The primary purpose of this study was to determine the relative effectiveness of extension work as carried out under two different systems of county assignment -- the individual county system and the multicounty system. The system of personnel assignment was the independent variable; agent job performance was the intervening variable; and program…

To meet the anticipated educational needs for vocational agriculture teacher education during 1970-2000, vocational agriculture training programs were proposed for undergraduate, master's, specialist, and doctoral programs, and for noncredit inservice teacher education. The contribution of instructional materials, research, and placement programs…

In June 1966, representatives of the 95 member organizations of the Joint Commission on Correctional Manpower and Training met in Washington to plan their work for the next three years. Speeches were given on commitment to the rehabilitation of criminal offenders, how this rehabilitation can be achieved, and the shortage of manpower in the…

Using a mailed questionnaire, this study surveyed the attitudes of county commissioners in Oklahoma toward the proposed use of specialized agricultural extension agents assigned to a multicounty area, and toward allocation of county tax funds for this purpose. Selected personal data were also obtained. Respondents (out of a sample of 178) were 71…

This paper discusses developments in pupil personnel services in Canadian schools. These services are defined as professional services, other than classroom instruction and school administration, that are offered by the school to help students attain their maximum personal development, and further, to facilitate the efforts of parents and teachers…

Recognizing the lack of any adequate media resources in Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) schools, this Department of the Interior report recommends the mandatory placement of an educational media specialist in all areas where there are such schools. The media program, which would use new funds, could be established by fiscal 1975. Further…

This book is a critical, genre study of surrealist films including a general discussion of the backgrounds, influences, and overall traits of surrealism as a mode of artistic response to an absurdist world. Citing the impetus of Jacques Vache and Andre Breton as the originators of surrealism, the work expands upon the themes of fractured realism…

The ideal media service program is based upon the concept that services can be rendered most effectively when unified and administered as a single, comprehensive program. Guidelines for such a program are laid down in this book. Suggestions for organizing the program include planning media services, coordinating media with curriculum and staff…

The annual report of the Media Specialist Program briefly traces the history of the Leadership Training Institute (LTI) and its relationship to the Media Specialist Program. The main body of the report is devoted to the current activities of the Media Specialist Program. Fifteen projects funded during 1970-71 are reported. Seven of these projects…

This document is the Foreword, Preface, list of the English Textbook and Framework Implementation Committee, and Introduction of a larger document concerned with the English Teacher Specialist Program of the California State Department of Education. The Introduction provides background information, including a brief history of departmental…

The focus of this study was to review and analyze current programs, practices, and procedures of child mental health consultation in order to generate an in-depth, empirically derived, conceptual framework to assist in the development of new programs of training and research in consultation. The design of the study included the collection of data…

The United States Training and Employment Service General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), first published in 1947, has been included in a continuing program of research to validate the tests against success in many different occupations. The GATB consists of 12 tests which measure nine aptitudes: General Learning Ability; Verbal Aptitude; Numerical…

Reported are the presentations, meetings, group discussions, and concerns of the delegates of the sixteenth Lake Okoboji Educational Media Leadership Conference. The keynote address examined the past, present, and emerging problems in education, and their implications for the field of instructional technology. The delegates then divided into five…

Summarizes recent research in reading and developmental psychology. Studies on schema theory and metacognition, and cognitive styles are described, and their implications for school library media programs and teaching critical thinking are discussed. (EM)

Discusses the current focus on the librarian's role as educator as the result of the report, "A Nation at Risk," by National Commission on Excellence. Publications identifying responsibilities of academic, public, corporate, and technical librarians are examined noting library role in creation of learning society and views on…