The findings of the study suggest that the team effort--the working together of a learning specialist, administrator, and counselor--had a much greater impact on the school and on the function of the individual specialists than their individual work alone could ever have. (Author)

Reports the shortage of teachers for the handicapped and suggests sources of paraprofessional aides. (Author)

Whether or not media technology reaches maturity will determine its effectiveness in higher education. (Editor)

Suggestions for library media specialists to use in establishing relationships with administrators, teachers, students, and parents focus on four areas of interpersonal skills: knowing and trusting each other; accurately understanding each other; influencing and helping each other; and constructively resolving problems and conflicts. Fifteen…

Entitlement legislation, demographic trends, and increased status and control over a student constituency have encouraged teachers to specialize. This trend can lead to bureaucratization and fragmentation of the profession. Specialized professional services should be provided in a way that recognizes client involvement in decision making. (PP)

Political obstacles to curriculum changes can be avoided by inviting participation by curriculum specialists, teachers, parents, and other citizens in the decision-making process. (Author/MLF)

Idaho is one of eight states to offer teacher certification in dance. In 1975, committees were appointed to revise Idaho's certification standards. A progressive certification program was developed. Program approval is granted by a state accreditation team, based on the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification…

Reviews doctoral dissertation research dealing specifically with school library media programs and resources. A comprehensive set of recommendations for future research is made and a 160-item reference list accompanies the text. (JL)

Presents a career development self-inventory for school library media specialists to use in assessing their career needs, and to aid in developing strategies to reach their professional goals. (Author/BK)

Identifies six field-specific and generic skills necessary for instructional developers, i.e., interpersonal communication, receiving and assimilating large amounts of new information, creative problem solving, applying behavioral sciences to instruction, seeking and locating new information, and specific instructional development skills. The…

Expertise in the labor relations field is seen as necessary for any college or university engaged in collective bargaining. Three choices are considered: hiring the expert, retaining an outside consultant, or training the in-house specialist. Management, it is suggested, must maintain the power balance by meeting expertise with expertise.…

Bibliographies of student papers, student questionnaires, and interviews with library media specialists were examined in studying the use of magazine articles by high school students to fulfill assignments calling for the collection of information on individual topics. Areas examined included context of use, age of materials, title selection, and…

Reports on the visit of five American filmmakers to the People's Republic of China in 1979. Includes their observations of film and television facilities and reviews their meetings with actors, writers, directors, producers, archivists, historians, teachers, technicians, and other film workers and students. (JMF)