The document contains proceedings from a convention on educating the gifted student. Brief summaries of presentations cover topics which include: humor as an indicator of giftedness, characteristics of gifted teachers, identification of the gifted and talented student, curriculum for the gifted, leadership training, counseling gifted Black…

Abstracts of presentations concerning educational research and new programs to be made at the 62nd annual meeting of the American Association of Dental Schools (Las Vegas, March 17-20, 1985) are given. (MSE)

This document consists of papers presented at the Second Mathematics Education Conference in May 1982 at Lae, Papua New Guinea. Included are the following titles: (1) The Use of Academic Subjects in a Service Capacity; (2) Some Factors Affecting Mathematics Learning in a National High School; (3) An Extraneous Role for the VTR in Educational…

Cosponsored by St. John's University (New York) and the Learning Styles Network of the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP), the conference was designed to bring together leading figures in the fields of student learning styles and brain behavior research. Thirty-two papers from the conference are collected in this volume,…

This publication grew out of a symposium--"Funding for Women with a Special Emphasis on Sources for Women's Educational Equity"--held in San Francisco, California, in 1979. It consists of 10 papers by 10 women who discuss funding for educational research and development projects concerned with sex equity. The papers encourage women to…

This document provides papers presented at a conference that focused on the ways in which definitions of quality are translated into practice in early childhood education and on ways to assess the quality of practice. The conference included four keynote lectures, presentation of six papers, and four symposia. The lectures, which are not included…

The theme of this convention was the impact of policy changes on practices in early childhood education worldwide, and particularly in New Zealand. Nine keynote addresses considered issues relevant to early childhood education. A total of 53 papers presented at the convention discussed: (1) cultural issues in early childhood education; (2)…

This conference proceedings consists of edited submissions of 63 workshops and presentations covering the historical aspects of experiential education and current and future trends in experiential education. Two types of material are included: (1) "information foundation" papers, that are relatively longer, theoretical or descriptive in…

This collection of 27 brief essays focuses on universal aspects of childhood and early childhood education, education for peace, model early childhood programs, and the development of children's thinking and creativity skills. The essays are: (1) "The Universal and the National in Preschool Education (Goutard); (2) "Preschool Childhood:…

The proceedings of a conference that discussed the universities' responsibilities in the preparation of mathematics teachers are presented. The report covers a series of meetings at Queen's University, Kingston, Canada, from August 31 to September 3, 1977. The conference was restricted to university mathematicians and mathematics educators in…

This collection of papers is from the first national conference of academicians, teachers, school administrators, parents, television industry specialists, and government agency personnel interested in children and television. The 23 papers are presented under the following topics: (1) development of receivership skills (skills required for the…

This document is comprised of the proceedings from the first Central and Eastern European Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) meeting in Budapest, Hungary, October 24-28, 1999, convened to begin the development of an ECCD network in the region to address the similar needs and concerns of children in these countries. Following an…

Achievements and possible future projects of the American Economic Association's Committee on Economic Education (CEE), whose goal is to improve teaching in college and university economics, are discussed. The Teacher Training Program (TTP) was established by the CEE in the 1970's to develop programs to train economic educators. To date the…

This document presents 12 seminar papers describing research and development efforts in self-instructional programs being undertaken in six countries: the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Jamaica, Liberia, and Canada. The following are topics covered in the individual papers: research and development activities in primary schools; the technology…

UNESCO member states discussed educational efforts undertaken to improve international understanding, peace, and respect for human rights. Chapter 1 summarizes the reports of individual countries. Although the citizens of each of the countries have their rights protected through their respective constitutions, there is some variation in the…