This guide offers Catholic Church professionals and school leaders background and basic tools for implementing a workable and effective public relations program in a local school setting. The first section, devoted to detailing the necessary preparations for beginning a public relations program, tells about the following: forming a public…

Perspectives about evaluating instruction by telecommunications are offered in two related conference presentations, based on the experience of the Annenberg/Corporation for Public Broadcasting Project. The project has two goals: to create high-quality college-level materials using telecommunications, and to demonstrate the application of…

To determine the influence of media on learning, a study explored students' preferences, perceived difficulty, and learning in relation to a variety of activities. A randomly selected panel of 611 students, grades three through ten, was drawn from the nine schools (six elementary, two junior high, and one senior high) that make up an entire public…

Authentic listening materials are appropriate and desirable for instruction in English as a second language (ESL) for business purposes for several reasons: they have high interest, leading to enhanced motivation and increased opportunity for learning; they contain many natural redundancies and repetitions that facilitate comprehension; and they…

It is proposed that the reading-machine laboratory provides a means for the classroom ESL instructor to continue using his present method in the classroom (intensive, theoretical-grammatical instruction) while providing additional extensive reading and learning practice with the machines in the reading laboratory. Two speed reading systems…

This guide presents a framework and offers alternatives for developing a logical and consistent K-12 social studies scope and sequence. Although written for use by Connecticut educators, the guide can be used by educators in any state. There are nine sections to the guide. Section one contains a definition of social studies. Section two deals with…

This final report presents the results of a qualitative and quantitative evaluation of the Title I Institutionalized Facilities Program in New York City for the 1980-81 school year. The areas of evaluation included: physical facilities, staff, instructional approaches in reading, mathematics and writing, materials selection and utilization,…

Project ASCEND (A Systematic Career Education Network for Dissemination) of the Center for Career and Occupational Education (CCOE) in New York City developed (1) a sustained communication network in career education and (2) a kit for the dissemination of career education concepts, strategies, and materials into this network. Surveys of the…

The vocational-technical staff at State Fair Community College conducted a curriculum research project in which twenty-one previously developed modules were revised and updated and seventy-two new modules of individualized mediated instructional materials were developed in the occupational areas of (1) agribusiness, (2) business and office…

Print and non-print training materials in the area of media compentency skills are compiled. Both locally produced items and commercially published products are identified. The format for descriptive information lists: title, producer, distributor, address, telephone, purchase and rental price, media content area, media package format, equipment…

The second draft of a companion document to the publication "Guidelines for School Libraries" sets forth guidelines and recommendations for media service programs. It outlines the staff, collections, and facilities that are required to implement those programs. Media services program patterns and their relationship to the curriculum are discussed,…

The Open University of Great Britain is an open-enrollment, home-based institution in which the majority of the instruction is conducted via broadcasts and correspondence. The student is required to interact with printed materials, broadcasts, tutors, counselors, assignments, cassette recordings, experiment kits, etc. The choice of media is…

Over 2,000 currently available items are listed in the 1976-1977 Audio-Visual Equipment Directory with specifications on price, model, weight, capacity, accessories, and technical details. Charts for screen size, lists of film and tape running times, an index to industry trade names, and a directory of equipment manufacturers are also provided.…

A three-phase plan for organizing a school media center provides step-by-step instruction on planning, ordering materials, and curriculum implementation. Design of media centers for both existing facilities and new schools are discussed. Topics covered include scheduling the use of media-center time, organizing the curriculum, and involving the…

This catalog lists the audiovisual materials and traveling exhibits currently and soon to be available from the Reference and Loan Library of the Wisconsin State Department of Public Instruction, which could be used for children's programs in public libraries. The materials in the catalog are briefly annotated and are listed by format: filmstrips,…