded adults. Forms evaluate performances of shop supervisor, shop counselor, and clerical workers. (CL)

Stress Inoculation Training overall is more effective than no treatment in reducing self-reported anxiety and increasing self-reported confidence in performing speech behaviors. Merely being in a speech class reduces observed anxiety behavior. (Author)

Describes the library skills workshops, expressly designed for faculty secretaries, executive secretaries, administrative assistants, and clerk-typists, that have been successfully experimented with by the University of Maine at Orono Libraries. (Author)

The problem of when to leave symbolism alone and when to plunge into interpretation is examined through an elderly woman's relationship to a doll. (FL)

The career education staff development effort in the Louisville Middle Schools is examined. Focus areas include: unique needs of the middle school student, training activities, barriers encountered, and factors contributing to the workshops' success. A figure illustrates the staff development plan. (CT)

Describes student participation in sessions on news writing, interviewing, news reporting, yearbook production, and so on. (KS)

A practitioner reflects on workshop planning, outcomes and evaluation, learning in groups, and the facilitator's motivation. (SK)

New perspectives on the time-honored technique of workshops have identified two major concerns: the context of workshops and the diverse potential of this format for adult learning. (SK)