The report discusses accomplishments of a project to develop and implement a field based instructional model for training university faculty in career education for handicapped students and to encourage career education training in existing university programs. It is explained that the project served three subgroups: 55 university faculty members,…

A workshop model specifically designed to help people decide whether to become parents or remain childfree is presented. A variety of tools, procedures, and skills, such as a scale to assess one's level of commitment to remaining childfree, are discussed. Desirable characteristics of the workshop facilitator, and the need for evaluation of the…

This paper discusses the structure and process of an A.R.C. workshop, an innovative approach to inservice training. Following a general introduction, including impacts on workshop participants, the paper details four basic components of a workshop: (1) the opening session, (2) examining readiness for professional development, (3) exploring…

THIRTY-FIVE FACULTY MEMBERS REPRESENTING TWO-THIRDS OF THE VOCATIONAL NURSING PROGRAMS IN CALIFORNIA ATTENDED TWO SERIES OF WORKSHOPS, EACH LIMITED TO EIGHT PARTICIPANTS, TO INVESTIGATE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS OF IMPROVING NURSING INSTRUCTION. GENERALLY, THE WORKSHOP DAY WAS DIVIDED INTO THREE PERIODS--CLINICAL EXPERIENCE, A WARD CONFERENCE, AND…

A multiple time series design was used to test the effectiveness of short workshops for housewives recruited to teach basic reading to adults in bringing about changes in teacher attitudes and opinions. An attitude and opinion survey questionnaire comprising true-false items was given on three occasions, to all participants of a nine-hour…

The Developmental Career Guidance Project in the Detroit, Michigan schools sponsored a workshop which was designed to help youngsters improve their self-concepts by sensitizing teachers to the implications of various elements of self-theory. The teachers consequently had to go back to their own classrooms and creatively develop materials and…

The paper describes research, specific problem areas, and resources of the National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE) regarding individualized education programs (IEPs) for handicapped children. Listed are such negative research findings as concern about increased time demands on teachers, as well as positive findings,…

This publication is the product of a workshop held in Chicago in November, 1976. The workshop involved twelve community college leaders and twelve representatives from ERDA (Energy Research and Development Administration) in exploring ways of successfully integrating the community college system into ERDA's energy conservation programs. This…

The efficiency of training severely retarded adults in sheltered workshops with frequent changes of specific jobs can be increased through an "operations" approach. The approach focuses on teaching workers to respond correctly to cues frequently used in vocational training, such as modeling or priming the response, or providing match to sample…

In August 1975, the Louisiana legislature passed a bill, Act 812, which required each school board "to provide for and conduct an annual two day in-service teacher educational program for teachers during the minimum session of attendance required. . . ." The two day in-service activity was to be conducted within the required 180 days of…

The document contains a summary report of a community college real estate teachers' workshop organized to develop course outlines for the various areas in the real estate curriculum. Curriculum outlines are presented, with varying degrees of detail included, for the following eight subjects: real estate appraisal; real estate brokage; real estate…

Since high school forensics workshops play an important role in the total educational forensics scene, forensics directors and administrators should examine and evaluate their schools' workshops in the light of the changes which should be made. In order to do this, a student-centered philosophical base should be established and four external and…

This publication consists of materials that can be used to evaluate teacher inservice workshops in terms of participant reactions. An evaluation form is completed by workshop participants, and summary scores are tallied. The publication consists of (a) an introduction, (b) the participants' evaluation of inservice teacher workshops form, (c) tally…

The Augmented Human Intellect (AHI) system is a computer-based system designed to store, structure, and retrieve textual information in a way congruent with the characteristics of the individual. It provides for the hierarchical ordering of information and for the manipulation of text through a system of cross-referencing, modification, and…

This study was conducted to determine if the Leadership and Self-Development Workshop for Women changed the participants' attitudes toward leadership and attitudes toward individual issues that are identified with the concerns of women today. Subjects were 25 women students enrolled as sophomores at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. The…