Intended for recreational leaders, classroom teachers, volunteers, and parents, the text presents guidelines for planning and conducting activities for mentally retarded youth and young adults. Consideration of understanding the maturing retardate and his social needs includes different kinds of beneficial social experiences, the maturing…

This study explores the potential benefits of multigenerational day care programs. Two small preschool programs serving predominantly low income black families were chosen for comparison. The programs were matched for child/staff ratio, level of staff professionalism, and characteristics of families served. The programs differed, however, in their…

In order to assess the felt needs and interests of the local population and business community relative to education and training, a survey was designed and implemented in the four-county area surrounding Waco, Texas. This volume, part one of a three part series documents the work done in developing and conducting the community needs assessment…

The planning guide for developing Adult English as a Second Language Programs focuses on implementing six goals relating to: utilizing community resources, utilizing communication skills, participating in community networks, utilizing occupational advancement opportunities, functioning in multi-cultural life styles, and functioning at individual…

The report was prepared for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of the U.S. Department of Transportation. The report briefly reviews the appropriate literature, then describes the one-year program which involved planning and organization of a Highway Collision Investigation Training Program, preparing a course syllabus, and…

Adult education in the U.S. today and its future are summarized. As it presently exists, adult education is said to be local in nature. A national adult education research project is currently being conducted to determine the performance requirements for adults in a postindustrial society. Adult education has been a strong factor in raising the…

Descriptions of vocational, practical arts, and general adult education programs for an exemplary school curriculum, grades K-12 in Leflore County, Mississippi, are given in this 1969 document. Suggestions include development of an area vocational-technical school designed to supply partially the anticipated manpower needs of this rural county. It…

The Fund for Adult Education (FAE) was established by the Ford Foundation as an independent organization in 1951 and existed for a decade; its purpose was to support programs of liberal adult education which contribute to the development of wise and responsible citizens for a free society. In the first year, the Fund began a program of study and…

Designed to help formulate a plan of organization and administration for vocational and technical education and adult education in the Birmingham, Alabama, city schools, this study entailed an extensive literature review on vocational education and administrative matters; a historical review of several Birmingham schools (Paul Hayne School,…

This revised handbook for public school adult educators focuses on recurring administrative responsibilities, problems, practices, and implications. Section I deals with aspects of the organization and administration of continuing education; the development of public support for adult education; continuing education in community schools; roles and…

This report on a national seminar attended by over 100 French adult educators from universities, industry, government agencies, and voluntary agencies is divided into three parts. Part I summarizes conclusions and recommendations made by nine commissions on conditions (including needs and objectives, obstacles to continuing education, educational…

A 6-week summer workshop dealing with the problems and methods of teaching Negro, Mexican-American, and other minority group children was conducted for 208 teachers and ancillary personnel in the 15 schools of the Jordan and Garfield Educational Complexes, Los Angeles. The two program components were coordinated by different sets of leaders on an…

The document was prepared as part of a UNESCO contract to train 16 counterpart officials of UNESCO-sponsored literacy projects. Functional literacy was studied in three parts, all dealing with the total planning process. First was project planning. Literacy projects must consider national educational plans and be related to relevant economic…

In Norway all children, regardless of nationality, who are of compulsory school age (7-16 years old) have a right and obligation to attend compulsory school. The local school board is responsible for arranging auxiliary teaching for pupils who require extra help, in accordance with the instructions issued by the Ministry of Church and Education.…

The potential force for the mutual enrichment of the arts on the lives of older people was investigated by an advisory committee representing the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts and The National Council on the Aging. This prospectus, a report of the committee findings, includes a review of a representative spectrum of cultural programs…