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Ross, E. Clarke – Word from Washington, 1982
The paper outlines the educational objectives of a course offered at the 1982 meeting of the American Academy on Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine. The course addresses policy changes and trends in publically financed services to developmentally disabled persons. Topics covered in the outline are a continuum of care; historical…
Descriptors: Course Content, Court Litigation, Delivery Systems, Developmental Disabilities
van der Kooy, R. J. W., Ed. – 1988
This collection of reports examines the current state of development in southern Africa, in general, and in South Africa, in particular. The introduction, "A Development Perspective of Southern Africa" (R. J. W. van der Kooy), briefly reviews the history of southern African development, and discusses purposes, approaches, and progress.…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, Educational Development, Foreign Countries
Hoyle, Eric, Ed.; Megarry, Jacquetta, Ed. – 1980
This volume is concerned with the professional development of teachers and the teaching profession. It explores the many new developments in teacher education and the effects these will have on the status of teachers as professionals. Contributors discuss how political, economic, and demographic pressures have forced a reduction in the number of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Developing Nations, Economic Factors, Educational Innovation
1992
The Chugach Conferences on the future of communication in Alaska are working conferences in which participants play as important a role as the speakers. The 1991 conference alternated public sessions with small-group discussion of communications issues such as rural circumstances, telephone policy, evolving communication technologies, distance…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Alaska Natives, American Indians, Broadcast Industry
Burke, John G.; And Others – 1979
Controversies involving science, technology, and society are explored in 15 articles written by historians, social scientists, management consultants, engineers, and experts in the history of science. Technological development in an historical context is the central theme of the booklet. Major issues discussed include effects, preconditions, and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change Agents, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Developed Nations
Burke, John G., Ed.; Eakin, Marshall C., Ed. – 1979
Questions of technology and change are explored in approximately 70 essays written by university and research scholars, consumer advocates, political philosophers, engineers, and bureaucrats. The book is part of a multimedia series developed to present college level course material to the general public through cooperation of newspapers, public…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Books, Change Agents, Controversial Issues (Course Content)
Duryea, E. D., Ed. – History of Higher Education Annual, 1981
The 1981 issue of the "History of Higher Education Annual," which is the first issue, is presented. The first of six articles, "A Message to Lushtamar: The Hilprecht Controversy and Semitic Scholarship in America," by Paul Ritterband and Harold Wechsler describes the impact of disagreement among scholars on the development of…
Descriptors: Biblical Literature, Catholics, Church Related Colleges, Church Role
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1975
The document presents 11 papers dealing with educational administration in developing nations. It is intended to aid UNESCO staff members and other educational advisors as they collaborate with policy makers in developing nations to improve educational programs. Written by staff members of UNESCO's Division of Educational Finance, the papers…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Cooperation, Developing Nations, Educational Administration