This article on teacher evaluation stresses the importance of clearly outlining a job description for teachers, delineating tasks that all teachers should perform and describing abilities that teachers should demonstrate. Six major categories of competency are covered: (1) planning and preparation (identifying objectives and selecting and…

The historical evolution of vocational education is discussed in an attempt to show that obvious comparisons can be drawn between the industrial education movement and debate of American educational history and the concepts of career education today. The document covers the period from the mid-1800's to the present. Major factors influencing the…

The instructional development process consists of two phases: (1) basic inputs and component design, and (2) production. Inputs involve the collection of information about project selection and content issues, and component design is the structuring of content before proceeding to operational design modification. Production activities refine each…

The past ten years have seen great changes in school and community relationships and in the style of decision-making. (Editor)

Analyzes the French university institutes of technology (IUTs), 2-year institutions established in 1966 for training upper level technitians for a variety of industrial, administrative, and service positions. Covers history, instruction, admissions and student body, teaching staff, administrative framework, and national policy-making problems and…

Education as an integrated part of the productive process of the rural Indian village is discussed, and eight main features of such an alternative educational system are presented. (LH)

Latin American women are examined in terms of their traditional, economic, and educational roles, and functional literacy programs in Ecuador and Venezuela are described. (LH)

A discussion of education and educational opportunities for women in Arab States includes formal education and literacy (examining formal education, primary school enrollment, and women's illiteracy) and non-formal education (examining a Saudi Arabian literacy program, joint action by Arab States, and the Arab Literacy and Adult Education…

Environmental education can provide information for better management of energy and resources. It must make people aware of society's abilities to find solutions to environmental problems. This requires presenting the dynamics of ecological principles and emphasizing environmental values and attitudes as well. (MR)

Presents the winners in the 38th Annual Science Talent Search and how the forty 18-year old students were chosen from among 980 contestants from 18 states and Singapore. Their names, and some of their activities and interests are also presented. (HM)

Presents three science programs developed as special topics courses at one of the two-year regional campuses of the Pennsylvania State University, Shenango Valley. The authors outline these programs in biology, physics and chemistry to illustrate their plasticity for program development and experimentation. (HM)

Bilingualism has developed in response to a great many social, economic, political, and cultural needs, and the responses have emerged in a variety of societies stretching back millenia. Recent bilingual programs in America continue this historical tradition of dealing with more than one language in a society or region. (Author/EB)

The article focuses on the mainstreaming trends resulting from Public Law 94-142 and other legislation requiring that regular school systems accommodate their programs to handicapped students. Topics of concern in restructuring schools and programs include individual assessment and placement, consultation, social skills, and programmatic…

Manitoba's first School Act in 1871 placed the administration of schools under a Board Of Education, divided into a Protestant and a Catholic Section. In 1890 the Manitoba Liberal government led by Thomas Greenway abolished the board and placed education under a department of education. Discusses the developments that led to that change and the…