This book is a complete description of a toddler day care center as it was developed over more than 6 years of operation, and of empirical research into management, teaching techniques, care routines, environmental designs, and materials selection. Part I gives a general description of the center, its goals, and how its organization contributes to…

One of twelve water treatment technology units, this student manual on hydraulics provides instructional materials for three competencies. (The twelve units are designed for a continuing education training course for public water supply operators.) The competencies focus on the following areas: head loss in pipes in series, function loss in…

THIS REPORT DESCRIBES OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS AT SECONDARY, POST-SECONDARY, AND ADULT LEVELS. A STATE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE SURVEY PROVIDED PROJECTIONS OF NEEDS IN VARIOUS OCCUPATIONS FOR COMPARISON WITH 1965-66 ENROLLMENT FIGURES. MOST OF THESE ANTICIPATED NEEDS ARE BEING WELL MET AND OTHERS, SO FAR, ONLY PARTIALLY. CURRICULUM GUIDES, WHICH…

THIS DOCUMENT, WRITTEN IN BOTH SPANISH AND ENGLISH, CONTAINS THE PROCEEDINGS OF A CONFERENCE CONCERNING MIGRANT PROBLEMS. SPECIAL REPORTS ARE MADE ON THE HISTORY OF THE CONFERENCE, THE CURRENT SITUATION IN CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURE, AND THE PLIGHT OF THE CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURAL LABORER. REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ARE PRESENTED FROM VARIOUS WORKSHOP…

RESULTS OF THE COMMITTEE'S STUDY AND OBSERVATION OF THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF LABOR FORCE IMPORTATION FOR PLANTING, HARVESTING, AND PROCESSING OF FIELD AND ORCHARD CROPS IN NEW YORK STATE ARE REPORTED. MAJOR SECTIONS INCLUDE--(1) TRENDS IN FARM LABOR FOR 1963, (2) PUBLIC HEALTH, (3) SOCIAL WELFARE, (4) LABOR CAMP HOUSING AND SANITATION,…

THIS REPORT SUMMARIZES TESTIMONY GIVEN BEFORE HEARINGS OF THE U.S. COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS AND BEFORE THE COMMISSION'S STATE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. THE TESTIMONY OF THE GHETTO RESIDENTS, COMMUNITY AND CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS, TEACHERS, AND POLICE OFFICIALS IN A NUMBER OF LARGE URBAN AREAS FOCUSED ON SUCH MATTERS AS RACIAL ATTITUDES, HOUSING, HEALTH,…

WRITTEN FOR THE MEDICAL PROFESSION, THIS BOOK PROVIDES INFORMATION ON CHILDHOOD CONVULSIONS (EPILEPSY) AND METHODS OF TREATMENT. VARIOUS CONVULSIVE DISORDERS, INCLUDING HYPSARHYTHMIA, AUTONOMIC SEIZURES, SYMPTOM COMPLEXES, FEBRILE CONVULSIONS, AND "PHOTOGENIC" DISORDERS, ARE DISCUSSED IN TERMS OF CAUSES, SYMPTOMS, AND TREATMENT.…

INCLUDED ARE (1) A DESCRIPTIVE BROCHURE, AND (2) A TEACHER'S GUIDE FOR THE UNION COUNTY OUTDOOR EDUCATION CENTER. THE PROGRAM CONSISTS OF A DAY CENTER, WHICH PROVIDES ONE- AND TWO-DAY SESSIONS OF AT LEAST FOUR HOURS DURATION FOR GRADE 5 STUDENTS FROM PUBLIC AND NON-PROFIT SCHOOLS IN UNION COUNTY. THE DESCRIPTIVE BROCHURE RELATES (1) THE LOCATION…

THIS DOCUMENT WAS DEVELOPED TO HELP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS KEEP PACE WITH THE CONTINUALLY ADVANCING FIELD OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, PARTICULARLY AS IT APPLIES TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCIENCE PROGRAM. IT IS ONE IN A SERIES OF PAMPHLETS ON "WHAT RESEARCH SAYS TO THE TEACHER," PRODUCED JOINTLY BY THE NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION (NEA)…

Provisions of Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Act entitled "Adult Education Act of 1966" charge the Texas Education Agency with responsibility for state administration of adult basic education programs in accordance with a plan approved by the State Board of Education and the United States Commissioner of Education. As one…

In an effort to discover relationships between acculturation, achievement, and teacher expectations as sources of alienation of Spanish American students, a sample of 477 6th grade students in 16 schools in Northern New Mexico was studied. The teacher sample found that: (1) no significant relationship existed between composite achievement and…

Data from six questionnaire studies are reported. "Reasons Why Harcum Is Recommended," gives the percentage of Harcum students and faculty, and of high school counselors who recommend Harcum for each of ten reasons on the questionnaire. In "The Students View Harcum," student responses to ten possible reasons for attending, to…

Five conference papers are presented on deaf preschool children and infants. "The Very Young Hearing-Impaired Child" by G.M. Harris of Canada; "The Organisation and Methods of Educational Work for Deaf Children at the Preschool Age" by K. Lundstrom of Sweden; "Speech Formation in the Young Deaf Child" by B.…

This 52-week Tuskegee Institute project, undertaken in 1964 to train a sample of culturally deprived male heads of households in Alabama, included vocational skills (brickmasonry, carpentry, farm machinery, and meat processing), academic skills (mathematics, English, and remedial reading), group, individual, and family counseling, medical care,…

Forty-five abstracts represent projects prepared by faculty personnel from Western Council on Higher Education for Nursing (WCHEN) member schools who were participants in a short-term course, "Improving Instruction Through the Use of Selected Tools and Techniques." Programed instruction projects involve various clinical areas and deal with such…