Reactions of occupational education teachers and administrators participating in the Illinois Vocational Association inservice workshop/graduate course conducted by Northern Illinois University indicated this delivery system to be a valuable experience of inservice professional development. (EA)

This document is a trainer manual for a five-day workshop on social conflict and negotiative problem solving. Objectives of the workshop include an understanding of (1) personal orientation to conflict; (2) differences between collaborative, negotiative, and win-lose conflict-solving strategies; (3) in-depth conditions and processes for successful…

Presented are three formal papers and 11 workshop summary statements from a 1976 pilot conference on primary prevention of mental illness. Initial chapters describe the design and implementation of the conference and review results of a preconference survey on primary prevention programing. The three formal papers included are "An Overview of…

The development of history as it is written and taught was outlined with emphasis on The History Workshop volumes that attempted to bring history closer to the central concerns of people's lives and to offer examples of what a people's history is, or might be, about. (Author/RK)

Santa Clara County, California, school districts cooperate to hold workshops to educate school board campaigners. Six suggestions for holding similar workshops are included. (Author/IRT)

Report of a Workshop (Subject-Field Meeting) conducted at the Annual Conference of the National Association of Independent Schools, February 1969.

The facilitator's manual outlines a four hour training session on the implications and implementation of P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. Allotted times are noted for various workshop activities which cover such topics as due process. Appendixes, which make up most of the manual include transparancies, a pretest, due…

Evaluation of parent involvement in the following ten early childhood programs in the Philadelphia school district is presented: (1) Child Care (CC); (2) Head Start (HS); (3) Parent Nursery (PN); (4) Get Set (GS); (5) Durham Child Development Center (DCD); (6) Preschool Child Development Project (PCD); (7) Original Follow Through (OFT); (8) Follow…

VARIOUS MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS IN INTERNATIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION WERE PRESENTED FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM, FRANCE, JAPAN, CANADA, UNITED STATES, AND ITALY. ALSO, SEVERAL PAPERS DISCUSSED (1) PROBLEMS, FUNCTIONS, AND TRENDS, (2) THE IMPACT OF INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION ON THE CLASSROOM TEACHER, (3) PRODUCTION FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT, (4)…

Delegates from Wisconsin public libraries were invited to attend a 2-day workshop together with several consultants and representatives of the Division of Library Services to plan for an assessment, examination, and evaluation of public library service to children in the state. Issues and tasks addressed by the group included (1) the formulation…

Based on interviews with more than 50 individuals at television stations, colleges, and publishing companies, as well as on a review of existing literature, this report summarizes the "state of the art" in telecourse use and makes recommendations for future research efforts. This document is part of a series of instructional materials…

This manual was prepared for use at a 2-day seminar to aid college and university administrators and station executives in making effective decisions about the use and implementation of telecourses. There are four objectives for the workshop: (1) to understand the characteristics, attitudes, needs, and desires of various groups involved in…

This publication is a compilation of keynote addresses and workshop presentations given at a national conference on the Child Development Associate (CDA) program held in conjunction with the 1979 annual meeting of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). The document is divided into eleven sections. Each section…

The ideas of four contemporary poets--Ann Deagon, Lyn Lifshin, Marge Piercy, and Alice Walker--concerning the oral interpretation of poetry are presented in this paper. The poets' ideas relate to the following topics: (1) the importance of reading poems aloud; (2) reasons why they give poetry readings, and effects of their poetry readings on their…

The document offers guidelines for conducting an inservice program for parents of gifted students. Initial sections describe the inservice model, list activities on identification of the gifted, and present information on emotional consequences of giftedness. Following sections address key points from other presentations, the workshop agenda, and…