In founding an instructional materials and methods center on a university campus, it must be borne in mind that the type of university and degree of faculty power greatly affect the eventual form of an instructional center. Many people have different ideas concerning how a center fits into the content model of knowledge or the transmission model…

A guide to help teachers and students in California's Bay Area become aware of the region's rich resources on China and Chinese culture, contains a listing of resources useful to any classroom teacher interested in teaching about China. After an introduction to the Bay Area China Education Project, which produces the Guide, annotated descriptions…

This document is in fact three separate entities which are issued as companion volumes. "Programs of Media Centers Recommended for Visiting and Observation" (November 1972) lists 13 schools throughout New Jersey which would be attractive to those interested in media centers and programs. The schools are listed by level--elementary,…

Over 6,000 educators in the Merrimack Valley responded to a questionnaire conducted in the fall of 1972 that one of their prime needs for information is in the area of curriculum materials. The Massachusetts Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, in association with Merrimack Education Center, has recently prepared a response to…

This monograph explores and develops the concept of nongraded schools and establishes a more precise definition for this concept. The first part of the monograph reveals the degrees to which nongrading has been bent and collapsed to accommodate grading, and interprets the values and data supporting the rationale presented for nongrading. The…

The effects of a federal grant may go far beyond the school system involved. One high school in Maine received $275,000 for a library/media center to see what a well-equipped and stocked, and adequately staffed library/media center would do to improve the quality of the learning opportunities for students. A survey of all Maine school…

Twelve authors offer initiative and creative ideas for using museums to further world-wide education in a broad sense. Rather than viewing the museum as a preserver and storehouse of works and objectives, the authors see the museum as a place where direct involvement in process education occurs. International trends in museum education are focused…

This interim progress report comments on the objectives of the Media Utilization Services for Teachers (MUST) project, aimed at developing and demonstrating "a systems approach to facilitate the utilization of media to improve instruction for children, primarily those classified as educable mentally retarded (EMR) and functionally retarded." A…

The multimedia instructional system used at Mt. San Jacinto College (California) provides instruction to help students achieve more of the course objectives. How to write objectives, different ways to utilize media, and individual, small group, and large group instruction are some of the topics discussed. Some advantages of this system are: (1)…

The study estimated costs to the State of Pennsylvania and to local school districts for establishing and maintaining instructional materials media centers including materials and personnel. Results indicated that State subsidized regional media centers would be less costly for both the State and local districts and that the range of available…

An Indian Education Resources Center has been established in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to improve educational opportunities for American Indian students. Part of the Bureau of Indian Affairs' Central Office of Indian Education Program, the center was established after a thorough review of the Bureau's Central Office education operations revealed a…

Presented is a description of the operational procedures of a model resource center for educationally handicapped elementary school children in Colorado and the replication strategy to be used. Emphasized are the differentiated staffing patterns. Appended are tables of statistical data and evaluation forms. (IM)

Evaluated was the program, which followed the resource room model, to provide supplementary individual and small group instruction to 360 mainstreamed children (in grades k-6) diagnosed as neurologically impaired. Aside from providing direct instructional services, program teachers consulted with regular class teachers about problems for students…

A vocational/technical research librarian reviews approaches and sources of resource and curriculum materials for use by community colleges. Half of the paper consists of a six-part bibliography: (1) National data bases (manual and computer search capability), (2) national, regional, State sources, (3) selected bibliographies and listings of…

Brief reports of visits to several media programs functioning in open space settings. (Author)