In an effort to find new solutions, an Appalachian Regional Commission workshop examined the severity of the dropout problem in Appalachia; looked at successful prevention programs including 70001 Ltd., REAL Enterprises, and Jobs for Tennessee Graduates; and previewed the model dropout reduction curriculum being designed at Appalachian State…

The December 2000 meeting of the Working Group on History and History Teaching in South East Europe (SEE) had two priorities: (1) to report on the status of the Quick Start projects and activities which had been initiated after the previous meeting of the Working Group in Strasbourg on December 17, 1999; and (2) to identify new projects and…

Papers from an international conference on research on textbooks and educational media are presented, grouped into four content areas. The first, Textbooks and Curricular Reform, contains: (1) The Norwegian CanonIs It Nationally Conditioned? (Bente Aamotsbakken); (2) Estonian Language Textbooks for Russian Schools and Their Accordance with New…

This document contains 10 presentation papers from the 1999 International Conference of the Association for Experiential Education. Papers address the outcomes and benefits of experiential approaches and outdoor education for various age groups, as well as the therapeutic use of adventure and experiential strategies. The papers are:…

This document brings together three research-based papers that served as the catalyst for discussions at the third Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning diversity roundtable. It was designed for distribution to conference participants to reinforce the essential points of the presentations. The introductory chapter sets the tone by…

This conference examined the current welfare policy and the continued use of higher education as a tool for moving low-income people into self-supporting careers. The proceedings include: welcoming remarks by Stephen Greenwald; keynote addresses by William Spriggs and Danny Simmons; a lunch address by Rae Alexander-Minter; remarks by Patricia…

The participant's manual contains training materials for a national conference on mobilizing resources and fund raising in agencies concerned with promoting independent living for people with disabilities. Preliminary materials include the conference agenda, background information about the trainers, organizational information on Independent…

This booklet contains conference presentations from the 1999 National Institute of Justice's research forum on preventing school violence. The theme of the conference was "Enhancing Policy and Practice through Research." Three researchers were asked to speak on topics of school violence since effective preventive policy and practices are…

This report of the Aspen Institute Forum on Diversity and the Media, supported and funded by the Ford Foundation, is not a typical Aspen Institute forum report. It explores an issue--the sustainability of mission-driven media--and through this discussion becomes a kind of resource guide for managers and others who desire to preserve and promote…

The proceedings of a 1999 international symposium on interpreting for deafblind people presents 15 papers and a report of a survey of 20 countries and 5 organizations concerning the roles, training, and rights of interpreters for deafblind people. The papers are: "European Deafblind Comparative Study--Interim Report" (Lynne Hawcroft,…

The teacher education curriculum must be responsive to changes in specific disciplines and in the profession. We must respond to changes in society's conception of the teacher's role, realize that teacher education curriculum is in evolution, and establish a positive relationship between teacher training institutions and schools. (KC)

Presents information about the organization and the participants at the Symposium on World Trends in Science Education held in Halifax, Canada in August of 1979. Presents a brief description of the papers presented and lists the views that the discussion participants considered to be problem areas. (GS)

Includes relevant passages from the working document discussed at the Fourth Regional Conference of Ministers of Education and Those Responsible for Economic Planning in Asia and Oceania, five recommendations adopted by participants, and a 303-item annotated bibliography on the establishment of links between education and productive work. (JEG)

An essay on the institutionalization of women's studies in the college curriculum is followed by three responses describing women's studies programs at individual institutions and the approaches used to organize their curricula. (MSE)

For the thirty-third year, the Research and Theory Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented at the national AECT Convention in Anaheim, California. The Proceedings of AECT's Convention are published in two…