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Download full textThorne, Muriel M., Ed. – 1983
This book is designed to serve as a reference base from which teachers can develop classroom concepts and activities related to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The book consists of a prologue, ten chapters, an epilogue, and two appendices. The prologue contains a brief survey of the National Advisory Committee for…
Descriptors: Aerospace Education, Aerospace Technology, Energy, Federal Programs
Vittitow, Dick; Elster, Jan – 1985
This manual provides a variety of Peace Corps trainers with a training model that deals with work-related frustrations of volunteers. Materials are designed specifically to address the need for training volunteers in the subtleties of working with host country bureaucracies and counterparts. Although intended for inservice training, the materials…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bureaucracy, Cooperation, Developing Nations
Peace Corps, Washington, DC. Information Collection and Exchange Div. – 1986
This handbook is designed to help Peace Corps programmers in planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating projects. The first four chapters describe the development process, discuss the purpose and mission of the Peace Corps, provide an overview of Peace Corps programming, and list project criteria. The next 19 chapters present the following…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Economic Development, Federal Programs, Goal Orientation
Shefsky, Mary Lou; Thompson, Daniel – 1985
This manual is designed to provide Peace Corps staff with materials that can be used in the inservice training of volunteers. It addresses areas outside the realm of the volunteer's technical job assignment, areas that are directly related to a volunteer's effectiveness on the job. The manual assumes that inservice training will take place 6-12…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, Evaluation, Federal Programs
Peace Corps, Washington, DC. Information Collection and Exchange Div. – 1986
This manual is intended for use by Peace Corps staff members and/or trainers contracted to facilitate the close of service (COS) workshop, the purpose of which is to help volunteers make the transition from the host country back to the United States. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the COS workshop. Chapter 2 is a trainer reference. It helps the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Change, Career Education, Career Planning
Crozier, Carl – 1986
This guide provides agricultural extensionists with basic information that will help them design plans for the conservation of soils and the management of water runoff in specific agricultural plots. It is based on experiences with small hillside farms in Honduras and takes into account the resources and constraints commonly encountered there.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agricultural Education, Agriculture, Conservation Education
Peace Corps, Washington, DC. Information Collection and Exchange Div. – 1987
This manual is designed primarily to assist Education Peace Corps Volunteers undertake community projects in addition to their primary job assignment. Chapter 1 discusses the factors that determine the measure of success of the project. The process, not the product, is emphasized. Chapter 2 on situational analysis outlines areas of investigation…
Descriptors: Community Development, Developing Nations, Development, Economic Development
