The passage of the Vocational Education Act of 1963 broadened the emphasis of home economics education to include the development of occupational programs, a task which involved developing curriculum models, instructional materials, and teacher education programs. The hospitality Education Curriculum Development Project sought to expand employment…

In Part I of this report, case studies of the universities of California, Michigan, Illinois and Miami afford a comparison of patterns of administrative planning and organization as they have developed in response to changing social expectations and the problems of growth. These institutions are representative of those that have made a responsible…

The purposes of this study were to assess the presence and use of instructional aids and teaching arrangements in Mexican universities; to explain the existence and use of such aids; and to suggest policies and procedures intended to improve instruction in Mexican universities. Interviews were conducted with the directors of and a sample of…

A guide is presented for planning or re-planning facilities and equipment for teaching vocational agriculture. This publication shows the relationship of facilities and equipment to current educational needs in agriculture and to the instructional programs of the other departments in a school. Emphasis is given to selecting the basic equipment,…

A camping workbook provides materials for use in discussion of 3 important aspects of farm living: rural power, communication, and conservation. It is intended that this material be used in class sessions held during a junior youth camp. A sample of the youth camp schedule reveals 3 forty-five minute time periods during the day designated as class…

This booklet is the last in a series of four instructional aids designed to implement the first phase of the industriology concept. This listing, intended to serve as a nucleus of resource materials, has been grouped into the following four sections: (1) Index to Numbered Instructional Media Sources, (2) Titles of Information, Job, and Activity…

Content and procedures are outlined separately for social work trainees and their instructors in these two parts of the Saskatchewan NewStart Life Skills Curriculum (prevocational education). The trainee guide provides a basis for learning how to develop and sustain a positive self-image, cope with home and family responsibility, use leisure time…

In order to determine the feasibility of bringing outstanding teachers to the high school classroom, 5 small Colorado schools examined multi-school sharing of information through use of long-distance conference telephone calls. Three of the experiments involved college professors lecturing via telephone to high school students in American History…

Intended for prospective members of the new Distributive Industrial Training Board in Great Britain, this training guide concentrates on managerial functions in retailing; the selection of trainees; the planning of in-company and external training programs; scheduling and continuity of training; roles of training personnel; and the use of various…

The textbook is intended for use in college methods classes in business education, is self-teachable, written informally, and includes two complete teaching units in detail. On the premise that classroom procedures utilized in teaching the basic business subjects differ considerably from those employed in teaching the skill subjects, the book…

A training seminar in the use of media (primarily videotape) was conducted by the Southern Regional Media Center for the Deaf in July 1971 for directors of 40 early childhood centers. The following were representative goals of the program: (1) familiarize institute participants with various form of media equipment, (2) provide an opportunity to…

The third of three volumes of appendixes to the final technical report of the Great Lakes Region Special Education Instructional Materials Center contains materials related to the final report's chapter on media, materials development, and workshops. Included are the following materials: "Yours for a Better Workshop"--a booklet and…

A year-by-year sketch of the development and implementation of the dial access system for instructional support and enrichment at Oral Roberts University is presented. After this, the learning systems and facilities which utilize the electronic educational media are described. Two organization charts of the university are given. (WH)

As educators and politicians have become aware of the need to provide more educational opportunities to rural areas, mass media has become more important. Focusing upon the developing nations of Africa, Asia, and Latin America, this article discusses the past and continuing use of mass media in rural education. Topics are: an overview of mass…

The major purposes of this study were to evaluate the effect of the use of slide/tape units as an instructional aid for the teaching of laboratory technique in the college general chemistry laboratory and to determine if special instruction in creativity would effect creativity in chemistry. The units were evaluated under three conditions of…