Twenty sample career education implementation plans for grades 4-6 are included in this document. Goals, objectives, activities, and potential resources are identified for the following six areas: personal development, career and occupational awareness, economic understanding, citizenship, family life, and human relations. The career education…

This booklet presents information to help parents understand their children's citizenship development and suggests activities which parents can supervise at home or in local communities to enrich their children's citizenship experiences. The booklet explains that three main influences on children's citizenship development are role models (people…

Definitions, purposes, and goals are enumerated to provide a planning framework for the creation of a staff development plan at Metro Tech Community College (MTCC). After introductory material outlines the planning process for staff development and the steps in an informal assessment of staff development needs, an operational definition is…

This two-part report contains the papers delivered at a national planning workshop conducted by the Community College Humanities Association (CCHA) in October 1979 to analyze the role of the humanities at the community college, as well as the report of the inaugural conference of the CCHA. Part I begins with Donald Schmeltekopf's presidential…

This document contains the proceedings from the University of Vermont's 1978 summer institute on special education and Public Law 94-142. In addition to containing the welcoming address, presentations concerning interpreting the mainstreaming law, on perspectives from the bureau for the handicapped, on the need for due process for handicapped…

Two empirical studies were conducted in Indiana to ascertain the types of contributions residents of small towns and rural areas feel their community can perform for their subjective well being and to determine the degree to which these contributions are comparable among elderly and younger rural and urban residents. An "individual level…

This planning guide is intended for use in selecting content from home economics subject matter areas when planning consumer and homemaking education programs for grades 7 through 12. The planning guide is divided into two major parts. The first section focuses on the suggested scope and sequence for each of five home economics subject matter…

THE GENERAL OBJECTIVE WAS TO HELP THE CLIENTS ATTAIN EMPLOYMENT READINESS. TWO-WEEK WORKSHOPS WERE HELD ON EACH OF THE FOLLOWING--TRANSPORTATION AND ORIENTATION TO THE CITY, GROOMING AND PERSONAL HYGIENE, MONEY MANAGEMENT, AND HUMAN RELATIONS TRAINING AND JOB ORIENTATION. DAILY LESSON PLANS WITH OBJECTIVES SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE WORLD OF WORK…

THE GOALS, RESEARCH TASKS, AND FUNCTIONAL OPERATION OF A RESEARCH AND INSTRUCTION (R AND I) UNIT WERE DESCRIBED. R AND I UNITS WERE ORGANIZED TO PROVIDE THE MEANS TO CONDUCT CLASSROOM RESEARCH AND TO DEVELOP MORE EFFICIENT LEARNING PROCESSES THROUGH THE COOPERATION OF LOCAL SCHOOLS, STATE PERSONNEL, AND UNIVERSITY FACULTY MEMBERS. THE ACTIVITIES…

This manual is designed for use in a workshop on leadership training. A discussion is given on the interaction between individuals that produces change in both personal behavior and gradual changes in organizational structures. Theories are presented on methods of bringing about desired change. The major theory under consideration is that of using…

Experts in education from universities and other centers of research, coming from almost 60 countries and meeting in a world congress, studied the factors underlying self realization in education. The essential points presented through the various reports are: (1) All human beings have potentialities which should be developed to an optimum degree.…

The role of values clarification and self-concept development, which are important issues in liberal and humane education, are identified, and it is suggested that the use of film in a class can emphasize values processing and clarification. Film is a medium that can clearly illustrate conflicts and problems in human relationships and the complex…

The Chicano Movement acts as a revitalization movement for involved individuals. Revitalization occurs when an individual perceives himself as part of a broader group, becomes aware of the problems confronting the group, and decides to do something to rectify the situation. This process begins with a crisis situation which overcomes the…

STUDIES OF CREATIVITY AND OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTURBANCES IN CHILDREN HAVE SUGGESTED THE PRESENCE OF SLUMPS (OR INVERSIONS) WHICH MAY BE CORRELATED WITH DEVELOPMENTAL TRANSITIONS. THE MOST NOTABLE OF THESE OCCURS AT ABOUT THE FOURTH GRADE AND IS THE OBJECT OF THIS STUDY. THREE SETS OF INVESTIGATIONS WERE UNDERTAKEN--(1) A STUDY OF CREATIVE…

THE CHILDREN OF AGRICULTURAL MIGRANT WORKERS ARE EDUCATIONALLY AND SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR THESE YOUNGSTERS, FOUR BASIC PRINCIPLES SHOULD BE CONSIDERED-- (1) AFFECTION IS A BASIC NEED OF CHILDREN, (2) EVERY INDIVIDUAL HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GROW IN HIS OWN WAY, (3) GROWTH IS INTERRELATED WITH READINESS,…