The Comprehensive Competencies Program (CCP) is intended for use in delivering individualized, competency-based instruction in such diverse settings as community-based organizations, schools, corrections facilities, and job training programs. The learning system covers academic competencies ranging from elementary reading and arithmetic through…

Compiled by the Action for Children's Television (ACT) committee, this report (1) distills themes from the symposium "ACT on the Constitution" that was designed to bring educators and members of the television industry together to talk about programing opportunities for the 1987 Constitutional Bicentennial, and (2) includes related…

Research and technology in the Federal Republic of Germany enjoy international distinction in many fields; indeed, German achievements in highly important areas have set new standards and influenced research and development world wide. This applies in equal measure to the natural sciences, the humanities and, in particular, to the applied…

Arizona State University's (ASU's) Native American Public Administration Program (NAPAP) increased its level of services to the Navajo Nation in 1980 and expanded opportunities for public administration education for Native Americans on the ASU campus. The 1980 program had three major components: coursework, workshops, and the activities made…

Four successful content area writing aids have been developed in the writing center at a southeastern community college. The first is a content area writing lab, tailored to a sociology course, in which students receive concentrated instruction on notetaking, studying for and taking essay exams, and writing a questionnaire and an analysis paper.…

The Basic Education Development Scheme (BEDS) was first proposed in 1983 as a way of extending adult basic education services to single homeless persons. Its overall objective was to explore through programs (not research) the most fruitful ways of helping homeless men and women improve their literacy skills and eventually enter the mainstream…

This book examines the history and experience of programs for children of inmates. Section 1 discusses parental ties, emphasizing bonding and the father's role. Section 2 describes prison nurseries, day care and children's centers, parenting classes, furloughs, family and conjugal visits, community facilities, visitation policies, support…

Noting that most graduate study in communication consists of specialization within the broader field, this paper argues that graduate level communication programs are not only justifiable but also are mandatory if students of communication are to advance much beyond the practitioner stage. The first section of the paper, "Graduate Communication…

The Rotterdam City Council's Project "Education and Social Environment" was established to improve the educational environment for disadvantaged children in two workinq class neighborhoods in Rotterdam, Netherlands. First, the problems of educationally disadvantaged children are discussed. Next, the planning, organizational, and…

The nineteenth annual summary of activities provided through Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act and its Title I predecessor, this report includes statistics for fiscal 1984, participation trends, instructional impact, expenditure and staffing patterns, parent involvement, and five-year trends. After a brief discussion of…

This document examines the 1976 High School Summer Programs and one evening program of the Atlanta Public Schools. This evaluation reports on the following variables: (1) school and faculty selection, (2) teacher certification, (3) enrollment and attendance, (4) pass-fail ratio of students, (5) cost data, and (6) questionnaire data from…

Intended as a source of motivation and guidance for those who wish to examine and perhaps change a school's writing program, this handbook addresses both the content and the teaching methodology of a writing program. Sections of the handbook provide (1) background information on the teaching of writing, (2) a discussion of the writing process…

In recognition of the importance of communication skills to all students, a communication skills program is being developed and implemented in the Lincoln, Nebraska, public school system. Since teaching itself is communication, an important goal of the program is to improve and enhance the communication effectiveness of teachers as well as…

This is the final report of an inservice training program for library paraprofessionals, a 10-month pilot project funded by the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) Title III and matching state appropriations through the Virginia State Library. Designed by an area library networking committee to provide library paraprofessionals with…

This is a descriptive outline of the language situation in the Danish education system. The introductory material discusses the reason for foreign language study. A major reason is that Denmark is a small country with a difficult native language for speakers of other languages to learn. Therefore, the Danish population is exposed to foreign…