This report describes the organization, planning, and procedures for two seminars which examined alternative approaches to the achievement of two goals: increasing equity and improving educational practices. The seminars had as their major purposes the study and analysis of interorganizational collaboration as it enhances these goals, and the…

This study reports findings on existing continuing library education and explores the scope and function of continuing education programs offered to library personnel by national library associations. It also provides additional information to assist library associations in program development or modification and offers a resource to aid…

This bibliography provides references to published works that deal with the topics of cultural pluralism, culture, and ethnicity, especially as they relate to education. More than two hundred books and journal articles, most of them published since the mid l960s, are cited. (MK)

The seminar in this report focused on perspectives, recent developments, directions for improvement, and community involvement with regard to the education of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in Australia. The seminar underscored that there is considerable interest in Aboriginal and Islander education with attention centered on human…

Presented is an evaluation of a multi-media resource pack, available from British Petroleum Corporation, which details the discovery and extraction of North Sea oil. The evaluation presented includes three thrusts: (1) a determination of the areas where the packs were distributed; (2) personal interviews with teachers who had used the packs; and…

This guide consists of four specific access aids to resources for educators of adults: (1) a list of the categories of resources, used as a classification scheme for most of the adult and continuing education activities and projects related to resources for educators of adults at Syracuse University; (2) a list of descriptive subject headings,…

This document describes a generalizable process for assessing needs and prescribing instructional resources which was piloted in the science teaching project of the Pennsylvania Department of Education entitled Investigative Science for Elementary Education (ISEE). Based on careful consideration and analysis of a number of information and…

Part of the Anthropology Curriculum Project, the bibliography lists reprints on archaeology. Intended for use by social studies teachers, college instructors, and students, the document aims to stimulate research related to anthropology and education, to suggest course readings, and to contribute to the visibility of anthropology as a school…

Under the assumption that evaluation must involve the teacher in an introspective process so as to develop the habit of continuous improvement, guidelines which give direction to industrial arts program evaluation were developed. These are intended for use by industrial arts teachers and by preservice teacher education students. Major chapters…

Professional educational organizations such as The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) recognize the special needs of abused and neglected children and the responsibility of the entire professional community to offer services to meet these needs. CEC is presently involved in the design of a training program for educators that combines a…

This booklet was written to answer some basic questions about the use of the computer in education. A number of ways in which computers are used in the learning process are listed, followed by the rationale for using computers in education. Benefits of using computers to improve instruction, to provide learner control, and to develop a…

The curriculum guide on School Pedestrian Safety was developed because of the need for an understanding of good safety practices. The guide covers three major areas: Pedestrian Safety, Bus Safety, and Bicycle Safety. The project has been developed in a loose-leaf binder to allow teachers a great deal of flexibility in developing their own program.…

The system for delivering career development information to the school personnel and 3,500 students in grades 9-12 in the North Hills schools outside Pittsburgh is described. Objectives of the career resource center were to make available career information, assist in its utilization, and provide professional help to students in their career…

This evaluation report of the Advisory and Learning Exchange (ALE) is divided into four sections. The first section explains the purpose of the evaluation as being to determine (a) what effect workshops have on participants, (b) what types of workshops are attended by which groups of people, and (c) to what extent and by whom the ALE is utilized…

This annotated bibliography contains a list of readings compiled for a course in magazine editing at the University of Illinois. This bibliography includes materials on the history of magazines, advertising in magazines, readership and audience studies, analyses of magazine content, information on magazine circulation, editorial research and its…