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Australian Coll. of Education, South Bentley. Western Australia Chapter. – 1974
This seminar was concerned with a critical examination of the total situation at all levels of education and with an exposition of the "ideal" role of education as an agent of change to achieve a desirable situation. The first of two papers examines some issues and suggested solutions within the learning society. The problem facing…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Innovation
Piper, David Warren, Ed. – 1973
This selection of conference papers on a national purpose for higher education in England begins with an analysis of the distribution of power in "Who Decides the Purposes?" Maurice Kogan argues for a "consumer council" formally representing students. The concept of "social purpose" is examined by Bill Weinstein in…
Descriptors: College Role, College Students, Conference Reports, Consumer Protection
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
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. – 1990
The miscellaneous studies section of the proceedings includes the following 14 papers: "The News Shapers" (Lawrence C. Soley); "Journalism and Mass Communication Journal Reviewers: Their Standards and Perceived Roles in the Research Process" (Stanley T. Wearden and Fred F. Endres); "Celebrity Advertising: Perception,…
Descriptors: Abortions, Advertising, Agenda Setting, Childrens Literature
Council of Europe, Strasbourg (France). – 1987
Many aspects of social policy affect the lives of shut out youth in Europe. The purpose of a symposium held at the European Youth Center (Strasbourg, France) was to draw attention to these issues and recommend ways to coordinate the social policies that affect the well-being of youth. The relevance of current policies was assessed in local,…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Family Role, Family (Sociological Unit), Foreign Countries
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
Carters, Alexander N., Comp. – 1980
This is the eighth of eight volumes consisting of series of publications of the Center for the Study of Liberal Education for Adults (CSLEA), such as Notes and Essays, Research Reports, Occasional Papers, and Conference Reports. These materials provide both theory and practice in the area of non-credit adult liberal education offered by colleges…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
Download full textThode, Kathleen B., Ed. – 1976
The document reports on a 1976 conference discussing critical issues related to income maintenance and full employment. The objective is to explore the persistence of inequality and want in America and the issue of achieving more equality through income maintenance programs and full employment. Major topics include values issues; income…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Change Strategies, Conference Reports, Economic Change
Falcon, Angelo, Ed.; Santiago, John, Ed. – 1992
A policy forum featured a presentation by Linda Chavez on the public policy needs of the Puerto Rican community. The forum also included a panel of experts from the Puerto Rican community to provide critical feedback on Chavez's presentation. Chavez argued that Hispanic Americans can move into the mainstream of United States society, and that…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Bilingual Education, Conservatism, Elementary Secondary Education
DeKock, Anita, Ed. – 1987
The number and depth of global problems is increasing and the capacity of the United Nations (UN) to deal with them is diminishing. The international effort to deal with environmental problems is fragmented and underfunded. The UN has no mechanism for the routine identification and analysis of problems and the proposal of solutions to them. In the…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Economic Change
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and the Pacific. – 1983
The report of a seminar involving 13 Asian nations held to develop coordinated population education programs is presented. Following an introduction describing background, objectives, and participation, chapter 1 summarizes the reports on national population education presented by Afghanistan, Bangladesh, the People's Republic of China, India,…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cooperative Planning, Educational Cooperation, Educational Improvement
Stanley Foundation, Muscatine, IA. – 1988
The conference reported on in this document focused on the profound changes taking place in the world, changes characterized by their international nature and requiring multinational cooperation. The security of national borders continues to be a concern, but internal threats to governments are the more common phenomenon. The combination of…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Conservation (Environment), Developed Nations, Developing Nations
North Carolina Univ., Chapel Hill. Center for Early Adolescence. – 1985
This booklet records a series of conference presentations and group discussions about a growing problem in the United States: the increasing number of young adolescents in the 10- to 15-year age range who do not have adult supervision after school. Participants identified current program initiatives, policy barriers to increasing and improving…
Descriptors: Adolescents, After School Centers, After School Programs, Child Abuse
Liegeois, Jean-Pierre – 1984
The seminar reported here was held to discuss the educational problems specific to gypsy children and to identify the principal elements of their culture and history with which teachers in Western Europe should become acquainted. Attended by gypsy representatives, teachers, teacher trainers, inspectors of education and ministerial representatives…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cultural Differences, Culture Contact, Educational Environment
Simms, Richard L., Ed.; Contreras, Gloria, Ed. – 1980
Five essays examine the responses of the social studies to racism and sexism in the 1960s and 1970s. The first essay discusses the general concept of pluralism and its relationship to racism and sexism. Textbook and curricular response and legislation relevant to racism and sexism are also considered. The second essay deals with racism in terms of…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Evaluation, Directories, Educational Change
