The Wisconsin Early Childhood Association (WECA) has prepared this resource guide to assist preschool and child care providers in locating resources and materials for effective parent education and parent involvement in early childhood education. The first section of this guide discusses ideas for involving parents in early childhood education and…

This publication, part of the Professional Development series, presents an analysis of present and future needs for developing innovative approaches to professional staff development. Forces that have compelled fresh approaches for inservice program designs include: (1) equal education for women and minorities; (2) social and economic forces; (3)…

Resources listed in this annotated guide to state educational publications are entered alphabetically under the following topical headings: adult education, bilingual education, board of education, educational information, equal educational opportunity, Massachusetts Dissemination Project, Massachusetts Educational Television, nutrition education,…

MORE THAN 10,000 CHILDREN ATTEND SCHOOLS WHERE THERE ARE NO SCHOOL LIBRARIES. SIXTY-SIX PERCENT OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS DO NOT HAVE A SCHOOL LIBRARY. EVEN SCHOOLS WITH CENTRALIZED LIBRARIES HAVE FEWER THAN FIVE BOOKS PER PUPIL, AND MANY ARE WITHOUT PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED LIBRARIANS. BECAUSE OF THESE STATISTICS A SPECIAL ISSUE ON ELEMENTARY…

The learning resources programs analyzed in this report include the library, audiovisual, television, and production services of 15 Massachusetts community colleges. The study is based on a questionnaire/checklist developed from the 1972 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) guidelines for 2-year college learning resources programs…

Vermont's adaptation of a federal Resource Agent Program (RAP), designed to meet the in-service training needs of teachers, is described in this final report. Part of a complete dissemination system, RAP was funded as a pilot program to initiate a collection of Vermont-originated resources to be entered into a state educational database. Described…

This report describes the ongoing activities of the Non-Formal Education Information Center during 1979, and details its first half-year of efforts to strengthen the capacity of selected NFE resource centers in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The report first addresses the continued operation of a clearinghouse for user-oriented information and…

This collection of annotated references is designed to provide elementary and secondary school teachers with sex-fair resources useful in curriculum instructional programs and counseling and guidance services. The materials reviewed address the following areas of concern: (1) sex discrimination and roles; (2) motivation; (3) sex differences in…

This bibliography cites 26 books, papers, and reports dealing with various uses of computers in engineering education; and describes several computer programs available for use in teaching aeronautical, chemical, civil, electrical and electronic, mechanical, and nuclear engineering. Each computer program entry is presented by name, author,…

This study reports results of an internal assessment of theory and practice in five open education elementary classrooms. The study aims to display how the Open Corridor-Workshop Center program provides an educational environment which gives students opportunity for an integrated understanding of curriculum materials. Specifically, the study…

Presented is a compendium of the outstanding Landsat scenes of the Earth's surface. It is directed to college and high school teachers, resource specialists, researchers, outdoorsmen, travelers, the general public, and serious students of geology or geography. The images are presented in color and at a scale and resolution that specify many…

The booklet explains how family photographs can be used to teach about history, life style, and social values. The approach can be used in elementary or senior high classes in history, social science, or humanities. The personal aspect of using family photographs is seen to be important in ensuring student interest. As historical documents,…

Designed for secondary and postsecondary vocational teachers and administrators, this resource package on energy conservation in construction trades contains three sections of information. Section I provides an instructional module (developed by the Wisconsin Vocational Studies Center) on solar energy; the module is organized into seven units:…

Homework assignments are viewed as a kind of resource allocation which should be included in assessing a school's educational resources. Three questions are addressed in this study: average time allocations for student exposure to learning resources in class, through homework, and in total; extent of the variations in these averages; and…

This document provides a set of guidelines to be used in planning and evaluating multicultural teacher education programs. They are divided into the following six categories: (1) governance of teacher education programs; (2) design and content of curricula for preservice teacher education programs; (3) competence and utilization of faculty; (4)…