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Download full textBerkeley Unified School District, CA. Asian American Bilingual Center. – 1979
This performance report of the Summer Institute for Advanced Study on Educational Research for Asian Americans describes and evaluates the activities conducted from November 1, 1978 through October 31, 1979. The primary object of the project was to increase the participation of Asian Americans in the field of educational research and development.…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Communications, Educational Research, Institutes (Training Programs)
Workman, Susan; And Others – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1987
After participating in a 4-week demonstration project focusing on enriching skills in cognition, memory, convergent and divergent thinking, creativity, and problem solving, 68 potentially gifted 4- and 5- year-olds (many from culturally-diverse and/or low socioeconomic backgrounds) made significant gains in their ability to reason with figures and…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Creative Development, Demonstration Programs
Berkeley Unified School District, CA. Asian American Bilingual Center. – 1980
This performance report of the Summer Institute for Educational Research on Asian Americans summarizes and evaluates the activities and tasks completed from February 1 through October 31, 1980. The goal of the project was to increase the participation of Asian Americans in the field of educational research and development. Specifically, the…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Bilingual Education, Communications, Course Descriptions
Berkeley Unified School District, CA. Asian American Bilingual Center. – 1981
The activities and tasks of a summer institute are summarized and evaluated in this report. The goal of the institute was to increase the participation of Asian and Pacific Americans (APA) in the field of educational research and development. Specifically, the institute provided an opportunity for participants to exchange ideas and common concerns…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Communications, Course Descriptions, Educational Research
Peer reviewedPrentice-Dunn, Steven; Roberts, Michael, C. – Teaching of Psychology, 1985
This six-week program involving minority honor students juxtaposed didactic and experiential research components in psychology to provide a breadth of exposure to researchers and topics while achieving in-depth training in research methodology. Interns initially participated in faculty-sponsored research but later developed and implemented their…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Higher Education, Institutes (Training Programs), Minority Groups
Direct linkNeighbors, Marianne; Barta, Kathleen – Journal of School Nursing, 2004
The components of a professional development model designed to empower school nurses to become leaders in school health services is described. The model was implemented during a 3-day professional development institute that included clinical and leadership components, especially coalition building, with two follow-up sessions in the fall and…
Descriptors: School Nurses, Professional Development, School Health Services, Teaching Models
New York City Technical Coll., Brooklyn. – 1972
Funded by a state grant through the Bureau of In-Service Education under the Education Professions Development Act, Part F, this 2-week summer institute and 1-semester follow-up project to improve skills in working with minority group students was sponsored by New York City Community College and the Division of Teacher Education of the City…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Engineering Technology, Followup Studies, Inservice Teacher Education
Peer reviewedKormondy, Edward J. – Science Education, 1979
Describes the contributions of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to the development of college faculty in 1958, 1968, and 1978. The described activities are NSF institutes, faculty research participation, and fellowship programs. (HM)
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Programs, Educational Development, Federal Programs
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1991
The Employer Specific Skills Training (ESST) Program strengthens New York State's economy by assisting employers and employees to become more productive and competitive through customized training and education. The program has three goals: (1) to foster cooperative ventures; (2) to use resources of local education agencies to respond to local…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Dislocated Workers, Economically Disadvantaged, Inservice Teacher Education
