Abstracts are presented of research studies undertaken in 1978-79 by the Planning and Research Branch of Alberta, Canada Education Department. Each report contains a statement of purpose, a description of design, an outline of results and recommendations based on study findings. Bibliographic information is provided on each study as well as…

AS A PRELIMINARY TO DESIGNING A MAN-MACHINE COUNSELING SYSTEM, THE GUIDANCE PRACTICES IN 13 SCHOOLS DISTRIBUTED THROUGH SEVEN STATES WERE SURVEYED TO STUDY THE VARIATIONS IN COUNSELING PRACTICES. ANALYSIS OF AN ACTUAL AND IDEAL SORT OF A Q-SORT DECK OF 48 CARDS, EACH CONTAINING A DESCRIPTION OF A DISCRETE COUNSELING ACTIVITY, INDICATED NO MARKED…

Designed to provide some guidelines for instructors developing a course on Survival Education, this project outline may be used as an actual pattern for course design; also, the administrator/supervisor may utilize this as an evaluative tool for examining other similar course presentations. Because a contemporary survival course must take into…

A description is given of an exemplary Teacher Center program that is based on established knowledge of the characteristics of adult learning processes and motivation. Four features distinguish this program: (1) The Center staff operates out of a small office and takes its services to the teachers in their own buildings; (2) Emphasis is placed on…

This manual for supervisors in the Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) provides background on SYEP and tips on program supervision. Section 1 is a brief introduction. The history and purpose of SYEP are presented in section 2. Section 3 contains nine SYEP supervisor work rules (concerning time records, safety, accidents and illness,…

This booklet is intended as a guide for community educators on planning and teaching educational programs for older adults. Chapter 1, Getting Started, discusses the program plan which identifies the sponsoring agency, advisory committee, and ways of determining needs and interests. Chapter 2, Designing the Program, focuses on the participants,…

The 106 community colleges in California were surveyed by questionnaire to determine their current level of commitment to the aged in terms of programs and courses available, adult participation, and methods used to conduct programs. Eighty-three questionnaires (78%) were returned. Of the responding colleges, 43% were currently offering classes or…

In 1973, the Education Development Center (EDC) received a grant for the production and support of 65 half-hour television programs. Aimed primarily at eight- to eleven-year-old minority children, the programs were to teach supplementary mathematical topics through real situations, drawing examples from science, technology, and the arts. Hands-on…

This Teacher Training Manual describes a project which developed and implemented a two semster series of workshops accompanied by field work experience to provide early childhood education teachers with the necessary skills to plan a multicultural program. The first part of the manual describes the project. Included are the Workshop Facilitator…

This two-part report is an outgrowth of a 1964 conference of 27 high school and university faculty members involved in the State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNYAB) teacher education program, which is part of Inter-University Project I. Part 1 is a preconference position paper by Charles R. Fall, School of Education, SUNYAB, related to the…

Any attempt to change teacher education must recognize the bureaucratic nature of our educational system, a de facto national system with the graduate school as the capstone of an interlocking hierarchy in which power is centered on the middle level functionaries. Role definition and specialization of purpose tend to place the teacher in the role…

Following an extensive literature review and a review of programs in 16 community colleges in fourteen states, this study sets forth a guide for educational program development for senior citizens who are defined as those who are 62 years of age and older. The author recommends that: (1) a full-time program specialist be hired to institute…

Written to accompany a three-volume set of teaching activities, this guide provides recommendations for staffing, structuring, and equipping a career education program. The introduction discusses the purpose of the guide, career education in Pennsylvania, and several laws pertaining to career education. Chapter I deals with the roles of the…

The University of Albuquerque established a degree program for adults which includes (1) a time shortened concept, (2) a seminar format in the general education program which allows the adult students an opportunity to question, critique, discuss, and engage in scholarly dialogue with seminar preceptors, (3) a flexible schedule that allows adult…

This manual has been prepared as a supplement to the final report (CE 018 453) on the Systemwide Career Education Cluster-Based Articulated Model Program, SCECAMP. An introduction provides an overview of the SCECAMP project and the rationale for this replication manual. The first of the three major sections contained in this document summarizes…