Information and communications technology (ICT) pervades virtually all domains of modern life--educational, professional, social, and personal. Yet although there have been numerous calls for linkages that enable ICT competencies acquired in one domain to benefit another, this goal has largely remained unrealized. In particular, while technology…

The goal of this issue of By Request is to offer educators, parents, and policymakers a brief introduction to writing across the curriculum (WAC) and the two approaches most commonly associated with it: (1) writing in the disciplines (WID); and (2) writing to learn (WTL). The following are provided: (1) a brief overview of the theories; (2)…

In this publication ENQA (European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education) has taken the opportunity to bring together two distinct but related reports. Part 1 examines the language of European quality assurance. It grew out of the debates and discussions at an ENQA workshop in Warwick in June 2006. The success of the workshop…

This article discusses the results of a two-year paraprofessional training program in basic counseling skills, sponsored by the Department of Counseling and Guidance at Indiana University and the Indiana State Employment Securities Division. The Rokeach Dogmatism Scale and the Porter Test of Counselor Attitudes were used as criterion measures in…

Describes a workshop at Baruch College for 125 paraprofessionals enrolled in a composition course at the college freshman level. (RB)

Equating cheating with clever solutions, copying with learning from observing a neighbor's work, and the notion that noise in a room is not conducive to learning are discussed. The author describes workshop situations in which teachers became aware of the burden such misplaced taboos places on their students' learning. (JP)

In November 1969 Marymount College organized the Innovation Workshop as a first step toward institutional renewal. The workshop's objective was to heighten the consciousness of students and faculty about the need for change in the undergraduate experience. (Author)

A parent's group has been developed in conjunction with a clinic which uses the acoupedic approach of auditory language training for children from birth to school age with severe or profound hearing losses. (DB)

A training model designed to involve practicing counselors in a reexamination of their views of entry level workers is described. A brief presentation of the rationale, procedure, and effect of the experience on participants is provided as one response to a neglected area of counselor education--involvement with and training experiences for…

The workshop described here was designed to initiate skeptical school personnel to a form of sensitivity training, the T-group approach, while providing a safe and non-threatening atmosphere of exposure. (Authors)

A workshop for summer school administrators helped them solve financial problems. (PG)