This final Bulletin of the National Institute reviews the activities it has sponsored since June 1966. Major articles report the four Student/Beginning Teacher Conferences to evolve recommendations for new conceptual models of teacher education; the Conference on New Curriculum Materials and the Teaching of the Disadvantaged; the Professors in the…

Presented in this report is a summary evaluation of the Tri-District Cooperative Development of Land Laboratories For Conservation and Outdoor Education project. School districts participating in the project include Worthington, Grandview Heights, and Westerville, Ohio. Part I of the three-part report evaluates the overall efforts of the three…

A woman who is raped needs factual information concerning hospital and legal procedures and an emotional support system to help her focus her feelings into productive channels. This article describes a training and outreach program combining rape simulation, film, lecture, and experiential discussion to stimulate thought, action, and increased…

Describes the training and practical techniques taught to students involved in a sandwich course at the Tissue Culture and Cytogenetics Unit of the Marie Curie Memorial Foundation, Surrey, England. Students spend a minimum of six months involved in the sandwich course before returning to university for a final academic year. (JR)

An instructor-designed course to help industrial arts students express themselves in reports and in day-to-day business or industrial communications. (GR)

Sustained efforts of secondary and post-secondary educators in New York state has resulted in correlation of vocational-technical programs which, among other things, allows some high school graduates to qualify for advanced placement in two-year college programs. (Editor)

Describes the services of a community-based center providing social services to adolescent parents who cannot yet function independently and who had not previously been served. Emphasis is placed on continuity of services and on cooperation with existing educational, medical, and social institutions. (Author/DB)

After noting that matching the student to the job and employer is the most critical aspect of a successful work experience program, the author describes the secondary level work experience program (in Alden, New York) of which he is a part and presents reasons why the program has been effective. (HD)

Describes the work-study program at Berea College in Kentucky and its benefits. (JOW)

To break out of the mold of the modern college compartmentalized setting, alliances can and must be formed between different disciplines on campus. Knowledge the students gain from the differing perspectives will enhance their ability to communicate; oral and written communication; and effective listening have been identified as factors that help…

Western Michigan University and Starr Commonwealth School jointly provide a training program to prepare "educateurs"--interdisciplinary specialists who can function in a team process of treatment and in a wide range of living and learning environments with emotionally disturbed youth. The training program involves two major…

The document describes a model program for preschool handicapped children in rural areas utilizing a cooperative approach. Section I provides background information and information on program locale, goals and objectives, and program variables (personnel variables, instructional variables, facilities, program costs, and evidence of effectiveness).…

This report contains 24 case studies related to cooperative efforts between business and industry and educational agencies. Studies are arranged according to their current status, including whether they are on-going, not presently operating, or their status is uncertain. A short description is provided for each program, together with the source of…