Included are 40 abstracts with descriptive terms (designed primarily for the practitioner) devoted to program descriptions, guides, and curriculum information on the mentally handicapped. Also provided are an author and subject index, user information, and information on purchasing the total document or specific documents. (JM)

This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of a Finnish Committee Report for the planning of future educational needs on the university level to meet the needs of government and industry. The Finns view education as needing to be organized to meet the needs of industrial changes, both quantitative and qualitative, so…

The publication, intended to serve as a resource document for industrial arts educators and to function as a tool for stimulating interaction between research and curriculum development personnel, contains abstracts on innovative activities in the area of industrial arts teacher education as well as those relating to other levels of instruction.…

This 1979 supplemental update of "Operation Resource: Abstracts of Current Curriculum Development Activities in Industrial Arts Teacher Education" contains twenty-six two-page abstracts, each including title of activity, department/division, institution/organization, city and state, director(s) of activity, dates initiated and concluded,…

This 1977 supplemental update of "Operation Resource: Abstracts of Current Curriculum Development Activities in Industrial Arts Teacher Education," (ED 126 265) contains twenty-six two-page abstracts, each including title of activity, department/division, institution/organization, city and state, director(s) of activity, dates initiated and…

The report reviews multicultural/bilingual programs for which funds have been allocated by the National Institute of Education (NIE) for fiscal year 1977-78. There are two major sections to the report. The first section discusses the history, legislation, and development of bilingual education programs in response to federal requirements. Mandates…

The annotated bibliography provides a guide to the latest resource material, research findings, and/or developments in rural career guidance found in the ERIC system. Section I contains 158 citations and abstracts which have appeared in "Resources in Education" (RIE). RIE document resumes include the ERIC accession number, author(s), title,…

This quarterly publication contains 106 abstracts of educational materials published in Australia, covering social and educational developments, programs, and program materials. In the first two sections of the document, the abstracts are arranged in clusters according to prime subject matter. The topics covered, listed at the front of the…

These two issues contain abstracts of 127 and 118 documents, respectively, related to the field of technical and further education that are available through the Australian Technical and Further Education (TAFE) Clearinghouse system. These types of materials are included: research reports/technical reports, evaluation studies, curriculum materials…

This issue contains approximately 250 abstracts selected from the ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education related to vocational and technical education research and development from the June through November 1980 Resources in Education. Abstracts, ordered by ED number, may include some or all of the following information:…

This publication contains 60 abstracts of projects funded by the United States Department of Education, Office of Special Education, to provide innovative preservice and inservice training initiatives for personnel in the area of career/vocational education for handicapped persons. Program areas covered in the abstracts include preservice and…

This compilation includes abstracts of 165 research and development studies in agricultural education completed during the period July 1, 1978, to June 30, 1979. Fifty-three of the compiled studies represent staff research, seventy-eight represent master's theses, and thirty-four represent doctoral dissertations. Studies are arranged…

These issues contain abstracts of research reports, literature reviews, conference proceedings, directories, project reports, and other documents describing work being done in the field of technical and further education in Australia. The issues contain 103 and 147 entries, respectively. Each entry contains the following information: a Technical…

This fourth annual compilation contains resumes of ongoing projects in career education, vocational education, and education and work that are funded by contracts and grant awards administered by the following agencies: the U.S. Department of Education's Division of Career Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education, National Institute of…

Three abstracts and seventy-five acquisitions related to adult literacy are presented. A few of the acquisition entries are in French. The abstracts are of the following: "Directory of Organizations Offering Literacy Training Courses," by the International Institute of Adult Literacy Methods; "Directory of Universities and Institutes Offering…