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Gephart, William J.; And Others – 1976
The National Symposium for Professors of Educational Research for 1976 focused on two topics: the nature of affect, and principles and guidelines for measuring individual affect and learning environment. This document contains five major papers presented at the conference. The first paper contrasted the physiological and emotional concept of…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Affective Objectives, Attitude Measures, Classroom Environment
Heath, Simon, Ed. – 1994
This program for the 1994 Association for Learning Technology Conference provides a conference schedule and summarizes the presentations of the discussion workshops, hands-on workshops, live demonstrations, and poster sessions. Abstracts of the following papers presented at the conference are included: "The Conceptualisation Cycle" (J.…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Educational Environment
Talley, Ronda C., Ed.; Walz, Garry R., Ed. – 1996
The "Safe Schools, Safe Students" conference brought together leading researchers and practitioners in order to share knowledge about innovative safety strategies being used in America's schools. The papers here represent the thinking of scientific experts and school-based pupil service providers who are implementing programs to prevent…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Discipline, Educational Change
Strandberg, Warren, Ed. – 1992
These proceedings include the following papers: "Reason and Romance in Argument and Conversation" (Margaret Buchman); "Conversation as a Romance of Reason: A Response to Margret Buchman" (James W. Garrison); "In Search of a Calling" (Thomas Buford); "Listening for the Call: A Response to Thomas Buford" (Peter Carbone); "Some Reconceptions in…
Descriptors: Athletics, Dialogs (Language), Educational Change, Educational Environment
Hively, Robert, Ed. – 1990
This publication represents the views of a group of university presidents who met on the White House grounds and at the National Capital to survey the rise in violence in all American universities and to assist in appraising and solving the pressing problems that arise from racial and ethnic tensions on the country's campuses. Titles and authors…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Change Strategies, Demonstrations (Civil), Educational Environment
Duff, Ogle B., Ed.; McClain, Herman J., Ed. – 1987
The six major conference papers collected in this document focus on developing ways of facilitating equity and academic achievement in a desegregated setting. The psychological impact of fostering these expectations among multicultural populations, methods for involving minority students in a science and math high-tech curriculum, and methods for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Differences, Curriculum Development, Educational Environment
Duggan, Terri, Ed.; Holmes, Madelyn, Ed. – 2000
This report highlights results from the 1999 Wingspread Conference on improving student achievement, a gathering of educators, leaders, and policymakers that opened a dialogue about barriers to full implementation of high standards for all students. Participants discussed five papers that examined these issues from top to bottom--from the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Diversity (Student), Educational Environment
Evraiff, Bill, Comp.; Evraiff, Lois, Comp. – 1992
The third international conference on counseling in the 21st century focused on three themes: schools, families, and higher education. The school theme presentations included topics on: the past and future of higher education; diversity on college campuses; career guidance for high school students in Taiwan; learning environments and self-esteem;…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, College Students, Counseling, Cultural Pluralism
Middleton, E., Ed.; And Others – 1996
The proceedings identify, clarify, and address the problems of the post-Brown era from a variety of perspectives. The first two papers are: The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Banquet Keynote Speech (L. J. Bennett) and the Luncheon Session, "Integrating the Recruitment Preparation and Retention Strategies of Persons of Color in Teaching" (J.…
Descriptors: Black Teachers, Career Choice, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
Owen, David B., Ed.; Swartz, Ronald M., Ed. – 1993
This document consists of papers that were presented at the 1991 and 1992 annual meetings of the Midwest Philosophy of Education Society. The book is divided into four sections. The first is composed of the society president's address at the 1992 meeting and a response to that address. The presidential address discussed chaos theory and the…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Democracy, Educational Environment, Educational Objectives
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Office of Excellence and Access. – 1991
This publication summarizes proceedings of a working group session convened to discuss ways to encourage efforts of colleges and universities to increase the sense of community on their campuses. It is noted that the sense of community has been diluted over the years due to the great diversity of students, both racial and cultural, that now…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Campuses, College Students, Colleges
Council of the Great City Schools, Washington, DC. – 1990
This document outlines 44 strategies for meeting the educational needs of urban areas by the year 2000. The strategies are based on six goals for urban education adapted from the national education goals issued by President George Bush and the National Governors' Association. The strategies were proposed by representatives from more than 70…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Educational Environment, Educational Improvement, Educational Planning
International Reading Association, Newark, DE. – 2000
This collection of abstracts is representative of the sessions presented at the International Reading Association's Reading Research 2000 Conference, held in Indianapolis, Indiana on April 29, 2000. The theme of the conference, "Learning To Teach Reading: Setting the Research Agenda," was a timely one as schools, teachers, states, teacher…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Beginning Teachers, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
Wisconsin Univ., La Crosse. – 1994
These conference proceedings are the result of a collaborative relationship between The University College of Swansea in Wales and the University of Wisconsin--La Crosse, which have been sister institutions for more than a decade. Education faculties from the two institutions shared knowledge about research and practices in education and…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Environment, Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation
Calabia, Tino; And Others – 1992
This publication reports on a factfinding meeting held to discuss bias-motivated tensions at college campuses in Massachusetts. At that meeting three State Advisory Committees to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights were represented and heard testimony from student leaders, top administrators, concerned faculty members, and staff of the University…
Descriptors: Campuses, Civil Rights, College Administration, College Environment
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