Includes relevant passages from the working document discussed at the Fourth Regional Conference of Ministers of Education and Those Responsible for Economic Planning in Asia and Oceania, five recommendations adopted by participants, and a 303-item annotated bibliography on the establishment of links between education and productive work. (JEG)

This volume provides synopses of discussions at a meeting of project directors holding grants from the National Science Foundation for the development of instructional materials to be used in science and mathematics courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The focuses of these discussions were new degree programs, identification and…

An international conference and a workshop on nonformal education were held on the campus of Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, on April 24-May 3, 1974. The objective was to explore new strategies for developing nonformal education in order to more effectively meet the educational needs of developing nations. This is a report of…

This UNESCO report summarizes activities at the 1977 International Conference on Education. The Conference considered the following items: (1) "present educational policies with reference particularly to the interaction between education and development"; "Major trends in education"; and "The problem of information at the…

Resolutions of the Standing Conferences of the European Ministers of Education for the years 1959 through 1973 are presented. Each of the eight conferences passed between two and eight resolutions. Among the topics of the resolutions passed at the conferences were the following: primary, secondary, and technical education; educational problems…

A collection of papers is presented which focuses primarily on presently available technology of multi-channel one-way cable television which presents major new opportunities for education and to a lesser extent on the more advanced two-way cable which will assume increasing importance in educational applications in the years ahead. The 30…

This document features the proceedings of a 3-day workshop which highlighted a 12-month project focusing on educational personnel who work with the handicapped. The document contains four major addresses: "An Overview of the Expanding Federal Commitments to Vocational Education and Employment of Handicapped Individuals" by William Halloran;…

A report is presented of the Working Conference for Directors of State Studies of Adult Education, held in Clearwater, Florida from January 26-28, 1976. The conference provided a forum for issues emerging from State studies, study designs used, strategies for implementing recommendations, and future projections and was attended by over 40 people…

This report includes the presentations of the speakers appearing before the National Clinic on Technical Education. Topics cover human resource development; the impact of technical education on economic development (in Mississippi); economics of allied health education; manpower implications of environmental protection; manpower needs for…

In February of 1974, 135 representatives of 40 colleges and universities from the U.S. and Canada met for the first time to share experiences and programs relative to experimental outdoor education, and these conference proceedings contain the 7 major addresses and a condensed sampling of other presentations from individual college programs.…

The document presents a report of the conference "Access to Continuing Education," held at Oxford University, July 1-3, 1975. It is based upon a reading of documents provided to conference participants; on interviews and conversations with a number of participants, organizers, and attendants at the conference; and a review of documents…

The proceedings of the 1974 Educational Testing Service Invitational Conference on Moral Development are included in this document. Six presentations cover a wide range of topics concerning the nature of moral development, the predominant educational philosophies in the schools, the distinctions between cognitive understanding of moral dilemmas…

A compendium of a conference on the role of the college/university in the preparation and development of educators sponsored by Project Update, a program of continuing professional development for faculty members at institutions of higher learning in New Jersey, is presented. The conference agenda and the participants are listed, followed by texts…

An overview is presented of the background and proceedings of a conference planned to share information on dissemination and utilization research conducted by National Institute of Education sponsored projects in educational laboratories and R&D centers in order to form a community among those who share similar research objectives and problems.…

Proceedings of the EDUCOM 1974 Spring Conference are edited and collected under four topic headings related to questions of ever-tightening budgets and relationships between public institutions of higher education and state coordinating or governing boards. Aspects covered include the development of state-wide resources-sharing arrangements; the…