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Download full textDavis, Carolyn – 1978
This set of training materials was developed for a nationwide prevention education program designed to develop new citizen awareness of the importance of making sound, personal decisions leading to the reduction of drinking problems and alcoholism. There are three packages of prevention education materials presented: Reflections in a Glass, for…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Community Action, Community Leaders, Decision Making
Dunning, Bruce B. – 1976
In 1974, vouchers for institutional vocational training were available in the Work Incentive Program (WIN) in Portland, Oregon, from April until the end of September. Voucher recipients were allowed up to six weeks in which to decide about a training occupation, locate an appropriate school, and make arrangements for enrollment. Relationships…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Ancillary Services, Career Choice, Decision Making
Miller, Margaret A.; Ehrmann, Stephen C.; Rohan, Sue; Eaton, Judith S.; Mac Gregor, Jean; Wergin, Jon F.; Alberts, Bruce – 1998
The seven speeches in these proceedings were presented at the 1998 American Association for Higher Education conference on assessment. "Blueprints" sets out the architecture of the conference with four "strands," each focusing on one level of information. The first is assessment of pedagogies in the classroom, on campus, and…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Attitudes, Educational Change, Educational Quality
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1991
This working document suggests guidelines and strategies for the development of education in Africa during the 1990s. The first chapter, "Educational Development in Africa during the 1980s," identifies the following: the main educational challenges in the early 1980s and the responses proposed by the Conference of Ministers of Education…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Developing Nations, Economic Factors
Dysart, Brent, Comp. – 1983
The proceedings contain the text of the major presentations to the interpretation seminar, held September 21-23, 1983 at Bark Lake, Irondale, Ontario, and attended by 66 participants. The proceedings contain the keynote address, which defined interpretation for the participants, and 11 other presentations dealing with planning and evaluating…
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Conservation (Environment), Cultural Background, Environmental Education
Nellum (A.L.) and Associates, Washington, DC. – 1980
This report describes the purpose, process, and outcomes of the Symposium on "Policy and Program Issues Related to Child and Family Services to Black Americans," sponsored by the Division of Black American Affairs of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). In stage one of the symposium task group activities, the participants, who came…
Descriptors: Blacks, Child Rearing, Child Welfare, Children
Bell Educational Trust, Cambridge (England). – 1989
A collection of reports of the presentations and workshops held at an international conference on the teaching of English as a Second Language includes: "More about Teaching Idioms to Intermediate Students" (Frank E. Bell); "Learning Language from Literature and Literature from Language" (Frank E. Bell); "Negotiating a…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development, Drama, English (Second Language)
Zukas, Miriam, Ed. – 1986
The main theme of the conference was the politics of adult education research. The following papers from the conference are included in this compilation, following the opening address (Nisbet): "Some Tension Points in Adult Education Research" (Bryant and Usher); "Key Issues in Adult Education Research" (Gerver); "Some…
Descriptors: Accountability, Action Research, Adult Education, Comparative Education
Bell, William G., Ed.; Ashford, Norman J., Ed. – 1984
These conference proceedings contain the texts of 62 papers. The first 17 papers include 4 keynote presentations as well as reviews of: major developments in several countries (Brazil, Canada, Great Britain, Jordan, Netherlands, Sweden, United States) and Hong Kong; handicapped travelers' access to air transport; and application of microcomputer…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Air Transportation, Area Studies, Cost Effectiveness
United Nations Children's Fund, Santiago (Chile). Oficina Regional para les Americas. – 1987
One of every two children in developing nations does not complete primary school and four out of ten adults do not read or write. Of these ten, six are women. There were 44 million illiterate adults in Latin America in 1985, and of the 66 million school age children, 8.5 million were not in school. Thirty million of these children lived in…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Developing Nations, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives
National Association of Vocational Education Special Needs Personnel. – 1988
The report by the Employment Preparation Committee of the President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities examines the impact of the 1984 Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act in light of its consideration for renewal in 1989. A position statement by the Committee urges the adoption of seven principles concerned with (1) setting…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities
1982
This monograph contains the proceedings of a conference that provided a forum for those who design, develop, conduct, evaluate, or administer competency-based educational programs for adults regardless of the program setting. Introductory materials include an overview of the conference, an introduction, and a foreward that summarizes the previous…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education
Tamir, Pinchas, Ed.; And Others – 1983
This book contains the papers presented at an international seminar which examined the state of the art and the problems and issues related to the preservice and inservice education of science teachers. These papers, numbering above 60, are arranged in 9 chapters. The first chapter provides a general overview of problems and issues related to…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Inservice Teacher Education
1977
This conference was called to discuss the need for, and the strategies used in, implementing basic skills remediation at the college and university level. All levels of higher education were represented, as well as research professors, elementary, secondary, and post-secondary school administrators and teachers, representatives of the business and…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Conference Reports, Developmental Programs, Developmental Studies Programs
Bossone, Richard M., Ed. – 1982
This report summarizes the proceedings and presents the papers discussed at a national conference on effective aspects of urban education. The first paper discusses the development of the San Francisco (California) Redesign Program, a five year master plan for educational reform which aimed to improve the physical educational environment,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Community Involvement, Computer Assisted Instruction
