The population dealt with in this report comprises educationally disadvantaged people 18 years of age or over, who have not completed eight years of formal schooling. These fall in the following categories: illiterate, semi-illiterate, unemployed, and underemployed. The summary of the work done by the Department of Adult Education of Florida State…

At least five topics are relevant to the professional development of school principals in Australia. First, the Deputy Principalship might well be considered an internship for guided experience in the skills of administration and in the art of leadership. Second, although programs of study in administration vary from institution to institution, a…

The goal of this panel was to explore the functions and roles of all personnel involved in new instructional systems which bring to bear advances in learning research and instructional technology. Five "approaches" for achieving this goal arose out of a discussion of the many problems involved in the design and implementation of new instructional…

This paper describes a model for optimum professional preparation and development in the field of physical education. Five internal problems within the physical education profession are listed, and a disciplinary approach to physical education is discussed. The author's model for optimum professional development is then described. The model…

During the last 50 years, engineering education has reflected the strong influence of 2 trends: (1) an emphasis on unity of purpose and uniformity of standards and practices within the various branches, to provide the engineer with a basic technical knowledge that would enable him to practice in a variety of professions, and (2) a broadening of…

This document reports the proceedings of a Conference on Technical-Professional Preparation of Psychologists at the Masters Level, held in San Diego, California, on April 30-May 1, 1971. Following the keynote address, a paper on accreditation and a paper on certification and licensing are presented. Group discussions concerning issues involved in…

This report of the Committee for Educational Research of the Council of Europe consists of five parts. The first section is a presentation of the conclusions and recommendations of a working group of the committee on the training and career structures of educational researchers. The second part is a general overview of status of training of…

This is the final report on the project to design new patterns for training research and development (R&D) personnel in education; the project was conducted by a consortium of educational agencies coordinated throught the Learning Research and Development Center, University of Pittsburgh. The report is bound in eight sections: goals and activities…

This paper identifies and briefly comments on the approaches used for justifying health education program needs for the purpose of educating and training people for the health care professions and occupations. It assesses and evaluates available information concerning the needs of programs that are designed to train and educate professionals for…

Presented is a proposal to develop a teacher training program designed to improve the classroom performance of economics students by improving the teaching skills of trained professionals. Projected major steps in the 5-year planning period are outlined: a) planning a training program to improve the classroom ability of college instructors; b)…

This document seeks to enable student teachers to deal more effectively with their cooperating teachers. The student teaching situation can be a time of stress for the student because of the abrupt change to near-professional status, the experience of being closely supervised by another person in foreign territory, and the knowledge that his…

If human services in America are to become more responsive to the needs of the consumer, the training of the service worker will have to be radically transformed. Currently, the training of human service workers resembles that of prolonged apprenticeships. Teacher training, for example, requires general education and broad knowledge rather than…

The training grant program (Title V) of the Older Americans Act became operative in January 1966. The primary goal of education and training programs in aging is to equip adequate numbers of personnel, including older people, for leadership and professional practice in programs and services through which the older population will have: (1)…

This report summarizes the major issues and recommendations which emerged from the 6 3-day institutes. The institutes aimed to: examine the current status of doctoral level programs in mental retardation; examine the philosophical basis, objectives and practices desirable for designing future doctoral programs; determine the personnel desired in…

This paper traces the development of professionalism in teacher education. While examining the history of education in the United States from the early nineteenth century to the present, the author considers the effects of the industrial revolution and lowered standards during the teacher shortage of the 1950s. Current issues in professionalism…