This guide for teacher inservice training is focused on the concept of Ekistics--the study of man in his environment. The strategies presented are based on generic inservice culminating in a management planning model, purposefully generic to all inservice and intended to add support to the personnel who would be designing inservice. The steps to…

The National University Extension Association was planning to conduct nine regional training institutes of four weeks each during August, 1966, for 1,060 teacher trainers in adult basic education programs. The institutes were to be operated under Title II B of the Economic Opportunity Act. In this first progress report, information is provided on…

THIRTY VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE TEACHERS FROM 10 STATES ATTENDED A WORKSHOP TO DEVELOP THEIR ABILITIES TO INSTRUCT, SUPERVISE, AND COORDINATE STUDENT ACTIVITIES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL IN AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS. THEIR ACTIVITIES RESULTED IN THIS REPORT, INTENDED AS A GUIDE FOR AGRICULTURE TEACHERS IN INITIATING INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS FOR THE…

The book, Volume Three of a final report, is a collection of teachers' guides to units in career education, written by Pennsylvania teachers during a regional inservice institute in career education. The format used, Thematic Resources and Activities for Career Education (TRACE), incorporates the concerns of the Pennsylvania Career Development…

AN INSTITUTE WAS CONDUCTED TO RETRAIN TEACHERS IN (1) THE TEACHING OF BUSINESS ELECTRONIC PROCESSING AND PROGRAMING AND (2) THE DEVELOPMENT OF COURSE MATERIAL. COURSES OF STUDY AND ENRICHMENT EXPERIENCES WERE INCLUDED IN THE 8-WEEK PROGRAM. TRAINING IN ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING WAS RECEIVED BY 35 TEACHERS. CLASS OUTLINES WERE ALSO DEVELOPED TO…

THIS WORKSHOP REPORT STATES THE GOALS OF THE WORKSHOP, LISTS ITS PARTICIPANTS, AND PROVIDES EXCERPTS FROM SPEECHES MADE. MIGRANT ADULT EDUCATION, MIGRANT STUDENT EDUCATION, MIGRANT PRESCHOOLS, AND THE HISTORY OF FLORIDA'S MIGRANT EDUCATION PROGRAM ARE DISCUSSED. METHODS ARE SUGGESTED TO IDENTIFY THE MIGRANT STUDENT'S EDUCATIONAL LEVEL, TO TRANSFER…

The guide for an inservice course in career education is presented in 14 units designed to be used together as a complete course or selectively as learning modules for developing new skills or reviewing previously learned concepts. The course covers: definitions and concepts, historical antecedents and rationale, career development theories,…

The document is the final report of a State-funded elementary career education project conducted by Tigard School District (Oregon) whose purpose was to develop career awareness and positive work attitudes. The project planning, development, and implementation were the responsibility of a team of selected staff members, who developed materials and…

This curriculum guide outlines 10 inservice training courses for group day care and nursery school personnel. Each course outline presents a list of learning experiences and related resources from which the instructor can choose to meet the needs of his/her students. Materials are designed to meet the Minnesota Department of Public Welfare…

Developed by the Careers Resource Project staff (which is nearing the end of a three-year federally funded effort to promote career education in K-12 classrooms of rural Indiana), this manual is designed for use by the facilitator of a career education program and is based on experiences of the Careers Resource Project. Following brief…

This practicum report describes the development and implementation of a middle school program in King and Queen County in Virginia's Middle Peninsula designed to improve the achievement of sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-grade students whose achievement scores were consistently lower than national and state averages. A literature review and…

A project was undertaken to implement the employability, reading, and math skills of disadvantaged students in vocational education. Included in the project were the following activities: (1) field tests, evaluation, and dissemination of a mathematics skills curriculum guide for disadvantaged learners; (2) field tests and revision of guidelines…

This module is one of twelve individualized performance-based modules, each based on a major competency needed by vocational administrators for effectively administering vocational education in local education agencies. The module focuses on developing competency in the following area and subareas: organizing and directing a continuous and…

The booklet provides a general guide for the implementation of career education, presenting a sample inservice teacher course of study and a guidance career education course for grades 9-12. Part 1 deals with program implementation, discusses books, films, and statistical data useful in demonstrating to school superintendents and boards of…

Intended to be utilized as an instructional unit in preservice or inservice vocational teacher education or as a part of a total performance-based teacher education (PBTE) program, this module is one of two competency-based modules developed to train vocational personnel how to install and manage competency-based instructional (CBI) programs. The…