The recently promulgated IT model curriculum contains IT fundamentals (ITF) as one of its knowledge areas. It is intended to give students a broad understanding of (1) the IT profession and the skills that students must develop to become successful IT professionals and (2) the academic discipline of IT and its relationship to other disciplines.…

Resource teachers fulfill special responsibilities and roles in a school. As teachers, they must commit themselves to a wide group of students; as resource specialists, they must make a commitment to the staff and administration. Both commitments call for an effective style of leadership, knowledge, and service that, in order to make a difference,…

Recommended procedures for handling emergency illnesses and accidents are provided in this guide for school personnel prepared by the North Dakota State Department of Health. Following five general recommendations for steps to take in emergency situations, advice and techniques are given for handling: nose bleeds; abdominal pain; toothaches and…

Research on justice in organizational behavior has emphasized distributive rather than procedural justice. Distributive justice focuses on the fairness of rewards, while procedural justice focuses on the fairness of the procedures used in allocating rewards. To examine the procedural-distributive justice distinction as it relates to organizatonal…

A nominal group procedure for ascertaining adult students, needs in educational programs is explained, with examples from the American Pie Forum provided. (LH)

Investigates whether direct and nondirect therapist techniques within a 23-hour marathon format would differentially induce client shifts in locus of control. The no-treatment control group experienced a significant shift toward externality, while the marathon subjects did not fluctuate significantly from pretherapy to posttherapy. (Author)

Author suggested that there is a more substantial and elementary issue that needs to be examined before adult religious education programs are formulated or renewed. That issue concerns methodology. (Author/RK)

Presents a simulation model that might prove to be a powerful predictor of future enrollment for post-secondary study in Manitoba. This simulation involves representing the abrupt changes in individual and group behavior resulting from crosspressures, conflicting circumstances, and their related socio-economic conditions. (Author/WM)

Counselors are often confronted with phone calls from worried parents. This column outlines procedures used by two counselors when dealing with such calls. Their observations and interventions are reported separately, but their comments are presented as a dialogue. (Author/PC)

Consisting of two units on health and safety, the trainer's guide provides suggested activities and methods of acquiring performance objectives in each unit; sample workshop schedules for 6-hour training sessions for small, average, and large groups; suggestions for organizing and using discussion groups; an annotated reference list; and support…

A new test construction methodology was proposed and its validity and viability were demonstrated. (Author/RK)

This study, among the first commissioned by the Council from a non-governmental agency, the Oxford University Department of Educational Studies, concerns some aspects of the education of 16-19 year olds. (Author)

Community colleges could use a forecasting model to better match manpower supply to demands, as institutions in Kansas have done. (Editor)

The term "environmental education" is often used as a euphemism for science education, outdoor education, etc., giving the impression that environmental education does not exist as an educational focus. The article discusses this philosophy, methods to combat it, and focuses needed for effective environmental education. (KM)