THIRTY PARTICIPANTS INCLUDING TEACHER EDUCATORS AND ADMINISTRATORS ATTENDED A 2-WEEK TEACHER EDUCATION INSTITUTE DESIGNED TO CONSIDER CRITICAL ISSUES IN VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR PROGRAMS OF TEACHER PREPARATION IN SMALL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. THE PRESENTATIONS BY SPECIAL CONSULTANTS WERE--(1) "CRITICAL…

Administrative and personnel problems created through organization of multi-teacher departments in vocational agriculture was the major topic considered by 16 teachers in a June 1967 workshop. The primary purpose of the workshop was to provide for more efficient and effective agricultural programs through better teacher understandings of multiple…

Prepared in connection with the World Congress of Ministers of Education on the Eradication of Illiteracy (Teheran, September 8-19, 1965), this UNESCO report on literacy as a factor in development focuses on worldwide literacy education and the dimensions of illiteracy, the role of literacy in economic and technological development and in social…

Recommendations are made for the improvement of the education of the deaf and severely hard of hearing in California. Minimum essentials for preschool, elementary, junior and senior high school programs are listed, including class size, criteria for admission, teacher-supervisor qualifications and ratio, curriculum, physical facilities, guidance…

Results are presented of a national workshop designed to improve educational and employment opportunities for handicapped and disadvantaged persons by providing a setting for fifteen university teams (one from each of the ten U.S. Office of Education regions and five at large) to develop specific plans of action for the creation or expansion of…

Covering the period January 1 through June 30, 1976, this fourth and final semi-annual report of the first two-year grant for the Applied Fishery Science Program operating at Sheldon Jackson College in Sitka, Alaska presents the following information; Background (program objectives, advisory committee, and program staff); Program Progress…

Summarizing the beginning of the second year of operation of the hatchery and educational program provided by the Applied Fisheries Science Program at Sheldon Jackson College in Sitka, Alaska for Alaska Natives and non-Native groups interested in salmon ranching, this fifth semi-annual report covers the period July 1 through December 31, 1976 and…

Recommendations by task forces at the Appalachian Balanced Growth and Economic Development Conference in 1977 to the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) resulted in ARC's adoption of six resolutions which are listed in this supplement. Specific recommendations were made under the following resolution headings: (1) legislation for a national…

This project report from Frostburg State College, the Regional Education Service Agency (RESA) of Appalachian Maryland, and other area colleges and boards of education is presented in three sections. In the introductory section, three project stages are defined: (1) analysis of existing needs surveys and institutional responsibilities for…

The document, produced to aid Ohio communities in linking their schools' kindergarten through secondary career education (CE) programs with the needs and interests of local General Motors (GM) plants, defines some central concepts of career education and discusses successful, cooperative interaction between industry and career education. The focus…

The model was designed to provide a guide for systematic planning, implementation, and evaluation of adult career education in correctional settings, utilizing a systems approach. It consists of seven chapters and a flowchart presenting seven major functions which must be carried out: (1) establishing a conceptual framework, (2) setting up an…

The concept of needs and educational assessment is a blending of community participation and evaluation. There are four primary steps in this concept: goal definition, program assessment, needs identification, and decision making. This document offers a guideline model aimed at a simple, economical method of needs and educational assessment. It…

Basic career needs, management tasks, objectives, human development rationale, and implementation strategies for a career development education program are discussed in terms of the Minnesota Career Development Curriculum (CDC) project. Oriented toward teachers and counselors, the document contains six chapters: (1) The Challenge, presenting an…

The results of a 1974 colloquium designed to discuss the preliminary feasibility of a United Nations University are provided. Twenty-five representatives from San Francisco Bay area institutions of higher learning met to discuss general programs and policies, bay area regional cooperation and collaboration, communications, and educator role. The…

The cluster concept in vocational education addresses itself to issues of: job-entry preparation; geographic and occupational mobility; optimum employability for young adults; the processes by which occupational or career decisions are made; worker adaptability in a rapidly changing labor market; and the effects of continuous education on career…