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Adaptive Arts Techniques II: Oregon Adaptive Arts Techniques Project, January 1980-November 1980.
National Committee, Arts for the Handicapped, Washington, DC. – 1980
The document reports on the Oregon Adaptive Arts Techniques Project, a program to provide direct preservice and inservice training through a series of workshops to teachers and community agents in arts education and its application to handicapped students. Brief summaries are provided for workshop presentations in the following areas (the names of…
Descriptors: Art Education, Dance, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities
Education and the Changing Rural Community: Anticipating the 21st Century. [Proceedings of the Joint] Annual Conference of the American Council on Rural Special Education (9th) and of the National Rural and Small Schools Consortium (3rd) (Fort Lauderdale, Florida, March 4-12, 1989).
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American Council on Rural Special Education. – 1989
This proceedings contains the conference program, a list of presenters, and profiles of keynote speakers. Program descriptions are provided for the 10 1989 Exemplary Rural and Small Schools Program award winners chosen by the National Rural and Small Schools Consortium, and for the 7 1989 Exemplary Rural Special Education Program award winners…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Change, Educational Development, Elementary Secondary Education
The Indian Nations At Risk Task Force and the National Advisory Council on Indian Education Joint Issues Sessions Proceedings. Annual Conference of the National Indian Education Association (22nd, San Diego, California, October 15-16, 1990).
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National Advisory Council on Indian Education, Washington, DC. – 1990
The Indian Nations At Risk Task Force and the National Advisory Council on Indian Education (NACIE) held joint sessions to hear testimony on important issues in American Indian education. This document presents statements given at 15 topical sessions and 3 additional sessions held for special groups. The 15 topics addressed were: teaching Native…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Bilingual Education, Cultural Education
Decade of the Disabled: Transition to Work and Life. Proceedings of the International Conference (3rd, Las Vegas, Nevada, October 9-12, 1985).
National Association of Vocational Education Special Needs Personnel. – 1985
This report includes 87 1-page abstracts of presentations delivered at a conference on transition to work and life for disabled students. Names of presenters are included along with titles and abstracts are grouped into five major areas (sample presentation topics in parentheses): (1) career/vocational assessment (school-based vocational…
Descriptors: Career Development, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
Cognitive Development in the Southern African Context. Papers of a Seminar on Cognitive Development (Pretoria, South Africa, November 1, 1990). [Occasional Paper Nr. 50.]
van Niekerk, Hetta, Comp. – 1991
This book is a compilation of papers presented at a seminar on cognitive development in South Africa and one additional paper. The papers were intended to stimulate research and stress the need for program evaluations. Papers concerned: (1) an initiative to improve black primary school teachers' English language, thinking, and teaching skills, and…
Descriptors: Blacks, Cognitive Development, College Students, Demonstration Programs
Education in a Changing South: New Policies, Patterns and Programs. Report on the Continuing Conference (6th, Atlanta, Georgia, November 2-4, 1988). Legislating Comprehensive Policy for Children and Youth for the 90s.
Southern Education Foundation, Atlanta, GA. – 1988
In November 1988, the sixth annual Continuing Conference of the Southern Education Foundation brought together about 140 veteran educators, civil rights advocates, and experts on federal education policymaking in an effort to candidly reexamine the role of the Federal Government in education. Discussion focused on: (1) how to return the Federal…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged, Early Childhood Education, Education Work Relationship
Ensuring Excellence in Rural Education. Proceedings of the Rural Education Seminar (Washington, D.C., May 3-5, 1982).
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Lewis, Anne – 1982
Drawing on papers presented at the rural education seminar, "Ensuring Excellence in Education for Rural America," and other sources, the report consists of an overview, examples of excellence, barriers to excellence, areas of continuing need, and appendices dealing with the conference. Highlights from the executive summary include:…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Community Support, Comparative Analysis, Demonstration Programs
Literacy 2000: Make the Next Ten Years Matter. Conference Summary (New Westminster, British Columbia, October 18-21, 1990).
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Bossort, Patty, Ed.; And Others – 1990
This conference summary contains 36 presentations. Participants' comments, taken from response cards, are quoted throughout. Presentations from the Opening Plenary include a keynote address--"What Is Literacy?: Critical Issues for the Next Decade" (John Ryan) and four "Panelist Presentations" (Francis Kazemek, Lorraine Fox,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Community Involvement, Community Services