Describes "Can We Talk," a series of workshops that gives parents the skills and support needed to discuss healthy relationships and sexuality with their children, explaining: why it was created; how it helps; what happens in the workshops; when parents need this help; how parents respond to the program; and how the program is being used in…

Assigned 48 Head Start teachers and 48 parent volunteers to either a Collaborative Training (CT) or Workshop Training (WT) approach. Found that CT teachers and parents reported greater levels of active involvement in and satisfaction with training, and greater levels of parent classroom activity than WT participants. CT teachers demonstrated…

Argues that children's literature is a great tool for teaching writing in the elementary grades. Offers a list of fine children's literature the authors use to teach specific writing and "writerly" skills. (SR)

Introduces refocus of "Beginnings Workshop" section to help administrators bring ideas, strategies, resources, and suggestions to their child care and early education professionals. Identifies four goals of the workshop: honor the mission of supporting directors in creating successful child care environments; reach more teachers; support directors…

Considers why educators should teach theater arts to kids, what educators want kids to get out of it, and whether the art itself should be subordinated to how it can support other subjects. Argues that both school arts programs and outreach companies should reconnect with their communities. (SR)

Discusses reading and writing workshops at Green Intermediate School. Notes that Nancy Atwell's voice has become a significant thread woven into a tapestry of literacy research and instruction among others whose work has contributed to the evolution of the way educators teach children to negotiate language. (SG)

Online instructors (n=153) who completed a website questionnaire identified three low-bandwidth technologies they used for short seminars and workshops: website with asynchronous discussion, website only, and web-based training with asynchronous discussion. Graphics were recommended to be smaller than 50 kilobytes. Synchronous discussion received…

Describes a workshop designed to assist pregnant and parenting adolescents through the use of journaling techniques. Concludes that journaling can increase the adolescents' receptivity to social and emotional introspection and may be beneficial as an opening exercise to clinical interventions. (JDM)

Describes a new instructional framework, Internet Workshop, designed around three themes reflecting how literacy is changing. Notes that the Internet Workshop consists of an independent reading of information on the Internet around a topic and a location initially designated by the teacher; it concludes with a short workshop session where students…

Relates a case study in Donald Schon's reflective practice approach to professional education. Notes that the author conducted a seven-day intensive training session for Samoan reporters covering a trial. Explains the Schon approach, gives the context to the training, and presents the case study of the curricular and pedagogical approaches to the…

An educational workshop was developed in Monroe County, New York on teen depression and suicide. The workshop used a proactive, preventive-educational approach, including both primary and secondary prevention modalities, directly available to teens, parents, and youth professionals. The program subsequently developed new partnerships between…

A faculty development workshop that addressed assessment, measurement, grading, and evaluation was designed for a system of 21 career-focused postsecondary schools with 1,500 faculty. Faculty, students, and administrators were involved in the design, and a pilot test was conducted with a small group, which resulted in adjustment of activities and…

Provides a checklist of the opportunities, benefits, and barriers to the introduction of independent work-based learning courses in higher education, developed from workshops held at Coventry University (United Kingdom). Considers points of view of learners, the university, and the employers. (Author/LRW)

Interactive distance-education (n=226) and face-to-face (n=129) continuing education workshops for health care and education professionals on sports nutrition were evaluated immediately and after 6 months. The well-designed distance-education format was as effective and acceptable as face to face and increased sports nutrition knowledge. (SK)

The Evaluating Methods for Motivational Enhancement Education trial evaluated methods for learning motivational interviewing (MI). Licensed substance abuse professionals (N = 140) were randomized to 5 training conditions: (a) clinical workshop only; (b) workshop plus practice feedback; (c) workshop plus individual coaching sessions; (d) workshop,…