This book contains the proceedings of a conference, held at the American University of Beirut in December, 1967, at which the problems and possibilities of planning the development and application of modern science and technology in developing countries were discussed, with particular reference to the Arab World and Turkey. In these countries…

This multimedia kit, for use with and by teachers from kindergarten through the upper elementary grades, consists of four components: 1) a filmstrip for teachers; 2) the 1970 edition of a handbook, "Conference Time for Teachers and Parents"; 3) a filmstrip for parents; 4) a supporting parent information leaflet "How To Confer Successfully with…

The focus of the institute on the counseling process and teachers of multiply handicapped children was on children with at least one sensory, emotional, or physical impairment in addition to a visual handicap. The roles of the specialist and the teacher in the counseling process and the determination of the best educational placement for the child…

The annual report reviews, evaluates, and reports on the administration and programs of the Bureau of Education for the Handicapped. Also reported upon is the status of legislation concerning the use of federal funds to assist State education agencies, institutions of higher learning, and other non-profit organizations operating educational…

A combination of 350 community, student, and college leaders from four counties participated in a conference on the role of the junior college in the urban revolution. The keynote speaker, whose remarks are included, addressed himself to the nature of the urban revolution with emphasis on the plight of the individual in seeking self-identity.…

This summary describes the more significant activities and achievements of the Defense Documentation Center (DDC) including: DDC and the scientific and technical community. The DDC role in the Department of Defense Scientific and Technical Information Program continued to shift from the traditional concept of an archival repository and a…

The Proceedings are divided in 6 parts. The first 5 parts present the papers delivered at the conference. They are: (1) the union and society, (2) the union and minorities, (3) the union and change, (4) the union operation, and (5) the union building. Part 6 deals with the business of the Association. (AF)

This third annual report on the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title II describes how the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Virgin Islands and the Bureau of Indian Affairs utilized their Title II funds in fiscal year 1968 for the improvement of educational quality…

This set of two audio cassette tapes was recorded at the 1969 AAAS meeting on Ecology and the undergraduate curriculum. Four papers were presented each followed by a question and answer session. Dr. Darnell presented a paper titled "The New Ecology." The paper outlined the historical roots of ecology and defined the new perspectives of ecology,…

The findings of a group of 30 experts from 16 countries on the further training of secondary mathematics teachers are presented in this book. Topics included are aims of further training, difficulties in the planning for further training, the mathematics content needed in training programs, plans for the organization of training programs, areas of…

In order to explore the status of technology and its relationships with areas of social concern, nearly 50 leading authorities in social organization, automation technology, education, and business met for this symposium. Among the 12 articles in this report are position papers prepared for each of the four areas, in advance of the conference by…

An accounting is made in this report of the work of the Office of the Commissioner of Education during Fiscal Year 1970 and reflects the state of American education today. The Commissioner envisions the Federal role in education to be one of increasing the effectiveness of the human and financial resources of our schools, colleges and…

This report describes the development of the Compressed Survey Feedback Technique and its use to organize a College Discovery and Development (CDD) Conference. Survey feedback consists mainly of obtaining from members of an organization their opinions about the organization and then giving summaries of these opinions to various groups within the…

This volume contains five state-of-the-knowledge papers commissioned by ERIC/CEA (now ERIC/CEM) and presented at a conference sponsored by ERIC/CEA and CASEA. The authors and the titles of the papers are: Willis W. Harman, "Nature of Our Changing Society: Implications for Schools"; Richard C. Williams, "Teacher Militancy: Implications for the…

Keynote addresses, minutes of the meetings, committee reports, and a list of the 72 participants are given in this report of an annual meeting of educational media specialists at Lake Okoboji (Iowa). The keynote addresses were concerned with the application of educational technology and interdependence in the industrial-instructional revolution.…