Reviews a project designed to prepare participants to assume leadership roles in the implementation of the Intermediate Science Curriculum Study (ISCS). (SL)

Describes the 1986 Summer Institute in Global Education held on the campus of New York University. Through simulation, participants "traveled" to two of four global areas: China, Africa, Latin America, or South Asia. This article reports on the presentations, readings, and learning experiences offered on the China and India…

Discusses the approach to curriculum development used in the Global Studies Summer Institute held on the campus of New York University in 1986. Maintains that the process was unique in that it was truly a cooperative, democratic process which merged the talents of global scholars and expert teachers. (JDH)

Provides an analysis of continuing education in West Germany. Discusses the pluralistic nature of financing, the corporate sponsorship, and internal versus external educational activities. Presents advantages and disadvantages, reasons, and criteria for selecting either internal or external methods of continuing education. (JM)

Lehigh University offered a summer institute for high school teachers titled "The Machine in America: Its Role in the Development of American Society." Provides a summary and evaluation of the 1983 institute, indicates some teaching projects that emerged from it, and offers suggestions for those who might consider similar efforts. (JN)

Outlined are the history, programs, and staff of the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Gottingen, West Germany. (SL)

This report presents results of a study completed in fall 2004 by Inverness Research Associates on behalf of the National Writing Project (NWP). The study was designed to satisfy a U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) requirement that programs assess participants' satisfaction with their professional development experiences, and also assess the…

The economic census is the major source of facts about the structure and functioning of the nation's economy. It provides essential information for government, business, industry, and the general public. The economic census furnishes an important part of the framework for such composite measures as the gross domestic product estimates, input…

Summer institutes for minority group science teachers and those teaching minority group science students provide opportunities for broadening horizons for both the teachers and their students. (MF)

Students of teachers who had attended a summer institute on water pollution control performed better on an achievement test at the end of the following school year than classes of teachers with equivalent qualifications who were not selected for the institute. Other control groups of students were also used. (AL)

Article attempts to show that the relationship between testing and the rest of the training function is a dynamic one. (Author/MM)

Author describes inservice training program currently operating at the Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver, and comments on the reasons for and role of political science in pre-collegiate education. (MB)