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Science and Technology For What Purpose? An Australian Perspective.
Healy, A. T. A., Ed. – 1979
This document presents proceedings of a workshop held as part of Australia's preparations for the United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development, 1979. An overview of the workshop is presented, along with a transcript of the keynote address. Four topics are then addressed: (1) The Changing Allocation of Resources of Science…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Industry, Science Education, Scientific Enterprise
Choices for Science. Symposium Proceedings. Bunting Institute Working Paper.
Radcliffe Coll., Cambridge, MA. Mary Ingraham Bunting Inst. – 1980
These proceedings result from a symposium designed to provide a forum for the consideration of major social issues confronting science today. Participants (including scientists at different stages of career development from undergraduate concentrator to Nobel laureate) discussed issues related to the scientist's responsibilities as scientist and…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, College Science, DNA, Engineering
Environmental Design: Research, Theory, and Application. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Environmental Design Research Association (10th).
Seidel, Andrew D., Ed.; Danford, Scott, Ed. – 1979
The assembled collection contains research reports (with an abstract) and, in many cases, abstracts only of unpublished papers grouped under the following topics in environmental design: (1) perception and preference, (2) social-environmental issues, (3) urban environments, (4) housing and residential environments, (5) theory, (6) research…
Descriptors: Architectural Research, Building Design, Children, College Housing
Shaping Civic Values in a Technological Age: Public and Private Challenges. Toward a National Dialogue. Conference Report and Discussion Guide on the Jennings Randolph Forum (2nd, Washington, District of Columbia, May 8-10, 1983).
Eisenberg, Diane U., Ed. – 1983
Designed as a resource for community program planners and teachers, this publication reports the highlights of a national conference on civic values in the technological age and provides guidelines for planning community discussions on the topic. Following an introduction, four sections of conference highlights are presented in a uniform format:…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Civics, Community Programs
The White House Conference on Handicapped Individuals. Volume One: Awareness Papers.
1977
The compilation of 24 papers provides information concerning the health, social, economic, educational, and special concerns of handicapped U.S. citizens. Included are the following titles and authors: "Research" (J. Weston); "Application of Technology to Handicapping Conditions and for Handicapped Individuals" (W. Ayers); "Rehabilitation…
Descriptors: Architectural Barriers, Attitudes, Civil Liberties, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Children, Families, and Public Schools: Building Community Alliances for Learning. The National Education Association's Annual Conference on Human and Civil Rights in Education (23rd, February 22-24, 1985). NEA Report.
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National Education Association, Washington, DC. – 1985
This conference addressed the problems of children whose circumstances limit their ability to learn, their access to equal educational opportunity, and their basic civil rights, and the role of National Education Association (NEA) members and their communities in solving these problems. The keynote address by Blandina Cardenas Ramirez, excerpted…
Descriptors: Alienation, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Community Involvement