THE SALADO CONFERENCE, MAY 18-20, 1967, RECONSIDERED THE JUNIOR LEVEL PROFESSIONAL SEQUENCE COURSES IN SECONDARY EDUCATION AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO ONE ANOTHER AND TO OTHER COURSES IN THE SEQUENCE. FOUR POSITION PAPERS WERE PRESENTED. GENERAL AND SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS WERE DEVELOPED FROM THE DISCUSSIONS. (HM)

Included in this document are a conference program, a conference public relations (P.R.) handbook, an evaluation form, and notes outlining discussions and speeches from the conference. Topics covered include getting the most out of the conference; P.R. from the personal point of view; competition in education P.R.; P.R. within the school and the…

A discussion of the central theme of this year's Basle Seminar, the education and welfare of the disadvantaged. (HB)

Thirty-four State Directors of Vocational Education or their designated representatives attended a 1-week leadership development seminar for the purposes of developing skills in problem identification and solution, developing interpersonal competencies, assisting in group formation, and beginning a process or developing a model for future action.…

This report summarizes and compares results of three conference seminars on Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI) held in 1967, 1968, and 1969 for administrators and teachers. Basic seminar objectives were to give participants an opportunity to exchange ideas about IPI, to provide them with information concerning future developments of IPI,…

This volume presents a number of articles on different aspects of the Head Start Strategy for Spanish-Speaking Children written by participants in that effort. The first section describes Bilingual-Bicultural Curriculum Development and Evaluation projects and includes descriptions of four curriculum development projects and an evaluation of the…

The focus of the Fifth Community College Conference was on community college planning. The papers in these proceedings are: "Community College Planning and the Omnibus Higher Education Bill" by Dr. Joe B. Rushing, and "Community College Planning: The Changing Scene" by Dr. Leland L. Medsker. In addition, discussion summaries of six summary…

In public library program planning, emphasis should be placed on the linkage of measurement to evaluation. Three basic assumptions underlie program planning and evaluation: (1) a basic commitment must be made to develop goals and objectives, (2) measurement must be taken in regard to specific criteria, (3) a final evaluation must be implemented.…

These selected papers are organized into four categories: general environmental concerns, general environmental education, environmental education programs, and environmental education materials. Altogether, the reports provide environmental personnel with current information on the present and proposed future status of environmental education.…

Discussions at this 1968 annual conference focused on the proposed official draft of standards of fair conduct and voluntary cooperation in continuing legal education (CLE); CLE goals and the means for attaining them; and a proposed program of general courses, possibly compulsory, designed to bridge the gap between study and practice among newly…

Concerning the education of exceptional children in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the paper outlines the seven-step educational planning process utilized by the Special Education Division of the Trust Territory Department of Education. In initial planning phases the process is product oriented, not process oriented. Particular…

A discussion of the background and present status of special education in Taiwan considers obstacles to the development of programs for the handicapped. Accommodations and education for the blind, deaf, and physically handicapped are described in terms of recent rejuvenation and the limited or non-existent number of special classes in regular…

The University of Missouri-Kansas City Conference on Non-Traditional Study considered the findings and recommendations of the Carnegie Commission on Non-Traditional Study. (RK)

This is a report on the Intergovernmental Conference on Environmental Education held from October 14-26 in the USSR. The conference intended to create the necessary framework for broad programs of international cooperation, to reach agreement on goals, objectives, and guiding principles for environmental education, and to devise practical…

This publication reports the eleventh meeting in a series of regional seminars convened by the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) on the subject of fertility and family planning. The main objectives of the meeting were to: (1) identify the characteristics of regional integrated family planning programs; (2) identify…