Sets forth some essential facts about the aging process and discusses issues of concern to those who teach art workshops to older adults. (FL)

Describes the use of television as a tool to start parents and kids talking to each other about sensitive, serious issues. (Author/JM)

Presented are 11 sources of literature relating to inservice courses, programs; training materials, and workshop descriptions to aid classroom teachers in the mainstreaming of handicapped students. (LH)

Describes a successful five-day writing workshop held at West Chester State College (Pennsylvania) for teachers from a variety of departments, which increased the participants' insights into the writing process and changed their attitudes about writing instruction. (DD)

Describes a series of "Writing across the Curriculum Workshops" for faculty members at Michigan Technological University. (DD)

Reviews the XIIth International Conference of the International Society for Music Education (ISME), held in Montreux, Switzerland, July 10-17, 1976. (Editor/RK)

Discusses the importance for teachers of conflict resolution through negotiation and describes a model teachers' workshop on conflict resolution. (JG)

A facilitator of workshops and assemblies on social skills recounts revealing dialogs with elementary and middle-level students. Discussion, often accompanied by singing and guitar music, focuses on the issues of belonging, fitting in, making friends, offering support, and practicing empathy. The music is the vehicle for helping students express…

To facilitate effective group learning, adult educators should understand group dynamics, group size and structure, process, expectations and ground rules, and learning styles. Cooperation, active learning, and creative problem solving are enhanced in group instruction. (SK)

Residential workshops make a unique contribution to learning. They provide detachment and continuity, creating an atmosphere that enables breadth and depth of experience. (SK)

Outlines a workshop to develop and discuss strategies for formative evaluation of courseware and to create evaluation tools appropriate to those strategies. After watching a software demonstration, small groups devised evaluation strategies. Two approaches were identified: one to evaluate the software and printed material separately and together,…

A school board member in Gilman, Wisconsin, started a literary awards program to improve student writing. Students compete for prizes, and at the end of each year the winning entries are published in a literary magazine. (MLF)

Summarizes how a group of five elementary and middle school teachers gathered during a summer reading workshop to discuss their views on teaching reading using literature. Concludes with one teacher leading the group to create a poem that captures the essence of the discussion. (SG)

Describes a collaborative language-focused curriculum design project in a 3-week training workshop for international teaching assistants. The design attempts to deal with the shortcomings of short and intensive programs. Outlines the theoretical underpinnings and structure and process of the curriculum design effort. (SLD)

Advances the idea of using the workshop format for basic writers' development as writers. Finds that workshops generate conversations and discussions that encourage social, political, and economic awareness to help basic writers discover who and where they are in society. (PA)