The decade since publication of "Place as Text: Approaches to Active Learning" has seen an explosion of interest and productivity in the field of experiential education. This monograph presents a story of an experiment and a blueprint of sorts for anyone interested in enriching an existing program or willing to experiment with pedagogy…

This is the NSF 1970 Summer Institute Participant Questionnaire, consisting of seven sections with a total of 105 items, and its covering letter. (For related documents, see TM 002 379, 382.) (DB)

THIRTY-FOUR PUBLIC SCHOOL GUIDANCE COUNSELORS FROM SIX NEW ENGLAND STATES, NEW YORK, AND NEW JERSEY PARTICIPATED IN AN INSTITUTE TO BECOME ACQUAINTED WITH THE PROBLEMS AND SPECIAL TECHNIQUES INVOLVED IN COUNSELING THE URBAN DISADVANTAGED STUDENT. THE PROGRAM CONSISTED OF LECTURES BY OUTSTANDING AUTHORITIES IN THE FIELD, LIMITED DISCUSSION PERIODS,…

Intended for project directors, consultants, Colorado Department of Education personnel, and other interested persons, this report examines the overall usefulness of the Colorado Migrant Education Resource Center's (CoMERC's) efforts in putting on an institute for summer migrant school instructional staff. The first section describes the planning,…

The report presents the major feedback and cost factors of the 1982 Summer Institute held by the Colorado Migrant Education Resource Center (CoMERC) for summer migrant school instructional staff. The first section describes the pre-registration process and depicts the make-up of the 198 participants. The next section presents comments on…

Twenty-three instructors participated in an 8-week summer institute to develop their technical competency to teach the second year of a 2-year Technical Education Computer Science Program. Instructional material covered the following areas: (1) compiler languages and systems design, (2) cost studies, (3) business organization, (4) advanced…

This study was conducted to ascertain the impact on the subsequent professional practices of institute directors and participants and to collect the opinions of these people regarding instruction, organization and administration of the 29 institutes. Mailed questionnaires were returned by 28 directors and 671 participants. Findings included: (1)…

Five dentists, 17 dental assistants, and three dental hygienists participated in the dental assistant teacher training institute held at Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 25 to July 21, 1967. Curriculum objectives were based upon analysis of the job of the dental assisting instructor; the following units were chosen to meet the…

A consortium program for Advanced Study in the Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages, funded by the U.S. Office of Education and sponsored by the N.Y. Board of Education in cooperation with the Research Foundation of City University of New York, was held in the summer of 1968 in four local colleges: (1) Brooklyn College of City…

To determine the impact of Summer Institutes on the professional activities and competence of the participants, a questionnaire was sent to 5,452 participants of 1970 Summer Institutes approximately 16 months after they had returned to their classrooms. Completed questionnaires were returned by 4,476 participants. Several demographic…

THE ACTIVITIES OF AN 8-WEEK SUMMER TRAINING INSTITUTE ON PROBLEMS OF SCHOOL DESEGREGATION ARE DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT. THE 54 PARTICIPANTS WERE RACIALLY INTEGRATED AND CONSISTED OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS, COUNSELORS, AND ADMINISTRATORS. THE GENERAL GOAL OF THE INSTITUTE WAS TO INCREASE PARTICIPANTS' KNOWLEDGE OF UNDERACHIEVEMENT, THEIR…

Major elements of this cooperative training project by the University of Wyoming will be a Federally funded 1969 summer institute (the third in a series) for 35 administrators of adult basic education (ABE) in Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Montana, and Idaho; a year-round demonstration library and center for ABE materials and equipment; a regional…

The document traces the activities of the five-week summer institute which provided training for 96 teachers, primarily of migrant and disadvantaged adults in Adult Basic Education. The program activities emphasized: (1) Reading instruction for disadvantaged adults; (2) English as a second language; (3) Motivation and retention of adult learners;…

The overall effectiveness of the educational experiences provided at two West Tennessee ABE Workshops conducted in November 1971, excluding an objective measure of gain in knowledge, was studied. A questionnaire and an evaluation scale for use by workshop participants were administered to adult basic education personnel from all counties in West…