A social and educational revolution is recasting the goals and function of schooling in the United States. Because of this, the persistent dilemmas of curriculum decision-making have become more urgent. The first dilemma deals with the problem of choosing between the virtues of community control and student-initiated curriculum making and the…

In this review, benefits are equated with the impact of the Job Corps on increasing earnings of the Corpsmen above what their earnings would have been in the absence of the program. Earning improvements are measured in two alternative ways: (1) the educational gains achieved in the Job Corps in conjunction with education and life-time earnings,…

Intensive Business Training in Mississippi is designed to prepare students for immediate employment in secretarial and clerical jobs in a business office. It includes the learning and mastering of office procedures and techniques, with emphasis on depth and practice of putting basic office skills into vocational experience and practice. The two or…

The course introduces the student to basic and individual styling which is essentially the "heart" of cosmetology. The student becomes aware of the constant changes in hair fashions and is able to meet the challenge of Creative Coiffures. Requiring 135 hours of classroom-laboratory instruction, the course is divided into six…

The course described in this pamphlet completes the theory of black and white television and introduces the student to basic color. Course content includes goals, specific block objectives, the cathode-ray tube (electrostatic and electromagnetic control), video IF amplifiers and detectors, sound IF amplifiers and audio detectors, colorimetry,…

Permanent curling and straightening require a thorough understanding of hair. Through diligent study and practice the student prepares for a profitable part of a beauty career. The course requires 135 hours of classroom-laboratory instruction. Those entering must have mastered the skills of shaping and conditioning hair. On completion of the…

Requiring 135 hours of classroom-laboratory instruction, the course develops skill in giving facial treatments including all massage manipulations, along with knowing the purpose of facials and of the anatomy and physiology related to it. The application of make-up for all types of skin and facial features is an integral part of the program. The…

This training manual outlines the skill areas and theoretical framework needed for a successful infant caregiver training program. The manual focuses on the child development aspects of training, particularly personality development, sensory development, language development, and the development of large-muscle skills. Throughout the book, an…

The junior high student will type postcards, personal announcements, memorandums, personal notes, personal business letters, envelopes; and learn the parts of letters, letter styles, folding of letters, punctuation rules, proofreading, and erasing in this course. The student will also learn to compose at the typewriter. A prerequisite to this…

This course outlined in this pamphlet serves as a review clinic for basic typing skills to increase students' employability and provide further skill development. Content includes occupational relationships, enrollment guidelines, performance objectives (perform standard maintenance on a typewriter, type from dictation, compose at a typewriter),…

Use of a predictor display has been shown to virtually transform the difficulty of a variety of complex, manual control pursuit tracking tasks to the level of those having relatively simple control requirements. With 15-minutes practice, naive operators are able to perform some complex tasks with a predictor display at accuracy levels previously…

This report describes a model for staff development of an elementary school drug education pilot program designed to help children develop positive self-concepts and skills for decision making. The objectives of the staff development model are to help teachers, (a) assess their own needs and strengths, (b) plan and practice classroom activities in…

This study continues the investigation of the general organizational plan used by good motor learners in acquiring a complex motor skill (tennis serve). The General Serve Problem Solving Model (GSPS), developed in earlier research, was utilized in an effort to improve and broaden it so that other types of learners may be studied and compared. Six…

This report defines the concepts and some of the problems of accountability and performance contracting with special emphasis on measurement problems in the latter. Measurement problems involve both the validity and the reliability of standardized achievement tests as a basis for reimbursing a contractor. The author suggests the use of criterion…

The procedures taken and the results obtained in the planning of a reading and study skills course at Floyd Junior College are described. The course objectives and course structure are outlined. The aim of this course is to teach students reading, listening, notetaking, and study skills necessary for college success and to provide them with…