The authors approach the problem of meeting the educational needs of children through a common sense approach of relating those needs to useable curriculum programs. (Editor)

Older adults participate in education to fulfil coping, expressive, contributive, influence, and transcendence needs. Learning can promote sustained mental functioning and increase self-efficacy and social support. (Contains 15 references.) (SK)

Author delineates the elements of an instructional program which is implementable and subject to evaluation. (Author/HB)

The author shares his experiences in presenting a program designed to increase employee awareness of the need to plan for a fulfilling retirement. (EM)

Describes the commitment of Unesco to developing adult education programs worldwide. Discussed are historical background, objectives and strategies, program content, and relationship between adult education and other educational branches of the social environment. (AV)

Article described the role of the principal as he designs an in-service staff development program in values education. An outline, subject to local modification to fit specific need, was provided. (Author/RK)

This manual was intended to help community leaders plan and conduct consumer education workshops. The content is in twelve sections as follows: (1) covers the need for consumer education and several consumer education definitions; (2) presents some possible workshop topics; (3) describes methods that can be used to ascertain the consumers' needs,…

The main purpose of this project was to develop a blueprint for the future growth of the AASA-National Academy for School Executives. The resulting comprehensive model is displayed in outline form through the use of a conceptual framework that includes three major processes -- program planning and development, implementation, and evaluation. Each…

The New Jersey Education Association outlines a 55 point plan for quality education in New Jersey school districts, in relation to the state's 1975 school improvement law for "Thorough and Efficient Education." (SJL)

Authors considered the responsibility of community colleges for the education of adult students, some prerequisites for effectively dealing with adult students, and proposed a workable model for adult education in the community college. (Author/RK)

Considers population education in anglophone African countries in terms of goals and strategies (e.g., location of the program's institutional framework; pilot phases; integration versus separate subject approaches; lifelong learning approaches; and community participation). Highlights problems encountered in program design and implementation and…

The main purpose of this publication is to describe the educational needs and goals expressed by various communities in Chicago for young people whose first language is not English, or who live in a community where a language other than English is spoken predominantly. The first of the five sections of this document is concerned generally with the…

The author states that vocational education leaders must face three kinds of decisions: (1) fundamental reexamination of the design and structure of the educational system; (2) whether or not vocational and nonvocational education should be co-mingled at the secondary and postsecondary levels; and (3) updating and upgrading of the school-based…

After reviewing the literature, the authors defined a two dimensional framework comprising formative evaluation activity as one dimension and source of information as the other. Four types of formative evaluation activity were identified and defined. Three primary sources of information-internal, external, and contextual-were identified for…