This document contains the first volume in a three-volume state-of-the-art report based on a study conducted to identify and analyze the effective mechanisms for facilitating coordination of vocational education programs with Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) Title IV youth programs. Included in this volume are 111 case studies of…

A BROAD EXPLORATORY AND THEORETICAL STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE IN A FUNDAMENTAL SENSE THE IMPLICATIONS AND IMPACT WHICH NEW RESEARCH IN THE BASIC BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE FIELDS HAD ON EDUCATIONAL PRACTICE AND THEORY. THE TOTAL TASK WAS TO BUILD A NEW EDUCATIONAL THEORY USING SAMPLINGS FROM ALL BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH AND TO INVESTIGATE WAYS TO REDUCE…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS BOOK IS TO PROVIDE BACKGROUND NEEDED BY ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS TO WORK EFFECTIVELY WITH THE NAVAHO PEOPLE. INITIALLY IT DISCUSSES THEIR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL LIFE, THE SECONDARY PORTION DESCRIBES THEIR RELIGIOUS LIFE, AND THE REMAINDER EXPLAINS PROBLEMS OF THE NAVAHOS AND TECHNIQUES THEY HAVE DEVELOPED TO COPE WITH THESE…

THE PUPIL PERSONNEL WORKERS SITUATIONAL BLANK (PPWSB) TESTED THE REACTIONS OF 46 COUNSELORS, NINE PSYCHOLOGISTS, 37 SOCIAL WORKERS, AND 52 NURSES FROM A MIDWESTERN CITY SCHOOL SYSTEM TO SELECTED PUPIL PROBLEM SITUATIONS. FOR 10 SITUATIONS, THOSE TESTED INDICATED THREE CHOICES EACH OF "WHAT SHOULD BE DONE" AND "WHY IT SHOULD BE DONE" FROM 15…

This paper discusses assumptions, purposes, obstacles and techniques of parent/staff interaction in a day care setting. Regular, goal-directed communication between parents and teachers can reduce the complexity of the environment children experience and facilitate their socialization. Why, then, do parents and teachers rarely communicate? Some…

A research project sponsored by the Illinois State Library had two goals: to develop a set of mathematical models suitable for predicting the impact of alternative library network policies on network preformance, and to demonstrate through series of case studies that the methodology developed could feasibly be applied to real library networking…

The effects of a training manual designed to decrease dating discomfort and increase social skills were investigated. Males (n=22) who saw themselves as socially anxious and lacking in social and dating skills volunteered to take part in a program designed to increase dating frequency, communication skills, and comfort in male-female interactions.…

THE DEVELOPMENT OF A BILINGUAL PROGRAM IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS A PUBLIC PRIVILEGE AND RESPONSIBILITY. THE LANGUAGE TEACHERS, SPECIALISTS, AND ADMINISTRATORS HAVE THE INITIAL RESPONSIBILITY, WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD BEING FULLY ACCOUNTABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THE FIRST STEP IN THE PROGRAM'S DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE THAT OF STATING GENERAL OBJECTIVES, OF…

This handbook was designed to assist economists and statisticians in the economically developing countries in initiating and conducting studies for determining future manpower requirements in relation to anticipated development. It outlines a method of estimating future manpower requirements by occupation and industry and future training…

A description of methods of making appropriate projections of manpower requirements and supply in an advanced economy in which a substantial part of economic life is not centrally planned, is the special focus of this paper. Some elements of the methods described are equally relevant to sectors of the economy which are planned, but absence of a…

A survey of 270 graduates of Tulane University's School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine (SPHTM) during 1969 to 1973 was conducted to determine what graduates did in their jobs and how their SPHTM learning experiences related to their jobs. The methodology used in the survey is described and results are presented in tabular form with…

This report of employment and job projections in Missouri for 1974 through 1980 is divided into two parts. The first part describes in detail the methods and data sources which have been used to generate employment and job opening projections. The concepts of projections versus forecasts and employment projections versus demand projections are…

In February of 1974, 135 representatives of 40 colleges and universities from the U.S. and Canada met for the first time to share experiences and programs relative to experimental outdoor education, and these conference proceedings contain the 7 major addresses and a condensed sampling of other presentations from individual college programs.…

This final report of a research project on planning and development lists the most important conclusions drawn from the research dealing with the methodological problems of planning and development of universities. One conclusion is that in the coming decade the qualitative aspects of university activities are likely to be the major concern of…

This curriculum guide is an accompanying publication for the textbook entitled "Air Navigation" in the Aerospace Education II series. The guide provides guidelines for teachers using the textbook in terms of objectives, behavioral objectives, suggested outline, orientation, suggested key points, suggestions for teaching, instructional…