Article provided a series of recommendations for the revitalization of the university as a center for preparing teachers. (Author/RK)

Discussed Hawaii's efforts to provide for handicapped students through stimulation by the President's Committee on Mental Retardation. (RK)

Reviews the problem of how little is understood about educational change and how poorly some change programs are designed and developed. Describes an innovative teacher exchange program based on change theory that has developed a promising technique for promoting the adoption and diffusion of innovative educational practices. (Author/DN)

The Parent-Child-Teacher Approach, through the ILP Model provides a philosophical orientation which allows viable communication to occur among parents, students, and teachers in resolving serious people-related drug problems. It focuses on the dilemma faced by youth who must adjust to their peer group value system and also cope with that of the…

A presentation of a linear planning model to be used in economics for education. (Author)

The article discusses the tendency to treat nature and outdoor education as museum pieces - something not a part of man's life. Several outdoor education programs that the Buffalo Museum of Science developed to prevent this are presented. (KM)

A model for evaluating the effectiveness of graduate programs is proposed. It is emphasized that the primary purpose of this model is to provide graduate program administrators with data that will aid program assessment and curricular improvement. Examples of five forms useful in gathering data are appended. (MM)

The Task Force to Develop Standards and Goals for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention was initiated in the Spring of 1975 by the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA) of the U.S. Department of Justice. The efforts of this task force resulted in nine reports, each one dealing with one aspect of the Juvenile Justice System. This…

The literature on psychological consultation process and training has tended to ignore the influence of the attributes and expectations of consultees on consultation outcomes. Factors affecting the consultation process in one-to-one consultation services in the schools are discussed, and suggestions are presented for the preparation of teachers to…

This booklet is intended to aid classroom teachers in implementing the accountability model developed by the Michigan Department of Education. The authors discuss and provide examples of each of the accountability model's six steps--1) identification of goals, 2) performance objectives, 3) assessment of needs, 4) analysis of delivery systems, 5)…

Presented in the report on the Symposium on Child Abuse and Neglect Program Evaluation are the critical issues regarding evaluation and research needs which were addressed during the 2-day meeting and a brief description of the meeting's format. A child protective services model involving five stages (identification/reporting,…

Evaluated with approximately 200 Head Start personnel in Iowa were two staff training models for serving handicapped children in Head Start--an experiential training model and a seminar-oriented training model. In the experiential model, Head Start staff (directors, education coordinators, health coordinators, and teachers) spent 2 days in a…

The reserve book activities of a typical college library were analyzed by means of a computer simulation. (Author)

A pilot project tested the feasibility of developing computer simulation models as aids to the operation and design of library systems. (Author/PF)