Reports on the third annual Haystack Teacher/Crafts Institute, an intensive week-long session cosponsored by the Maine Art Education Association and the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. The intent of the workshop is to promote renewal among the participants in their dual roles as teachers and artists. (SJL)

Describes an environmental-based staff development program which supports and works with teachers to improve their instructional programs through more and better use of natural, social, and built environments. Includes principles central to the program's approach and program's four major steps (initial training; pre-planning sessions; full-day…

If the conference-workshop method is used to its full potential in writing instruction, a number of dialogs can be established during a semester which are mutually reinforcing, and which, because of their interpersonal nature, can help to break down egocentricity in students' first-person narratives. (RL)

Describes a series of one-day interpersonal communication workshops held for corrections personnel using transactional analysis as the primary conceptual training vehicle for stimulating the trainees. Illustrates the process of designing, implementing, and refining a specialized communication training program and provides recommendations for…

Describes four approaches to competency-based staff development piloted in Texas during 1978 and 1979. These approaches to staff development are identified as (1) the pre-post workshop model, (2) the pre-inter-post workshop model, (3) the opportunities course model, and (4) the diversified training model. (CT)

Attractive features of the videodisc, a storage medium of digital and visual information, include large storage capacity, low cost, rapid access, and ease of duplication. Widespread adoption of the videodisc will be determined by availability of appropriate software and funding, and public demand and perceptions about its advantages over other…

Discusses an American Association of Community and Junior Colleges/National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) project, "Strengthening Humanities in Occupational Curricula." Reviews conference workshops, which presented model humanities education programs for occupational students and discussed methods for improving humanities…

Reports on a three-day conference entitled "Creative Process in Education: Design for Quality Learning." Held at the University of Arizona in Tucson, the conference focused on integrating the arts into the elementary curriculum. Teaching ideas presented in workshop sessions are described. (Author/SJL)

Summarizes recommendations made in a workshop sponsored by the American Chemical Society concerning issues involving the diverging viewpoints of chemistry and chemical engineering. Includes recommendations regarding curricula, salary differences, and the need to change attitudes of chemistry faculty toward industry and industrial chemistry. (CS)

Describes how persons working in health care settings can learn basic counseling and empathic listening skills through a special course/workshop. The rationale for introducing such counseling to medical professionals and an outline of an instructional model are included. (Author)

Described is a five-day workshop in the new environmental art form of sky sculpture, which was presented at Wingfield High School in Jackson, Mississippi. Included are daily activities and the design considerations faced by students when planning their balloon creations for flight. (SJL)

The author outlines steps for organizing a successful workshop. A planning checklist and flow chart are included. (SJL)

The overall effectiveness and mutual benefits obtained by teaming economists and social studies educators in teacher workshops to teach economics are discussed. (CJ)

Mid-career planning workshops help middle aged adults who are contemplating career changes to identify skills, clarify values, and gather information for their prospective job shift. (SK)

A 1979 Paris workshop is summarized that included presentations and discussions on the causes of European and U.S. student dropouts and failures, methods for overcoming such failures and their specific applications in different institutions, and student selection problems. (MSE)