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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and Oceania. – 1980
In September 1979, representatives of 14 of the 20 member nations of the Asian Programme of Educational Innovation for Development met in Australia to discuss national strategies for curriculum design and development. This report on that conference begins with summaries of the position papers filed by the representatives from the Democratic…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Developing Nations
Adey, David, Comp.; And Others – 1987
Six papers from the University of South Africa's Conference on Distance Education are presented. They include: "Teaching-Learning Models in Distance Education Using New Media" (Karlheinz Rebel); "Adult Learning in the Context of Development" (Jan R. Hakemulder); "Text Design in Distance Education: Print and Facilitating…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Business, Case Studies, Curriculum Design
American Nurses' Association, Kansas City, MO. – 1975
The effect of changing patterns of postsecondary education for nursing and the subsequent development of open curricula and external degree programs in nursing are examined in these conference papers. The following papers were presented: "Pressures on Higher Education Are Changing Post-Secondary Education," by Robert H. Kroepsch;…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Curriculum Design, Evaluation Criteria, External Degree Programs
Clarkson, Philip, Ed. – 1982
This document consists of papers presented at the Second Mathematics Education Conference in May 1982 at Lae, Papua New Guinea. Included are the following titles: (1) The Use of Academic Subjects in a Service Capacity; (2) Some Factors Affecting Mathematics Learning in a National High School; (3) An Extraneous Role for the VTR in Educational…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Conferences, Curriculum Design, Educational Research
Download full textClarke, Mark A. Ed.; Handscombe, Jean, Ed. – 1983
A selection of the ideas presented at the 1982 TESOL convention is presented. The volume is divided into four sections: (1) Policy and Planning, (2) Challenging Assumptions, (3) Conditions for Learning, and (4) In--or out of--the Classroom. Part I provides five perspectives on varieties of English, the relationship between English and other…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Influences
Hartoonian, H. Michael, Ed.; Thompson, Claud, Ed. – 1983
Results of a Wingspread conference which focused on future directions in social studies education are presented. Part 1 contains the personal statements of conference speakers. Topics include the restructuring of social studies, what social knowledge is of the greatest worth, how to best prepare enlightened citizens for the 21st century, four…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Design
Dixon, Joe C., Ed.; Martin, Neil D., Ed. – 1983
Proceedings of a conference held to discuss the problems of teaching world history are reported. Eight papers are presented. The first four address the issue of world history as an academic discipline. In "The World History Survey Course" William McNeill argues that major curriculum changes take place in this country only when sound pedagogical…
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Problems
Walton, Clarence C.; Bolman, Frederick deW. – 1979
Conditions affecting the moral and intellectual integrity of American colleges and universities are discussed in a series of papers collected from the 56th American Assembly on "The Integrity of Higher Education." An erosion of public confidence in higher education is noted and it is suggested that the expectations of higher education have not…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Curriculum, College Environment, College Faculty
American Nurses' Association, Kansas City, MO. – 1975
This report of a conference on state boards of nursing and education for nursing contains the following papers: "Relationship between State and Voluntary Accreditation," by Eloise R. Lewis; "Statewide Planning for Nursing Education," by Donald P. Draine; "Nursing Education Today and in the Future," by Irene S. Palmer;…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accreditation (Institutions), Allied Health Occupations Education, Certification
Cox, Roy, Ed. – 1979
The roles of cooperation and choice in higher education are discussed in papers compiled from the 1977 Annual Conference of the University Teaching Methods Unit of the University of London. Financial constraints, a movement away from narrow specialist courses, effectiveness of interdisciplinary courses, instructional innovations, and changes in…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Role, College Students, Cooperative Programs
Hughes, Herman W., Ed.; Terry, Arthur F., Ed. – 1980
These proceedings summarize activities of a workshop for university and college personnel concerned with infusing career education in their teacher preparation programs. The report contains three major speeches and eight clinic summaries. In the first address, Irv Moskowitz examines the road from curriculum theory to practice. He first describes…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, College Curriculum, Curriculum Design
Montgomery, David C., Ed.; Duckwall, Julia, Ed. – 1980
Proceedings of a Florida statewide conference on quality in higher education are presented. Topics include the following: databases, the community colleges' accounting for quality, program budgeting, and trends in truth in testing. Transcripts of a panel discussion on databases and the following papers and reports are included: "Quality and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Advisory Committees, Basic Skills, Community Colleges
Ervin, Gerard L., Ed. – 1981
Papers in this volume on individualized instruction in foreign languages include: (1) "Individualized Instruction and 'Back to Basics': Are They Compatible?" by Howard B. Altman; (2) "Individualized Instruction in French at Northwestern University" by Margaret Sinclair Breslin; (3) "An Individualized French Program for…
Descriptors: African Languages, Arabic, Computer Assisted Instruction, Conversational Language Courses
