This monograph is based on the authors' visits and communications with directors and staff, and presents an analysis of adult counseling programs operating in many sites around the nation. General characteristics of adult counseling centers are assessed in terms of start-up and funding, public relations and referrals, location, hours of operation,…

Resulting from a project to systematically locate existing information resources useful in the development of training courses or programs, this catalog describes 31 of the most relevant information respurces. These resources include abstracting services, computer files, directories, exchange projects, books, and information services. The catalog…

The purpose of this handbook is to guide rural school districts intending to establish a preschool program. The program described was established in the Trimble Local School District in the rural Appalachian area of northern Athens County, the third poorest district in Ohio. Contents concern: (1) the district's beliefs about children; (2)…

Presents bibliographic citations on beginning teacher induction and mentoring programs from the ERIC database. The bibliography is limited to journal articles and documents entered into the database since 1990. Citations focus on articles and documents dealing with analysis of programs. (SM)

Two land-grant universities cooperated with the Extension Service and the National Agricultural Library to identify the knowledge and research base of Extension 4-H Youth Development education and to abstract/compile the foundation materials to strengthen research-based 4-H youth development education throughout the United States. The resources…

This bibliography presents material relating to the development and implementation of instructional programs for special needs students. It addresses a number of instructional concerns such as program design, student behavior, evaluation, individualizing instruction, and job placement. Material cuts across the various categories of disadvantaged…

The agenda for promoting and expanding experiential learning in other cultures includes building commitment, examining organizational issues in program planning and implementation, assessment needs, and discussion of faculty and student rewards of cross-cultural study. Additional resources and literature references are given. (MSE)

This research study provides an extensive compilation of information sources on the topic of family literacy for library professionals and other literacy providers. This paper includes the following main sections: (1) combined literature review and annotated bibliography; (2) survey results; and (3) family literacy program descriptions. The first…

An annotated bibliography on the state of research in experiential learning covers sponsored field study, internships, or cooperative type placements at the postsecondary level. In addition to 4 studies in progress, 23 empirical research projects are described that concern program evaluation, developmental changes in students, program design, and…

This review of academic programming considers changes that have occurred as a reaction to real or perceived shifts in institutional and social conditions and values, program design, and program approval, review, and evaluation. Among the conditions influencing programming decisions in the late 1970s are open-access policies, affirmative-action…

On-the-job training literature from both civilian and military sources was reviewed. Selected references from the study are organized under the following headings: literature reviews and bibliographies, handbooks and manuals, cost effectiveness literature, technique comparison studies, systems analysis of training, approaches to program…

This survey of vocational English as a second language (ESL) for adult learners covers the following areas: (1) language content (pronunciation, structure, vocabulary, style and conversational strategies, literacy training, motivation); (2) program design, including a variety of program models; and (3) materials development (needs assessment,…

The first annual supplement to the 1991-1992 directory of two-way bilingual education programs in the United States profiles new and some existing programs in which language-minority and language-majority children are instructed in and through both languages. this volume contains data on 25 programs in Alaska, Arizona, California, Connecticut,…

A study synthesized findings of research in marketing education (ME) from 1979-89 in these 10 categories: administration, curriculum, evaluation, guidance/counseling, human resource, instruction, learner characteristics, philosophy and objectives, program design, and teacher education. During the 1980s, continued environmental threats and…