The contemporary financial and social changes demand the constant update of the existent knowledge and the acquisition of new skills especially in the cases of people of low socioeconomic status who have not completed the basic education. The present case study examines the attitudes and perceptions of educators of Schools of Second Chance and in…

Describes the successful creative writing program at Northeastern Standard Evening High School (Pennsylvania). Suggests techniques useful to any creative writing instructor. (DC)

Discusses the teaching of a varied open-ended, integrated chemistry course, and indicates that the teaching-learning process is made easier on account of students' varied experiences and high motivations. (CC)

Description of the University of Ife's adult evening classes, and student and teacher evaluations of them. Concludes that better planning, funding, and supervision is needed. (JB)

The evaluation of the Jackson County Adult Evening High School Completion Program was based on pre- and posttests of 30 teachers who responded to questions arranged in subject areas. Returns showed that: (1) Most teachers do not recognize a need for inservice training; (2) Coordination of the course study in English classes, help on methods and…

Expanding the adult business education program, course organization, business courses, rationale for adult evening programs in a high school, and suggestions for teaching adult evening students are among the topics presented by the authors. (MF)

To the people of no other country is the problem of education of immigrants of so much importance as to the people of the United States. No other country has so many men, women, and children coming to its shores every year from all parts of the world. In many of our cities and towns, and in some of our States, the people of foreign birth…

Focusing on adult business education in the public evening school, the monograph first presents a brief history of the educational form and its philosophical foundations for progress and then lists programs of adult business curriculums, both preparatory and supplementary. The broad preparatory programs offer courses to educate adults for entry…

This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of a book on the present state of Soviet education, with historical background for purposes of comparison. The introductory chapter traces the progress of Soviet education from 1917 to 1967. Comparative statistics are quoted to illustrate the results of the revolution that…

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME-SPAN (1960-1966) DESCRIPTION AND ANALYSIS OF PROGRAM AND REGISTRATION DATA FOR MEMBER INSTITUTIONS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY EVENING COLLEGES AND THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY EXTENSION ASSOCIATION. AMONG THE RELIABILITY LIMITATIONS OF THE DATA WERE FLUCTUATIONS IN THE NUMBER OF INSTITUTIONS REPORTING, QUESTIONS AS TO THE…

What is presented in this bulletin is the first essay in the history of the Bureau of Education toward a comprehensive index of the annual reports of the Commissioner. It includes authors and subjects with an analysis of the more important articles, for the years 1876 to 1907, inclusive. [Best copy available has been provided.]

The Office of Education has undertaken the preparation of a series of basic studies on education in a number of countries in Europe and Central and South America. This series of studies was made a part of a program to promote understanding of education conditions in those areas and also to furnish the American college registrars with data on…