During the late 1960s and early 1970s, a national plan was developed to guide educational activities in Nepal. With assistance from the United States Agency for International Development, the Nepalese government delineated guidelines for a cooperative program with a U.S. university that would provide practically oriented formal academic training…

This faculty project development had three main objectives: (1) to enable faculty to observe and evaluate their own behavior in the classroom; (2) to provide each faculty member with feedback from peers in a non-evaluative setting; and (3) to allow faculty to observe other teachers in action, to learn alternative teaching styles and to discuss…

The Evergreen State College seems to be working well as a nontraditional college committed to educational change and innovation. It provides a model for interdisciplinary education, developing basic cognitive skills and drawing all disciplines in probing specific problems. The necessary ingredients for a stimulating learning environment based on…

Described are the philosophy, goals, and objectives of a secondary special education class for educable mentally retarded students. Listed are unit titles and suggested methods and materials for the following eight program objectives: vocational and occupational development, economic independence, interpersonal relationship, health, leisure…

This survey compares compulsory consumer education in Norway with similar programs in the United States. After a short introduction, section two describes Norway and its public education system. Section three examines the role of the Norwegian Ministry of Consumer Affairs and Governmental Administration and describes compulsory consumer education…

This report investigates the relationship between the philosophy of John Dewey and the founding of the two-year General College of the University of Minnesota. Originally designated "The Junior College of the University of Minnesota", the college was established in response to the diverse needs and abilities of the new student population…

In this paper, the development and the first three months of a reading program in which university students tutor junior high school students with reading skill deficiencies are described. In section 1, an introduction, the literacy problem that exists in the United States and the basic rationale for the tutoring approach as a solution to this…

The report focuses on a preservice and inservice Diversified Occupations (DO) training program to prepare teachers in vocational and practical arts education for educable mentally retarded (EMR) high school pupils. Described are the following topics: program context (which emphasized DO programs in 15 area vocational centers); program goals and…

One method of adapting a social studies curriculum project to meet the specific needs of a school is demonstrated in this document. The curriculum package used is People and Technology developed by the Educational Development Center (EDC). The first part of the document gives an overview of the original curriculum product as developed by EDC,…

The aims of this project have been to collect and analyze information on existing Adult Basic Education (ABE) programs, to identify types of programs which are successful in job-related settings, and to recommend promising new models for job-related ABE. Eighty programs were selected as possible for the study. When it was found impossible to…

Project Keeping All Pupils in School (KAPS) is a dropout prevention program designed by officials in the Baltimore City Public Schools, supported by Federal funds under the provision of Title VIII of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act (PL90-427). The KAPS Program consists of six components. They include: Daily Program, Service to Aid…

The first section of this report presents six articles describing FLES techniques. Harriet Barnett discusses the use in FLES of individualized teaching techniques that are in popular use in other subject areas. Yvonne Le Manchec encourages early second language instruction through the use of educational situations in which the child will be…

The Minnesota project proposal outlined four major areas of objectives for improving the quality of family day care homes: (1) training for a home-bound population, (2) child development resource centers, (3) training materials and supportive services, and (4) the Family Day Care Consultant, a new career. Project activities in the first year…

This paper presents an example of the implementation of the elements of developmental career counseling within an academic setting. A ten-week seminar, attended by 49 university student subjects, was evaluated, before and after, with the Vocational Development Inventory (VDI), the Career Activities Survey (CAS, an information seeking checklist),…

Results of the first 6 months of the Ypsilanti-Carnegie Infant Education Project are provided, including quantitative data and a case study, a discussion of the curriculum employed in the home and illustration of curriculum practices, and research design changes. The purpose of the project is to assess the effectiveness of systematic intervention…