This annotated bibliography presents a collection of readings which should be of interest to persons charged with the responsibility of planning programs dealing with the education, counseling, and socialization of the socioeconomically disadvantaged. Taken from various sources, this collection contains: (1) current readings, (2) a listing of…

To improve the educational services to the handicapped and disadvantaged youth of the County, the characteristics of the national population with special needs and the employment opportunities ultimately available to them are reported. The study focuses on appropriate guidelines to develop special programs to increase and improve the educational…

Included are 40 abstracts with descriptive terms (designed primarily for the practitioner) devoted to program descriptions, guides, and curriculum information on the mentally handicapped. Also provided are an author and subject index, user information, and information on purchasing the total document or specific documents. (JM)

This resource manual contains 424 resumes of available literature which will assist: (1) teacher-educators who are preparing teachers to work with disadvantaged learners, (2) state and local supervisors who are working to improve the effectiveness of local education agency personnel, and (3) teachers as they strive to improve their programs. The…

This publication presents guidelines for planning, implementing, and evaluating a peer tutoring program within a vocational setting. Chapter 1 discusses benefits of peer tutoring and presents a compilation of guidelines, suggestions, and examples for planning, developing, and evaluating a peer tutoring program. Tasks in each area--program…

As part of a project designed to identify appropriate and feasible methods of evaluating vocational education with respect to its outcomes, this bibliography contains descriptive and evaluative annotations of a selection of empirical studies of vocational education outcomes. Following a technical introduction discussing the methodological issues…

Developed for use by state vocational personnel, this integrated planning package contains five sections describing activities that combine to form a unified system for effective planning of vocational programs for American Indian populations. The first section introduces the package, overviews the other sections, discusses state agency…

This bibliography of abstracts was prepared to assist program planners and administrators in locating pertinent data on post-secondary cooperative education programs. The package is composed of abstracts of documents reported in "Research in Education" (RIE), "Abstracts of Research Materials in Vocational and Technical…

This publication contains a synthesis of information collected by the National Entrepreneurship Education Consortium on the efforts of local vocational education programs in the area of entrepreneurship education. The programs described represent all instructional levels and all areas of the country. A directory of programs listed by state is…

A booklet to provide overall background information on research and development projects in career education as well as an abstract of the activities being undertaken in each individual project is presented. Each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the various territories of the United States is represented. The abstracts relate the…

A study was conducted to examine the extent to which program improvement funds from Public Law 94-482 were used by states to aid state vocational education programs serving handicapped and disadvantaged students through research, exemplary and innovative programs, curriculum development, vocational guidance and counseling, and vocational education…

This journal provides abstracts of 150 documents included in the automated data base of Project SHARE, a Clearinghouse for Improving the Management of Human Services. These documents are on subjects of concern, interest, and importance to those responsible for the planning, management, and delivery of human services. Abstracts, arranged in…

The report provides an account of how the U.S. Office of Education's discretionary vocational education research program for fiscal year 1974 was planned and implemented under the administration of the new Bureau of Occupational and Adult Education and its component new Division of Research and Demonstration. The report contains basic information…

This document provides an overview of the history, status, and funding of school-to-work programs in Ohio. First, school-to-work transition programs are discussed in the larger context of work force development. Presented next are the rationale for the school-to-work approach to education and its main objectives and components. The differences…

This journal is published quarterly by Project SHARE, a clearinghouse for improving the management of human services. Each Journal announces 150 of the documents included in the SHARE automated data base on subjects of concern to those responsible for the planning, management, and delivery of human services. The Journal is divided into four parts:…