Three different types of metric workshops are identified, and steps in planning each type are discussed. (DT)

The five American Vocational Association (AVA) Regions, organized only 18 months ago (1975), are now finding their place in the AVA structure. Their activities and accomplishments to date were reported to the membership at Regional meetings in Houston. It became clear that the regions are creating new opportunities for individual members and the…

The authors describe their assertive training workshops and seminars which they began as directors of Applied Potential, a counseling service for women. Assertive training is presented as a confidence-building technique for adult clients. (Author/HLM)

A systematic, preliminary evaluation of the impact of a death and dying workshop on participants' attitudes toward life and death is described. Results were statistically significant for one measure (fear of death) in the expected direction but not for two others (attitudes toward life and anxiety about death). (LBH)

Reports on the 1997 International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) conference activities. Discusses the Standing Committee meetings; the workshop; IFLA programs; election results; prizes; and future conferences. Includes abstracts of the presentations. (AEF)

States that, for one instructor, professional inquiry in a graduate education program has led to a critical examination of day-to-day practice in the classroom, especially regarding the writing process in the grade 7-9 writing workshop he formerly taught. (PA)

Contends that in order to have a successful writing workshop, teachers need to model writing for their students through interactive writing. Outlines a writing workshop which includes: a drawing stage; guided phonics-based spelling; adult underwriting and individual minilessons; large-group focused minilessons; "minisharing"; and the publication…

Presents a polylogue that represents the dilemmas, practicalities, tensions, and rewards encountered by four graduate students and two faculty members through participation in a seminar in qualitative methods and practice, a course that involved student-researchers in reading, reflection, and five weeks of fieldwork. Includes "prologues" for each…

Discusses a ten day workshop for kindergarten and fourth grade students that centered around the art exhibit "Contemporary Chinese Art and the Literary Culture of China" held at the Lehman College Art Gallery (Bronx, New York). Explains that students created accordion books based on Xing Fei's "Red Book." (CMK)

Explains how the library professional staff in a Colorado Springs school district has changed the focus of their job role from technology implementation and support to increasing student achievement. Discusses reasons for the change, the library technology educator model, standards of performance, and collaboration with classroom teachers. (LRW)

Discusses a two-year action research study conducted at a high school that transformed reluctant students into lifelong readers by emphasizing intrinsic motivation as opposed to programs that use rewards to motivate students to read. Explains how to design an action research question. (LRW)

Outdoor educators often ask students to write journals without training them in journal writing. A workshop in journal writing for university students in outdoor education courses covers how to write entries related to specific content areas; an understanding of Bloom's Taxonomy of Cognitive Thinking and how it applies to journal writing; and…

Describes how finger puppets can be a safe, creative way for young children to express feelings, act out roles, create play scenarios, and reenact stories as one step toward reading readiness. Details a finger puppetry workshop for early childhood education students; notes that the preservice teachers could produce inexpensive, usable teaching…