Suggestopedia is a form of educational dynamics based on the insights of suggestology. The process focuses on the whole person, and in so doing, it takes into account the conscious/unconscious duality of the student. In accordance with the principles of suggestology, the process of suggestopedia is conducted at three levels, the psychological, the…

The career education materials and concepts in this collection were developed or adapted from other sources by participants in a districtwide junior high career education project piloted in Kansas City, Missouri. Early portions define career education and suggest roles and functions for the collaborative efforts of all who are involved in the…

This book deals with six major areas related to vocational instruction: foundations of instruction, curriculum planning and development, instructional strategies, instruction for students with special needs, student organizations as an integral part of instruction, and the appraisal of the instructional process. The foundations of learning section…

Contents of this issue are as follows: "Applied Suggestology in the United States: Suggestive-Accelerative Learning and Teaching" by Dean F. Held; "A Study of Suggestopedia Features that Can Be Omitted Once Students Learn How to Learn" by D.H. Schuster and P.J. Wardell; "Evaluation of the Suggestive-Accelerative Lozanov…

A collection of working papers from the course design process of two education courses is presented with attention focused on the category systems employed to set out course objectives and methods. The two studies illustrate the use of a grid to establish the relationships between various course objectives. The first collection of papers is based…

This final report of Project OPTION (Opening People to Increasing Opportunities Now) is also a handbook including methods used in the project and suitable for replication. The first section outlines the design of the project, whose goals were to reduce the influence of sex-role stereotyping on students' career choices, increase awareness of…

This packet contains information and materials for conducting a training workshop for working with adults who are developmentally disabled. The materials are specifically designed to train volunteer teachers in the College for Living (CFL) program, which supplements residential programs in and around Denver and aids institutions in orienting…

This document is a collection of nine papers, each of which recommends strategies for the implementation of multicultural education. Also examined are specific issues, including bidialectical education, learning styles, interpersonal skills training, and disproportionate minority discipline. (Authors)

Educational innovation in Switzerland is discussed according to complexity and flexibility of educational policy, the amount and nature of innovations, and the place of Swiss educational innovations in international education. Areas in which innovations have occurred include school organization, course content, and teaching objectives and methods.…

The Southern Regional Education Board administered a three-year Faculty Development in Nursing Education Project. Its three objectives were (1) to provide opportunities for faculty to improve their abilities to identify learning problems; study alternative learning strategies; present instruction appropriate to the learning types of students; and…

This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 15 titles deal with the following topics: (1) a hierarchy of purposes for reading assignments applied to secondary school social studies; (2) the effects of sentence combining practice on reading comprehension; (3) the effects of…

This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 35 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) cloze procedure; (2) the monitoring and facilitation of reading growth; (3) the effect of immediate item feedback on the reliability and validity of verbal…

This handbook for vocational educators and teachers overviews concepts, methodologies, and strategies appropriate for those serving handicapped children. Chapter l discusses organizing and providing appropriate vocational education programs for the handicapped, including the cooperative/team approach, pre- and inservice training, and work…

Cosmetology Reading Strategies is one of five instructional guides in the Reading Strategies in Vocational Education Series. Developed to assist teachers working with students considered disadvantaged because of reading deficiency, the guide contains several strategies, suitable for adaptation, specifically related to cosmetology instruction. Each…

AN EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM FOR EDUCABLE RETARDATES, AGES 4 TO 6 YEARS, WAS CONDUCTED TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF PLANNED GROUP PARTICIPATION UPON INDIVIDUAL ADJUSTMENT, STRUCTURED TRAINING PROGRAMS UPON INDIVIDUAL LEARNING, THE PRECEDING TWO ACTIVITIES UPON LATER SCHOOL ADJUSTMENTS AND LEARNINGS, AND PARENTAL ATTITUDES UPON OVERALL CHILD DEVELOPMENT. THE…