THE PURPOSE OF THE CONFERENCE WAS TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY AND DIMENSIONS OF A LONG-RANGE PROGRAM DIRECTED TOWARD THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE USE OF INFORMATION MEDIA, SYSTEMS, AND RESOURCES IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION. THE APPROACH PROPOSED AS THE BASIS FOR THE CONFERENCE ASSUMED THAT PROFESSIONAL ATTITUDES AND HABITS ARE IN GOOD PART BUILT IN…

IN A 4-WEEK SEMINAR SPONSORED BY THE INDIANA LANGUAGE PROGRAM AND DEPAUW UNIVERSITY, ADVANCED TRAINING IN NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION AND TEACHER PREPARATION WAS PROVIDED FOR 25 INDIANA COLLEGE LANGUAGE TEACHERS OF FRENCH AND SPANISH WHOSE RESPONSIBILITIES IN THEIR HOME INSTITUTIONS INCLUDED SOME PHASE OF TEACHER PREPARATION.…

Reported in this document are activities of the third Graduate Library Institute for Spanish-Speaking Americans (GLISA). The institute is designed to provide coursework to fulfill requirements of the University of Arizona Graduate Library School, and to develop professional competencies in library services for Hispanic people. Participants and…

This training manual is designed for use by instructional leaders conducting a workshop on the translation and application of research on "thinking processes" into implemented programs of instruction. The objectives of such a program is to develop teacher skills in relating thinking processes to a structure of knowledge (factual…

THIRTY-FOUR PUBLIC SCHOOL GUIDANCE COUNSELORS FROM SIX NEW ENGLAND STATES, NEW YORK, AND NEW JERSEY PARTICIPATED IN AN INSTITUTE TO BECOME ACQUAINTED WITH THE PROBLEMS AND SPECIAL TECHNIQUES INVOLVED IN COUNSELING THE URBAN DISADVANTAGED STUDENT. THE PROGRAM CONSISTED OF LECTURES BY OUTSTANDING AUTHORITIES IN THE FIELD, LIMITED DISCUSSION PERIODS,…

This account of the history of the National Science Foundation Elementary Institutes begins with the National Science Foundation (NSF) Act of 1950. The Cooperative College-School Science Program and pilot programs prior to fiscal year 1959 are described. Separate sections are devoted to the presentation of statistics for each Summer Institute…

This one-year project produced several publications and an evaluative investigation, all having to do with the rapidly growing community of educational information centers. Over 1500 such centers were surveyed by questionnaire to determine their locations, sizes, activities, and holdings. A directory which lists and describes some four hundred…

THE INSTITUTE WAS HELD TO IMPROVE INSTRUCTION AND UPDATE CURRICULUM OFFERINGS THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND PROCEDURES WHEREBY INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS MAY BE INTEGRATED INTO THE LABORATORY ACTIVITIES OF INDUSTRIAL ARTS PROGRAMS. THE 24 PARTICIPANTS WERE TEACHER EDUCATORS, SUPERVISORS, AND TEACHERS FROM 16 STATES. PHASE I…

Three postdoctoral fellows completed a 38-week training program designed to familiarize scientists already experienced in educational research with the techniques of designing and executing a large-scale, long-range educational research project. The program was conducted by the research staff of Project TALENT, a project of the Institute for…

This study concerns the development and preliminary evaluation of a series of "laboratory blocks" of correlated laboratory investigations which integrate traditional subject areas of physical science and introduce key areas of modern science. Concurrent with the development of laboratory blocks have been the design of an inexpensive set…

Described is a training institute for teachers and school community workers who would be working in preschool centers. Trainees spent their mornings doing their field work in a Head Start classroom and afternoons in discussion groups with their instructors. Consultants from various disciplines addressed the training group. The school community…

The consumer's guide presents information on 109 projects which provide inservice special education training to regular education personnel. The prospectus section contains an analysis of the projects as a group and is organized according to the various structures on inservice teacher education. Reviewed are the general trends in training, and…

For this review, approximately 85 studies were identified. The majority were merely descriptions of training programs. There were few studies of teaching assistants' cognitive or affective gains. A number of studies reported significant effects on observed teaching behavior. Whereas quasi-experimental studies generally found significant effects on…

Reported are the findings of a project to evaluate the effectiveness of music therapy with disturbed or otherwise handicapped individuals in a number of different clinical settings. Following an introduction which outlines the project's objectives, a brief section discusses research methodology. The remainder of the document includes a larger…

Guidelines are presented by the National Association for Retarded Citizens to help state and local associations develop citizen advocacy programs. The manual's first section contains an overview of preparing for and conducting workshop training sessions, including a discussion of needed materials and equipment. The bulk of the document is composed…