Intended for use by teachers at the high school level, this curriculum guide, which is one in a series of guides for consumer and homemaking education in Kentucky, outlines a semester special interest course in the area of child development. As the concluding course of a curriculum on this subject which commences on the junior high level in a…

The literature on transformative learning theory and the literature on cross-cultural adaptation were analyzed to identify links between both bodies of literature. The notion of an unexpected phenomenon that influences individuals residing in an unfamiliar culture was shown to be a common thread linking the two bodies of literature. Transformative…

This report presents innovative vocational training (VT) initiatives to improve integration of low-skilled workers into lifelong learning and the labor market. Chapter 1 describes study structure and methodology. Chapter 2 addresses the theoretical basis for observing innovations. It analyzes the definition and significance of innovation in system…

The AIM (Assessment, Instruction, Mastery) system is a performance-based assessment that was developed in Oregon. The AIM system was piloted by 83 volunteers and staff from 18 volunteer-based programs to assess the system's usefulness as a means of collecting and aggregating data on student progress in adult literacy and similar programs in…

This document presents the results of a project to develop new designs for career and technical education (CTE) at the secondary and postsecondary levels in the context of the process and recommendations used in two previous projects that identified new designs for comprehensive high schools and two-year postsecondary institutions. The document is…

The rapid adoption of information technology and ubiquitous networking has transformed the research and education landscape. Central to this transformation are scientific and engineering digital data collections. The life cycle management challenges associated with these intellectual assets are substantial. This is a report of a two-day workshop…

As the Suzuki method of music instruction has spread from Japan to other countries, its methods have been modified to adapt to the culture of those countries. In this paper the Japanese cultural background, and the principles and methods developed in Japan are discussed and compared with the adaptations made in the United States. The Suzuki method…

IN QUESTION AND ANSWER FORM, THE PAMPHLET PRESENTS STATISTICAL DATA ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH PRIMARILY IN THE UNITED STATES. INFORMATION CONCERNS POPULATION, RESIDENCE, MOBILITY, POVERTY, WORKING MOTHERS, MARRIAGES, DIVORCES, BIRTHS, LIFE EXPECTANCY, MORTALITY, ILLNESS, HANDICAPS, HOSPITALIZATION, ADOPTIONS, PHENYLKETONURIA (PKU) LAWS, CHILD ABUSE…

THE WOMEN'S TALENT CORPS WAS FOUNDED IN 1965 ON TWO PREMISES--(1) MATURE WOMEN LIVING IN POVERTY AREAS OF NEW YORK COULD BE TRAINED TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY REGARDLESS OF THEIR PREVIOUS EDUCATION AND (2) COMMUNITY AGENCIES WOULD CREATE SEMI-PROFESSIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADVANCEMENT. BY APRIL 1967, 120 TRAINEES…

This volume, the fourth of a five-volume series, contains three onsite case studies of organization development (OD) selected from a sample of 76 school districts. The purpose of the case studies was to analyze in detail different types of OD programs and their use. Each case study represents a different OD focus: case study A involves a survey…

This chapter describes a project in which teams of faculty, administrators, and staff from fourteen colleges and universities engaged in organizational learning for the purposes of identifying and improving inequitable educational outcomes for African American and Latino students.

This brochure is a partial follow-up to the 44th session of the International Conference on Education (ICE), "Appraisal and Perspectives of Education for International Understanding," held in 1994 in Geneva, Switzerland. While borrowing extensively from conference material (such as the speeches by heads of delegations, replies by member states to…

The dynamics of change processes in a rural school jurisdiction over a 5-year period were examined in relation to four specific goals: (1) to document changes since a planning study was done in 1982; (2) to determine if school program changes that had been adopted had reached the classroom according to teacher perceptions; (3) to report how the…

Data in this document provide information about American children from the beginning of their lives until their fourth birthdays. Compiled largely from federal government sources, the statistics document the birth of infants, the circumstances of their families, the risks to life and health they face in the first years of their lives, the family…

This report provides descriptive information on the Research, Demonstration, and Evaluation Program of the Office of Child Development (OCD) for Fiscal Year 1976. An overview describing the mission, function and long range goals of the OCD is included along with a discussion of the Research, Demonstration and Evaluation Program and its activities…