Personal characteristics of 310 Virginia secondary vocational teachers were examined to determine their proneness toward the adoption of educational innovations. The study and its results are discussed under the variables of age, professional publications read, number of years teaching in the present school district, response toward finding…

Notes that the sparse amount of available data on the outcome of transracially adopted children is far from conclusive. There is a great need for follow-up studies that will monitor their psychosocial development as they go through adolescence. (Author/AM)

Considered is the continuing rise in the number of children entering foster care and despite efforts to rehabilitate families and to place children for adoption, foster care tends to be interminable for many children. (Author/MH)

Describes an outcomes-based supervisory program that can positively affect the rate of program completion and pupil achievement. The system allows supervisors and teachers to identify and correct performance deficiencies and instructional problems as they occur. (Author/IRT)

Includes descriptions of 16 of the participating schools written by administrators of those schools. (IRT)

Analyzes data concerning the relationships between the success of reunion with biological parents: (1) adult adoptees' age at the initiation of their search; (2) grief resolution; and (3) attribution of blame for the relinquishment to the biological mother. (BB)

Illustrates how family systems theory has influenced the adoption services for infants at a family services agency, Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County (Michigan), and describes the evolving practice of open communication between biological families and adoptive families. (BB)

Describes a systematic approach to recruitment of prospective adoptive families for children with developmental disabilities. The recruitment methodology, preliminary conclusions, and implications for future recruitment of families are presented. (Author/RWB)

Examines phenomenon of unwed fathers seeking custody of offspring. Cites case studies illustrating varied motives of these fathers not necessarily in the child's best interests. Explores custody disputes with prospective adoptive parents and issues of parental and children's rights in terms of their implications for therapists and attorneys.…

Discusses issues related to the adoption revelation process and the two interrelated goals of telling and understanding. Evidence indicates developmental changes in the way children understand this family status. Distinction between "working adoption vocabulary" and true understanding of adoption is made. Provides guidelines concerning…

This longitudinal study of Black children reared in single-parent, transracial, and traditional adoptive homes reveals that most children grow well in these homes. Interest at this reporting is chiefly focused on the transracially adopted children because their pattern of racial identity development differs from that of children in Black homes.…

Vocational education teachers' stages of concern over the implementation of competency-based instruction were analyzed in this study. A seven-stage model was used to assess changes in teachers' concerns over time and after instruction about the innovation. Results and recommendations are discussed with implications for educational change agents.…

Considers four points relative to the impact of technology on library users, noting extent to which certain classes of technical innovations result in library service discontinuities: user awareness and acceptance of technical innovations, the pace of technological adoption, impact of the online catalog, and user impact on library technology. (EJS)

Because any way of reporting research on teaching involves rhetoric, the question is not whether it is defensible to use rhetoric but what uses of rhetoric are defensible in trying to persuade teachers to accept research conclusions. Literature on the question of whether researchers should draw implications is discussed. (Author/MT)

Discusses evolution of communication satellite use and its effect on the commercial television industry in Western Europe to illustrate the pitfalls of misunderstanding telecommunications and aerospace technology. Three stages of progression in European broadcasters' misinformed thinking about television and satellites and their current attitudes…