Reports results of a survey of 125 local education authorities in Britain, including standardization of forms and purposes of keeping records on children under five in nursery and primary schools. (SK)

Suggestions are made to help members and secretaries of committees to understand their involvement in decision-making in higher education and to assist in the development of skills that will enable them to perform their roles more effectively. A committee is defined as a body to which a particular task is committed. Why committees are used and who…

Guidelines are given regarding keeping and using educational records for exceptional children in Great Britain. Procedures related to anecdotal records, observation inventories, and rating scales are delineated. (CL)

Recent actions of British teachers suggest an alternative to the teacher strike. Those teachers dramatically demonstrated their grievances by withholding the voluntary extra services they customarily perform. American teachers could accomplish the same end by collectively refusing to perform extraneous administrative services: collecting money,…

The development and extension of open learning systems in British institutions of further and higher education has given rise to a need for changes in the methods of recording student progress. Open learning systems' provision of a wide flexibility of pace so that students can extend or compress their periods of study as compared with traditional…

Discusses the problem of how to record the progress of young children in nursery schools and suggests several benefits of recordkeeping. Briefly reviews existing tests, scales, and assessment methods. Describes a new guide to assessment developed at the University of Keele (England) and its evaluation in an initial study. (MF)

Given the centrality of parent-professional partnerships in British government educational policy and the widespread reality of parent dissatisfaction, this article identifies key challenges to partnerships. These are: (1) defining partnership and associated processes; (2) achieving consensus about the purpose of the partnership and partner roles;…

This booklet sets out the recommendations for the training of clerks in firms within the scope of the Engineering Industry Training Board and is written for the use of managers, training officers and clerical supervisors. Recommendations are primarily for new entrants to clerical jobs. They cover the areas of: induction; basic training--including…

The introduction to this book discusses the development in commercial and clerical training since the Industrial Training Act, in particular the approach made by the Industrial Training Boards, and by the Central Training Council through its publication, "Training for Commerce and the Office." The main body of the publication analyzes a…

Addressed primarily to those involving in teaching 3- to 5-year-olds, this book focuses on the skills, knowledge, and attitudes that are the heart of effective nursery teaching. The book emphasizes the climate of change within which the nursery teacher in Great Britain operates, and the ways in which teachers need to work with their teams to…