This publication identifies and discusses considerations in facilitating the installation of competency-based education (CBE) programs and for maintaining effective program operation. Where appropriate there is also discussion of the possible effectiveness of various strategies as used by change agents at different stages of implementation and in…

The literature review focuses on the nation's current readiness to incorporate the 15 USOE occupational clusters into the nation's evolving career education. This readiness first simplifies job complexity by grouping a multitude of jobs into occupational awareness, career orientation and exploration, and career selection and preparation. But…

Included in this bibliography are an alphabetical listing of subject heads used for cataloging material at the Center for Museum Education located on the campus of George Washington University, and an annotated listing of a selection of items processed by the Center related to Museum Education. Topics represented include: (1) Audiences; (2) Arts…

The purpose of this report is to provide a brief background on the current status on values teaching, to describe the two values education approaches most frequently appearing in recent educational literature (values clarification and cognitive development), to discuss methods of initiating values programs, to furnish examples of how schools are…

This manual presents a comparative analysis of New Jersey's requirements for "Thorough and Efficient" (T & E) education and the processes of Individually Guided Education (IGE). It is designed to provide guidance to IGE schools and districts in responding to specific program needs that might occur under the development of a T & E…

Examined in five papers are issues involved in developing elementary and secondary school programs for the gifted and talented. Emphasized by E. Drews is the need for educating the gifted and talented toward more humanizing values, and reviewed are examples of experimental curricula and learning environments. A national administrator's…

The central purpose of this project was to provide an information base that the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA) can use in planning programs to help school personnel cope more effectively with the problem of violence in their schools. The efforts to provide an information base were organized into four tasks: to determine the…

This booklet is intended to facilitate the development of counseling and guidance programs under Indiana's legislative mandate on planning, programming, budgeting systems (PPBS). It does not attempt to dictate how PPBS should be set up in each school, but rather to provide basic guidelines to aid the development of individual counseling and…

This handbook offers a succinct discussion of inservice training programs for noninstructional school personnel. The booklet is intended for use primarily by school business officials and was developed for that purpose from a doctoral dissertation on inservice training written by Dr. Donald K. Sorsabal. Separate chapters of the booklet examine the…

The pamphlet provides resources to help educators understand issues of sex discrimination and stereotyping and eliminate their occurrence in classrooms. An introductory section presents selection criteria for instructional materials which deal with issues of stereotyping and which promote individual student growth. Such materials should be…

Literature published between 1965 and 1975 on the evaluation of persons and their performance in schools is summarized in this review of the literature. Interrelationships among the evaluations of participants at several levels of the organization--the interlevel aspects of performance evaluation in schools are also examined. Each of the four…

The American Issues Forum (AIF) is the national program for the Bicentennial developed by the National Endowment for the Humanities and cosponsored by the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration. The purpose of the Leadership Packet is to provide those who are interested in developing AIF Programs with suggestions about how to plan and…

The resource guide offers a comprehensive description of the career education program in Maryland, from pre-school to adult, which could be adapted to programs in other States. It describes in detail the characteristics, components, and goals of career education. The five components: the family; career development; the classroom teacher;…

This paper describes a model of field-centered competency-based education utilizing multidisciplinary methodology and individualized instruction. Although the model was developed as part of an administrative preparation program for special education administrators, it is a general model with potential for wider application. The model uses a…

This resource bibliography contains abstracts of 67 documents about values clarification in population education. It is the third in a series of three bibliographies for the development of population education programs in the Philippines. Included are abstracts of books, periodical articles, ERIC documents, and unpublished theses. Most of the…