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Institute of International Education, New York, NY. – 1969
The present report on courses in English for speakers of other languages lists 301 academic-year offerings at 299 institutions and 125 summer offerings including separate orientation programs at 114 institutions. Also listed are degree and certificate programs in English for speakers of other languages offered at 44 institutions and 29 other…
Descriptors: College Language Programs, English (Second Language), Foreign Students, Language Programs
Voegel, George H. – 1970
A 6-week summer workshop on instructional development took place at William Rainey Harper College (Illinois) in 1968. Six outside consultants and 10 faculty members discussed topics relating to (1) developing instructional concepts for courses, units, and learning steps; (2) developing instructional objectives, criteria and conditions of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavioral Objectives, Curriculum, Instructional Improvement
Howard, Pierce; Arlin, Marshall – 1974
Twenty-six principals from schools in North Carolina participated in five days of leadership training. They then participated in a 2-week staff development workshop within their own schools but met together again for leadership analysis after the end of each day's staff session. A faculty environment survey was administered to all staff before and…
Descriptors: Feedback, Leadership Training, Organizational Development, Principals
Plumb, Valworth R.; Ojala, Leonard N. – 1974
This document describes a three-part, flexible, individualized teacher education program which spans the preservice/inservice continuum. The first part, Secondary Teacher Education Program (STEP), is a five-phase program which features early and continuous contact with secondary school classrooms and students, individual learning packages called…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Individualized Programs, Inservice Education, Preservice Teacher Education
Civil Service Commission, Washington, DC. Bureau of Training. – 1972
This booklet was compiled from information received from employment agencies involved in the federal summer jobs program over the past five years and is intended to provide employment staffs with a reference to various ideas, techniques, and resources useful in training summer employees. Ideas and techniques are presented in outline and summary…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Employment Programs, Employment Services, Job Training
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs. – 1971
Testimony concerning the Summer Feeding Program was heard during the June 25, 1971 hearing from R. S. Gribbs, mayor of Detroit, Mich.; K. Gibson, mayor of Newark, N. J. and, Arnold Robles and Edward Koplan, program administrators of Los Angeles County, Calif., and City of San Antonio, Texas. Testimony concerning the withholding of funds for…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Breakfast Programs, Community Surveys, Federal Government
Gallien, John J. – 1971
Described is an ESEA Title I project carried out in Orange County, Virginia, a rural area. Project components included the training of 16 special education teachers during an 8-week summer program and a 6-week summer instructional program for 194 educationally disadvantaged students in grades 1-8. Student classes served as practical sites for…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Exceptional Child Education, Handicapped Children, Inservice Teacher Education
Starkovich, Paul – 1972
The report describes the Summer Sessions for Preschool, Rubella, Deaf-Blind Children conducted in 1970 and 1971 by the Northwest Regional Center for Deaf-Blind Children in Vancouver, Washington. The summer programs were primarily designed to evaluate preschool deaf-blind children in a learning and living situation. The report is intended not only…
Descriptors: Deaf Blind, Evaluation, Exceptional Child Services, Multiple Disabilities
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. – 1972
This directory lists the institutions awarded support by the National Science Foundation for 276 summer institutes in 1972 for secondary school teachers of science and/or mathematics. The introduction gives information on "unitary" and "sequential" institutes, eligibility and selection of participants, applications, and information concerning…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Institutes (Training Programs), Mathematics Teachers, Science Teachers
Erickson, Lawrence; And Others – 1972
This study measured the effectiveness of teacher education programs in modifying cross-cultural attitudes through Osgood's Semantic Differential (SD) techniques, coupled with factor and pattern similarity analyses. The five concepts rated were desegregation, discipline, instructional technique, professionalism, and students. Subjects were 51 black…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Institutes (Training Programs), Integration Studies, Racial Integration
Cooperative College-School Science Program, College Park, MD. – 1972
The report describes the summer institute of the cooperative College-School Science Program, Prince George's County/University of Maryland, which met from June 21 to July 28, 1972 in Riverdale, Maryland. Participants consisted of twenty-five teachers who were enrolled for six hour credits from the University of Maryland. The overall objectives of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Inservice Teacher Education, Institutes (Training Programs), Program Descriptions
STANLEY, JULIAN C. – 1966
A SUMMER PROGRAM IN THE DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF EDUCATIONAL EXPERIMENTS WAS HELD AND ITS RESULTS REPORTED. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN, STATISTICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER USAGE, PREPARATION OF RESEARCH PROPOSALS, SPECIAL TOPICS, AND INDEPENDENT STUDY WERE DISCUSSED. TO AID IN THE EVALUATION OF THE PROGRAM, EACH OF THE 30 PARTICIPANTS ANSWERED A QUESTIONNAIRE…
Descriptors: Design, Educational Experiments, Graduate Study, Program Evaluation
MAGISOS, JOEL H.; SLEETH, STANFORD – 1966
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT WAS TO TEST THE EFFECTS OF INVOLVING VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURAL TEACHERS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND EXPERIMENTAL USE OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS. A GROUP OF 16 TEACHERS AT A SUMMER WORKSHOP PARTICIPATED IN PLANNING THE CONTENT AND DESIGN FOR 13 OVERHEAD PROJECTION MASTERS AND MADE PLANS FOR USING THEM EXPERIMENTALLY. THE…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Audiovisual Aids, Instructional Materials, Overhead Projectors
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Anderson, Carol M. – 1976
An elementary school reading-interest project was designed to overcome summer learning loss and to foster an interest in independent reading. The major strategy, "The Reading Interest Passport," consisted of nine independent reading contracts leading to "badges." This approach was selected after consideration of cost, coordination with ongoing…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Independent Reading, Practicums, Program Evaluation
Hager, W. R.; Thomson, W. J. – Engineering Education, 1976
Describes a four-week summer program designed to attract women into the engineering curriculum and ultimately into an engineering career. (MLH)
Descriptors: Career Education, Careers, Engineering, Engineering Education
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