This resource guide contains descriptions of 47 projects and 13 professional growth activities conducted between 1982 and 1984 under the auspices of the Wisconsin Board of Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education (WBVTAE) Leadership Identification Program. Included among those projects described are efforts related to the following areas:…

This report is intended to provide practitioners and policymakers with a thorough history of efforts to link employment and training programs, community development programs, small business development programs, minority enterprise development programs, and economic development programs. The report contains three sections. Section 1 is an essay on…

This selective bibliography contains references to 255 ERIC documents from "Research in Education (RIE)," and "Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)," January 1970 - March 1974, related to social development and behavior in children. Topics include peer relationships, interpersonal competence, social attitudes, socialization and…

Intended for education decisionmakers, practitioners, policymakers, and others interested in the educational process, this guide represents a consolidation of information about the field of career education, and is designed to create awareness, facilitate user access, and broaden the practical knowledge of educational research, materials, and…

The fifth of seven modules designed for teachers, supervisors, and other professionals working with young (birth to age 3) handicapped children presents resources for program planning and curriculum selection. Program considerations and decisions are introduced, and distinctions between the terms "program" and "curriculum" are set forth. The bulk…

Presenting an international perspective on non-formal education development efforts for women, this booklet contains (1) an article on women in development, (2) highlights of nonformal education projects for women, and (3) a bibliography of documents and journals on world-side issues related to women in development. The article is an overview of…

This is a report on a pilot project in occupational exploratory training sponsored by Canada Manpower. The project is an attempt to cope with the problems of Manpower clients who are undecided about an occupational goal, and to help prevent the placement of clients in programs unsuited to them. This report provides a background to the project,…

Provides an annotated bibliography of current ERIC literature on faculty development in community colleges. Indicates that faculty development programs allow college professors to improve instructional material, keep abreast of new technology and methods, and network with professional colleagues. Suggests that development activities range from…

This selected bibliography on career and vocational development of handicapped learners contains 150 annotated citations divided into nine sections. The following list indicates the topics and the number of documents in each category: trends and general overviews (9); programs and projects (35); curriculum guides, activities, and resources (44);…

This collection contains abstracts of research projects in agricultural education completed from September 1, 1986, to August 31, 1987. Abstracts on a wide array of subjects are arranged by state and indexed by both author and subject. Another section lists titles of research in progress also arranged by state. A total of 166 research abstracts of…

The publication, intended to serve as a resource document for industrial arts educators and to function as a tool for stimulating interaction between research and curriculum development personnel, contains abstracts on innovative activities in the area of industrial arts teacher education as well as those relating to other levels of instruction.…

One of three major products (state of the art study, curriculum guide, and twelve instructional units) of the Native American Career Education (NACE) project, this report contains a review of current career education literature and materials which provide information or models useful in developing career education for Native American students. In…

Presented in the bibliography is information on approximately 60 commercially distributed instruction materials or programs appropriate for use with handicapped preschool children. Program summaries are grouped into the following categories: gross motor, fine motor, perception, reasoning, language, social, infants, and core (covering three or more…

This guide chronicles the ongoing work and writings of the Chapin Hall Center for children at the University of Chicago, a policy research center dedicated to bringing sound information, rigorous analyses, innovative ideas, and an independent, multidisciplinary perspective to bear on policies and programs affecting children. The guide, organized…

This 1979 supplemental update of "Operation Resource: Abstracts of Current Curriculum Development Activities in Industrial Arts Teacher Education" contains twenty-six two-page abstracts, each including title of activity, department/division, institution/organization, city and state, director(s) of activity, dates initiated and concluded,…