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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and Oceania. – 1980
Officials responsible for designing and introducing curriculum innovation in countries participating in the Asian Programme of Education Innovation for Development (APEID) met in Australia in September 1979 to exchange experiences and explore problems and issues of common interest. Conference participants, representing educational ministries or…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Problems, Demography, Developing Nations
Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater. – 1978
Reported are conclusions and recommendations from the Water Education Planning Conference held in October, 1977 in Oklahoma. The 51 participants, science educators, scientists, representatives from state and federal water agencies, and legislators, were given tasks and questionnaires concerning the national guidelines for water resource education…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Conservation Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Policy
Download full textAssociation of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. – 1975
The Library of Congress was the topic of the October, 1975, meeting of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Presentations were given on: (1) the future uses of automation to aid the Library of Congress in its authoritative information and bibliographic data collection and dissemination functions; (2) the progress and projections for the…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Conference Reports, Databases, Foundation Programs
Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville. – 1990
This report documenting the speeches and recommendations made during a conference on library and information services begins with three presentations: (1) "Preparing for Partnerships: Libraries and Educational Reform in Tennessee" (Secretary of State Bryant Millsaps); (2) "The Tennessee Governor's Conference on Library and…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Financial Support, Government Role, Illiteracy
Brown, George H.; Faupel, Elizabeth M. – 1987
In January of 1987, a planning conference was convened by the Center for Education Statistics as part of an effort to study the feasibility of various approaches to the nationwide assessment of children's readiness for instruction in kindergarten and first grade. This report provides, in an appendix, the texts of the four commissioned papers…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Data Collection, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy
Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Copyright Office. – 1975
The first day of the National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works' (CONTU) third meeting was spent at IBM processing headquarters, where commissioners learned about the history and terminology of computers, information storage methods, computer capabilities, computers and copyrights, future trends, and costs. On the second…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Computers, Copyrights, Federal Legislation
Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Copyright Office. – 1976
With its sixth meeting, the National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works (CONTU) switched from substance to verbatim minutes. The first report, made by the president of the Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers Association, dealt with the copyrightability or patentability of computer programs, protecting investments…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Computer Programs, Copyrights, Federal Legislation
Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Copyright Office. – 1976
The National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works (CONTU) met on May 7, 1976, to hear reports on copyrights as they apply to computers and the information industry. The first spokesman was the president of Educational Communications (EDUCOM), a consortium of colleges and universities collaborating on the distribution and use…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Computer Programs, Copyrights, Federal Legislation
Peer reviewedWeiser, Margaret G. – Childhood Education, 1985
Focuses on highlights of annual OMEP conference entitled "The Child vs. Social and Domestic Tensions" held in Madrid in May 1985. Topics summarized include reports of various national projects, Andalusian Project in Spain, Education for Peace Project, and responses collected from 17 countries regarding international understanding in…
Descriptors: Conferences, Cross Cultural Studies, Early Childhood Education, Immigrants
Peer reviewedNeedham, Joseph – International Review of Education, 1979
After explaining the anti-science impact of the "Gang of Four," the author reports on the National Science Policy Conference held in Peking in March, 1978. In summarizing major speeches and the proposed eight-year development plan, he emphasizes the renewed feelings of liberalism and confidence among Chinese scientists. (SJL)
Descriptors: Anti Intellectualism, Attitude Change, Communism, Conference Reports
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). General Information Programme. – 1991
The purpose of this meeting was to solicit input for action on the topic of training information users in higher education with special reference to the needs of developing countries. Two documents which had been prepared to form the basis for discussion were introduced: a report of a survey that had investigated what was being done in selected…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Hujanen, Taisto, Ed. – 1984
The speeches and papers presented in this conference report are concerned with the information needs of migrant workers and immigrants and the current provision of this information in the press, radio, television, and educational systems of host countries. National reports on the situation of migrant workers in 14 countries are presented,…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Civil Rights, Communication Problems, Foreign Countries
Pfleiderer, Joanne, Ed. – 1989
Proceedings of a conference on teacher assessment are presented. A speech accompanying presentations of the 1988 Educational Testing Service Award for Distinguished Service to Measurement and a list of winners of that annual award from 1970 to 1988 are included. The nine papers provided include: (1) "Strengthening the Teaching Profession…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Bhola, H. S.; And Others – 1983
This report on the International Seminar on Campaigning for Literacy at Udaipur, India is divided into three main parts. Part 1 describes the context and background of the seminar, its specific objectives, and the organization and procedures of the seminar. Part 2 provides an overview of the seminar proceedings. The inaugural statements are…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Demonstration Programs, Developing Nations
Henderson, Kathryn Luther, Ed.; Henderson, William T., Ed. – 1983
Papers presented at the 1981 Allerton Park Institute include: (1) "Conservation: What We should Do Until the Conservator and the Twenty-first Century Arrive," by Robert H. Patterson; (2) "Expanding Preservation Resources: The Corps of Practitioners and the Core of Knowledge," by Pamela W. Darling; (3) "National…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Laboratories, Library Administration, Library Materials
