A methodology is presented which assists government decision makers in making cost analyses of ongoing and future educational projects. Part one develops the methodology in general terms, and part two illustrates its application by examining the cost structure of instructional radio and television projects in developing countries. Part three…

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 mandates that sex discrimination be eliminated in federally assisted education programs. Title IX has significant implications for a variety of issues including recruiting, admissions, financial aid, student rules and regulations, housing rules, health care and insurance benefits, student employment,…

The library resource center of a new school in Wales is described and evaluated. First there is an overview of the school itself: social environment, school aims, organization, individual and independent work, staffing, and growth of the school. Then various facets of the resource center are discussed: aims, design and layout; departmental…

The document consists of teaching outlines which one school district's teachers developed and used in the early stages of an exemplary program to provide students with occupational information and to guide and instruct them in career development. The first 50 pages contain general materials: an activity calendar, a guide to exemplary programs, and…

The findings reported and discussed in the document are part of a larger study concerning female vocational faculty members in several types of educational institutions. The third of four substudies, the research report deals with female faculty in randomly selected postsecondary proprietary schools. The study identifies the perceptions of female…

Five articles on computer use in higher education and three final papers presented at the Association for Educational Data Systems (AEDS) 1976 convention are included in this document. Implementing and evaluating computer technology in higher education is the subject of two articles, and another article describes instructional and administrative…

This longitudinal study explored (1) the power of the mother relative to affect achievement behaviors and achievement test outcomes in a sample of low-income black youth; (2) the potential role of teacher evaluation in these outcomes; and (3) the relationship between self-esteem and achievement orientation to a child's academic performance. From…

This activity is one of a series of 17 teacher-developed instructional activities for geography at the secondary-grade level described in SO 009 140. The activity investigates the rationale and means for including attitudes, feelings, and emotions in the environmental education curriculum. Explanation is given about the role of attitudes and…

The guide aims at integrating the career education concepts of self-awareness, career awareness, and occupational awareness into the seventh grade science curriculum. Each of the units on self-knowledge, career preparation knowledge, and career planning contain goals, performance objectives, activities, and outcome measures. Unit activities…

The guide provides examples of concepts, objectives, classroom activities, and resources appropriate for integrating career education into existing curricula, K-14. The guide's chapters for grades K-3 and 4-6 (26 and 40 pages respectively) contain detailed lesson plans which correlate appropriate development concepts with each of the components of…

The occupational resource unit, one of a series encompassing grade levels 1-10, was prepared by the Lincoln County (West Virginia) Exemplary Project staff to provide career exploration learning activities for the seventh and eighth grades. The career orientation materials are designed to give students a broad knowledge of the characteristics and…

The teacher-developed curriculum guide provides integrated career education concepts for use in the elementary, middle, and secondary grades. Organized according to grade level, it suggests enrichment activities based on four concepts: self-awareness, career awareness, career exploration, and decision-making. The elementary level focuses on…

Spanning grades 10-12, the curriculum guide focuses on the preparation phase of career education and attempts to provide the student with opportunities to learn a salable skill or prepare for further education. The career education concept is fused into each academic as well as skill area. The first section presents vocational course offerings in:…

This report presents specific educational objectives for grades K-8 in Delaware's public schools. The objectives evolved from nine major goals for education adopted by the State board of education in the spring of 1972. Specific objectives for each subject area were developed by task forces made up of teachers, supervisors, and administrators from…

The Montgomery County Public Schools Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI) Program began in 1968, was federally funded for its first three years, and since 1971 its activities have been supported through local funds and an outside grant covering the lease of the computer for the project. During the last three years validated CAI materials developed…