A COMPUTER BASED STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM HAS BEEN DEVELOPED FOR USE WITH VOCATIONAL TESTING AND OCCUPATIONAL DESCRIPTIVE DATA, BY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. OCCUPATIONS ARE CLASSIFIED BY LEVEL OF TRAINING AND CATEGORIES OF INTEREST, COMPARED WITH STUDENT, CLASS RANK, COMPOSITE, TEST BATTERY, AND PREFERENCE SCORES. THE SYSTEM PROVIDES FOR…

Intended to inform school board administrators and teachers of the current (1958) thinking on audio-visual instruction for use in planning new buildings, purchasing equipment, and planning instruction. Attention is given the problem of overcoming obstacles to the incorporation of audio-visual materials into the curriculum. Discussion includes--(1)…

The Joint Dissemination Review Panel (JDRP) is a joint USOE-NIE panel which reviews the evidence of effectiveness submitted for a variety of educational products and practices developed through federally supported programs. Studies show that school superintendents and other adopters prefer to initiate changes where there is assurance that benefits…

In order to educate students in state and local government and to create a better appreciation of the political process, the author contends that the traditional approach to teaching in Texas must be supplemented with innovative techniques. One successful technique is the use of the videotape as a teaching aid. Extension of the vote to the…

The kinds of spaces needed to house the learning activities of today's school English program are discussed in this paper. The following spaces are recommended in the planning of new buildings or in the remodeling of existing buildings: (1) a space capable of seating several hundred persons for viewing plays and films and for large-group…

This report of the University of South Florida Consulting Team to the Tampa Model Cities Agency focuses on the desperate need for better education for Tampa citizens. Traditional structuring of curricula is rejected and the provision of choices for selection of learning experiences by the learner is proposed. The burden of responsibility is placed…

The implementation of instruction in vocational, adult, and continuing education, as prescribed in recent federal legislation, will be facilitated by this curriculum guide. The specific focus is on vocational office education programs in supervisory and administrative occupations. The guide contains suggested teaching units for 17 areas of general…

Educational specifications are presented for the development of a health occupations education center that would provide coordinated instruction in health-related occupations. Detailed descriptions are presented of the activities, space allocations, spatial relationships, equipment, and special environmental conditions for each of the ten sections…

An essay on the future role of technology in education stresses three conclusions. First, changes in the teacher's work resulting from the growth of educational technology will be neither as dramatic nor as rapid as is commonly forecast in the literature. Second, many of the benefits alleged to accompany the advent of teaching machinery will…

A survey was conducted to determine the nation's needs for future funding under both Title III-A of the National Defense Education Act (NDEA III-A) and Title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA II). The North Carolina State Department of Public Instruction surveyed state officials responsible in the 50 states, five territories,…

A statewide conference organized by the Regents of the University of the State of New York explored the potential uses of cable television to meet educational and instructional needs. Participants included both municipal and town officials and chief school and higher education administrators. The conference examined several aspects of cable…

The ideal media service program is based upon the concept that services can be rendered most effectively when unified and administered as a single, comprehensive program. Guidelines for such a program are laid down in this book. Suggestions for organizing the program include planning media services, coordinating media with curriculum and staff…

This inventory of programed instructional materials useful in business education setting was developed specifically for the Business Education Learning System (BELS), and is divided into sections on: (1) Software, (2) Software With Accompanying Hardware, and (3) Hardware. Items in the software inventory are arranged by business subject areas and…

Today's changing educational scene demands more materials of more varieties, more related services, more personnel, and more space for media centers and services. The handbook attempts to provide a clearer understanding of space planning problems and of a vocabulary for communication among the various personnel involved in design. Educational…

This final annual evaluation of project ADMIRE describes the progress made in improving educational decisionmaking in a 5-county rural-urban area by the systematic collection, organization, and reporting of data about project schools and their populations. The five sections of the report (1) describe the organization of the report and the…