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American Metric Journal, 1976
San Diego County, California, has established a program in which a mobile van visits cooperating schools to provide teachers with ideas for metric related activities. (SD)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Learning Activities, Mathematics Education
Northern Burlington County Gifted Education Consortium. – 1989
This guide to developing "Activity Days" for gifted children is a product of a New Jersey consortium of eight school districts in Burlington County, New Jersey. Briefly considered are the consortium's philosophy and program rationale. Goals and objectives of the gifted program are specified. The origins of the Activity Day program…
Descriptors: Consortia, Elementary Education, Eligibility, Enrichment Activities
Peer reviewedBoddy, David – Journal of European Industrial Training, 1979
Outlines the concept and forms of "action learning" for managers, stating that the best opportunities for learning take place in a manager's everyday job with group meetings to exchange learning. Describes a regional program in which managers from various organizations work on different projects and then have joint learning discussions.…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Group Discussion
Download full textLouisiana State Dept. of Education, Baton Rouge. Div. of Academic Programs. – 1987
Social studies fairs provide opportunities for citizenship education and for involvement in activities that emphasize thinking and inquiry skills. The Louisiana local, regional, and state social studies fairs present exhibitions of projects prepared by elementary and secondary school students to portray applications of basic principles,…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Community Programs, Competition, Elementary Secondary Education
Knoll, Patricia C., Ed. – 1992
This is the second catalog of the National Park Service's Listing of Education in Archaeological Programs (LEAP). It consists of the information incorporated into the LEAP computerized database between 1990 and 1991. The database is a listing of federal, state, local, and private projects promoting public awareness of U.S. archaeology including…
Descriptors: Archaeology, Audiovisual Aids, Citizen Participation, Curriculum Development
Salzmann, Christian – Western European Education, 1990
Defines a learning locality as a learning site that has used purposeful pedagogical and methodological efforts to enhance learning, such as zoos and museums. Describes a regional learning locality as one in which children, youth, and adults actively explore their immediate environment. Describes two German regional learning localities, Old Town…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education, Discovery Learning, Ecology
Cooperative Educational Services, Norwalk, CT. – 1985
A project involving educators and business leaders in southwestern Connecticut was undertaken to develop an intensive, competency-based business course to provide high school students with the skills to fill entry-level administrative support positions. The project was designed to: (1) recruit and motivate students with high potential for success…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Behavioral Objectives, Business Administration, Business Education
