Criteria presented here were adapted from the National Education Association standards for educational media programs in colleges and universities for use in the junior college. Provided are: (1) general criteria for establishing media programs in the community college, which include a commitment to the media program and to media as an integral…

This is a list of curriculum improvement materials produced by major course and curriculum projects supported by the National Science Foundation's Division of Pre-College Education in Science. The materials are grouped by educational level (elementary, intermediate, and secondary) and within each level by broad discipline groupings (mathematics,…

The document has been compiled to assist in locating materials pertinent to the development of career education materials, levels K-12. Resource listings are presented for professional books as well as curriculum materials, films, tapes, microfiche, and other audiovisual materials. Entries fall into two categories: (1) professional materials (20…

The business officer can contribute most to the managing of educational resources and can best provide input to the academic world by performing four tasks. The first task is assessing the general financial setting of the world and the country in which the institution exists. Secondly, in assessing and describing the economics of the institution…

The booklet serves as a step-by-step guide to assist career education teachers and administrators in setting up a program of utilizing the resources in the community. It provides specific procedures, forms, and suggestions to help the school in surveying the community. Nine steps involved in surveying the community are discussed in detail: (1)…

The STEP course is an educational program for parents which teaches them the ideas and skills they need for raising responsible children and feeling more adequate and satisfied as parents. The authors have developed a package of materials designed for nine training sessions. Each session provides an opportunity to: (1) discuss specific activity…

To help students in their adjustment to work, The Center for Vocational Education at Ohio State University has developed an instructional unit entitled, "Coping in the World of Work: Practice in Problem Solving." The unit is designed to: (1) acquaint students with the range of work entry and job adjustment problems they will encounter in making…

This report explains why California should invest in the continued education of its adult citizens and recommends 17 steps as the most urgently needed investment now. The report has two main themes: First, California should increasingly conceive of providing accessible and diversified postsecondary learning alternatives to meet the educational…

This book is part of a series of studies dealing with educational economics and the efficiency of various forms of education. This volume is concerned with the topic of nonformal education, particularly as it might be applied in developing nations that are still largely rural. The author does not attempt to develop a definitive economic analysis…

The resource guide of instructional materials is one of two volumes developed by 92 career education teachers in the State of New York, each experienced with the designated subject matter or grade level. The assessment instrument developed to evaluate the materials is included. The career education materials are grouped into sections by grade…

This publication is a teacher's guide for developing a curriculum in environmental education. It contains a variety of informational sources to aid teachers in developing their own programs. Information includes additional sources on the subjects of curriculum planning and development and environmental education, as well as suggested curriculum…

Forty-seven articles comprise this reader designed for beginning college students and instructors in an introductory anthropology course. Original contributions from both anthropologists and non-anthropologists are reprinted. The readings, drawn primarily from the popular press but including some of the discipline's "classical" articles, are…

This paper suggests ways in which a day care director can construct a relevant training program for day care staff members. The training program is discussed under four main sections: (1) Ground Rules for Developing a Training Program, (2) The Interest Area Survey, (3) Short Range Planning, and (4) Long Range Planning. Central to this training…

This environmental education resource manual deals with the computer based resource unit (CBRU) program available to New Jersey school teachers. The program is designed to unburden the teacher in planning classroom and out-of-school learning experiences based upon specific learner objectives for many grade levels and learning variables. Each…

Microform collections offer one of the more promising methods of increasing student learning while, at the same time, responding economically to the pressure of increasing enrollments. This study reports on the first phase of a 3-phase project to determine student acceptance of microform, and on the effectiveness of microform for learning.…