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Huff, Karen; Pavonetti, Linda; Roser, Nancy – Journal of Children's Literature, 2012
No matter how long teachers have been out of school, or how many children's literature classes they have taught, when summer comes, most of them long to "go back to class." It is because of the intriguing, exciting, reinvigorating institutes and conferences their colleagues offer in summer. In this interview, two veteran planners of summer…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Summer Programs, Workshops, Inservice Teacher Education
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Hanson, Alice Taylor – English Journal, 1981
Reports on the difficulties a teacher had while trying to compose her first poetry assignment at the Bread Loaf School of English. (RL)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Creative Writing, Poetry, Prewriting
Shank, Philip O.; And Others – Student Press Review, 1995
Presents 10 essays on Columbia Scholastic Press Association's summer workshop which brought students together to build skills and consider new concepts. Discusses a veteran teacher's reasons for attending workshops, opportunities to taste city life, the bond of student journalists, editorial challenges, emphasis on yearbooks' possibilities, and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Journalism, Scholastic Journalism, Secondary Education
Partnership for Academic and Career Education, Pendleton, SC. – 1996
This resource handbook provides a brief overview of ideas, facts, and resources offered during the Partnership for Academic and Career Education's (PACE) 10th annual Summer Institute. The institute's goal was to inform participants about nontraditional careers open to students, with special emphasis on midlevel technology careers and to recommend…
Descriptors: High Schools, Institutes (Training Programs), Learning Activities, Postsecondary Education
Kalmon, Stevan; Brittain, Robert – 1985
Differing viewpoints, expressed in these two papers, address the question of whether college summer institutes should coach high school debaters on the current national debate topic. The first paper presents a three-part argument against coaching on the current topic: (1) the educational potential of summer workshops is not fully realized because…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Competition, Debate, High Schools
Unger, James J. – 1985
College summer institutes should be allowed to coach high school debaters on the current high school debate topic. Every individual forensic practice must be viewed as part of a dynamic process, the totality of which ought to be assessed for its competitive and educational balances. The activity of debate becomes endangered not when students allow…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Competition, Debate, High Schools
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Dabars, Zita D. – ADFL Bulletin, 1999
Discusses the influence of Dan Davidson on the Russian language teaching profession, concentrating on the NEH-CORLAC Institutes in Russian Language and Culture and materials development projects and on Davidson's role in programs involving high schools that teach Russian, the high school exchange program, and two national contests to stimulate…
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Faculty Development, High Schools, Higher Education