Describes the background of TV for Learning, a project to produce and distribute instructional television (ITV) awareness materials, and the project's creation of a sound film to spotlight successful ITV series, local promotion and awareness campaigns, and coordination of a variety of delivery activities to assist local ITV directors. (CMV)

Summarizes the literature on educational change as it is characterized by trends toward increased clarification of strategies relating to planned change, more sophisticated understanding of change-related phenomena, more reports of planned change, greater awareness of the complexities of change, and increased concern for the ethical dimension of…

This article traces the institutionalization of educational sociology as an academic field of study in Britain, arguing in particular that an official report of 1954, an academic promotion in 1967, and the birth of a specialist journal in 1980 have constituted landmarks in the process. (Author/SJL)

Exploring the relationship between a farmer's risk attitude and the likelihood that he will adopt selected technical alternatives to a well-integrated agricultural practice threatened with discontinuance, this article supports the view that risk-averse farmers, rather than risk takers, tend to be early adopters. (SB)

Describes a series of group meetings for prospective adoptive couples in which participants explored issues related to rearing adopted children with special needs. Results of informal evaluation by participants are reported. (RH)

The components of the Comprehensive System of Personnel Development (CSPD) in special education are reviewed. CSPD structure is seen to include four aspects directly applicable to the provision of a free appropriate public education: needs assessment, inservice training, preservice training, and dissemination and adoption. (CL)

Reports on the first segment of a longitudinal study of the effects of transracial and transcultural transplantation of Korean children into American foster families. (CM)

Outlines the development and implementation of a management by objectives system in one school district. (IRT)

Argues that the family crisis that ineviably follows the adoptive placement of an older child can be surmounted if the social worker applies techniques based on crisis theory and family systems theory. (MS)

How does a cross section of the black community feel about white parents adopting black children? This study suggests that the majority of blacks do not support the militant position against transracial adoption and, in fact, favor such adoption when the alternative is institutionalization. (Author)

Frames the adult adoptee's search for biological roots in an existential treatment perspective. This perspective is proposed as a practical approach to understanding the complexities of the adoption experience and an adoptee's desire to search. Reviews adoption practices, existential perspectives (e.g., death), and clinical implications. Provides…

Describes a study that used a Web-based questionnaire to measure attitudes of ISPI (International Society of Performance Improvement) members regarding adoption and implementation of Level 4, or results-oriented, evaluation. Discusses management support and considers a theoretical framework for human performance technology changes and innovations.…

Discusses the adoption of information technology and describes a study that explored the impact of technology on institutions of higher education. Topics include the Teaching, Learning, Technology and Roundtable Program that provides a model to merge technology planning and organizational change; campus participation; safe planning environment;…

Investigates sources of variation in parents' assessment of parental stress and the effects of early institutionalization. Participants included 109 mother-father pairs who adopted children from Eastern Europe. Significant differences between mothers and fathers were obtained on child- and parent-related stress. Results indicated that children's…

Surveyed lesbian adoptive parents, heterosexual adoptive parents, and lesbian parents who had used assisted fertilization, regarding the adoption process. Found that the process was similar for both heterosexual and lesbian parents, but lesbian adoptive parents perceived more discrimination and were more inclined to omit information during the…