In developing countries, the means of both providing school-age children with a basic education and extending secondary and technical education are adversely affected by the lack of educational facilities. In addition, vast numbers of adults need to be taught to read and write so that they can participate in the process of development. Experts on…

The materials described are designed for use in all areas of French language teaching and are obtainable in the United Kingdom. Sources may be located in the book through a subject-area index and through an alphabetically arranged title index. Included in each of the 687 entries are the entry's number, author's name, title of the publication,…

Written to meet four objectives, this document (1) reviews the use of media in parent education, (2) evaluates the format and content of existing approaches, (3) formulates a philosophy to guide the development of new materials, and (4) makes specific recommendations regarding future parent education materials. Specific recommendations concerning…

THIS REPORT BRIEFLY DESCRIBES AND EVALUATES THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS--(1) AN AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR GIFTED STUDENTS, (2) A SPECIAL CONCERT PROGRAM, (3) A PROGRAM TO DEVELOP CURRICULUM GUIDES, (4) A PROGRAM FOR STUDENT THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS, (5) A DEMONSTRATION CENTER FOR TEACHERS OF MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN, (6) A PRESCHOOL PROGRAM, (7) A…

BROAD TOPICS COVERED IN THE SYLLABUS FOR TEACHERS OF ADULT BASIC EDUCATION ARE--THE INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE, DEFINITION OF THE DISADVANTAGED POPULATION (CONDITIONS AND PROBLEMS OF MINORITY GROUPS AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS), ADULT LEARNING PROCESS (MOTIVATION, OBJECTIVES, TYPES OF TEACHERS NEEDED, TEACHING TECHNIQUES), COUNSELING AND GUIDANCE…

This guidebook was designed to assist sex equity coordinators in the Los Angeles Community College District in promoting the recruitment, retention, and placement of students in vocational programs that are non-traditional for their sex. The guidebook's first ten chapters present: (1) outlines of relevant legislation and legal guidelines for…

This guide lists programs and instructional materials developed by or available through the consumer education division of the Philadelphia School District. Opening sections outline skills to be developed through consumer education, specific services of the consumer education division, and various workshops and inservice programs for teachers and…

THIS REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE ENDEAVORS TO COVER ALL THE EXPERIMENTAL AND "SEMI-EXPERIMENTAL" RESEARCH ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION. TOPICS REPRESENTED ARE--(1) THE TEACHING ABILITY OF TELEVISION, (2) TELEVISION VERSUS CONVENTIONAL TEACHING, (3) TELEVISION VERSUS OTHER MEDIA, (4) PROGRAM PRODUCTION AND FORMAT, (5)…

Five hundred current innovative media projects in 300 colleges and universities are reported here by faculty members responsible for them; these reports are the basis for state-of-the-art evaluations; and both evaluations and reports are arranged in this Higher Education Media Study by fields; instructional television, mediated self-instruction,…

This review of recent literature in the mass media in adult education is based on the assumption that the literature reflects actual practices and trends. It explains the difficulties in arriving at definitions, outlines the general trends in the uses of the mass media, and examines individual media as well as their use in the various areas of…

Interest in audiovisual aids in education has been increased by the shortage of classrooms and good teachers and by the modern predisposition toward learning by visual concepts. Effective utilization of audiovisual materials and equipment depends most importantly, on adequate preparation of the teacher in operating equipment and in coordinating…

The sourcebook is one of several supplementary materials for a 15-week newspaper course about popular culture in the United States. Program ideas and related resources compiled in the sourcebook are designed to help civic and group leaders and educators plan educational community programs based on the course topics. Section one describes ways in…

As a part of the Final Report of the National Study of American Indian Education, the educational environments of schools in 2 Alaskan tundra villages, in a state-consolidated school in Bethel, and in Anchorage public schools were filmed to provide empirical evidence for the evaluation of Eskimo education. This film study was pointed toward…

The introduction to this report traces the history of the Northampton History Project from its inception in the summer of 1967 to its close in 1970. Beginning with half the students of one junior high school and one teacher, the course prepared by the project is now required of all Northampton 8th graders and is taught by four specially trained…

The creation of an 8th-grade American history course and the training of teachers for the course are the goals of this project. Primarily a course in national history, it uses local (Northampton, Mass.) events and people as a key to understanding the larger national picture. The course objectives were to enable students to analyze, interpret, and…