Educational specifications for a physical plant facility for trainable mentally handicapped children (for Duval County, Florida schools) are detailed in the document. Goals, objectives, and program content and activities (for primary, intermediate, preoccupational and family living levels) are outlined, including furniture and equipment listings,…

A survey of programmed materials in the German language up to January 1970 has recently been completed. It can be seen that the number of teaching programs developed within German speaking countries has increased dramatically during the last few years. The present report gives a brief statistical survey of the situation with comments on some major…

Developed by educators, professional foresters, employers, and U.S. Office of Education personnel, this curriculum guides was designed to assist school administrators, advisory committees, supervisors, and teachers in planning and developing new programs or evaluating existing programs in forest technology. The content includes sections on: (1)…

The guidelines, resulting from a series of sessions held by the American Council of Industrial Arts Supervisors, were prepared to offer direction by describing educational specifications for industrial arts in the middle school. The middle school philosophy is child-centered and uses an individual approach to meet the unique needs of early…

A series of nine 3-day workshops for vocational education teachers of disadvantaged students in 44 Oklahoma counties were held in June 1970 to determine whether teachers': (1) attitudes toward disadvantaged students were changed favorably, (2) use of behavioral objectives was increased, (3) use of innovative motivational methods was increased, and…

The authors introduce their guide with a preface that describes the benefits to be gained by making media a part of the curriculum and suggests some of the problems of attempting such a step. They give workable suggestions for selling the idea of improving media study to colleagues, administrators, and even the community, and they lay the…

This guide is the result of a consolidation of three separate, closely related dissertation studies designed to provide information for preparing a planning guide for drafting and design technology programs. One of the studies was of the Texas Junior College drafting and design curricula, another was of the buildings and equipment, and the third…

This pamphlet surveys the research and literature concerned with instructional media. In addition to reporting on research projects, case studies, and the professional judgment of media experts, the document criticizes research techniques used in various reports and studies. An extensive bibliography is included. Research for this review was…

The purpose of this study was to construct an instrument to be used in the collection and evaluation of data upon which to base decisions regarding the scope and character of vocational programs in individual high schools. Following a review of pertinent literature, a list of categories of information needed was drafted and organized under four…

The 1969 annual evaluation Title I (Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965) State Migrant Program in Kansas is presented in this report. The program was in operation in 9 school districts for 6 weeks during the summer and consisted of 1,093 children from preschool to 6th grade. The children were between the ages of 2 and 14 with only 4…

A list of equipment and supplies useful in the daytime care of infants and toddlers is presented. This equipment is in use at an all-day care center for 15 infants and 10-12 toddlers. The following types of items are listed: furnishings, linens, toys for motor activities, manipulative toys, crib toys, outdoor play equipment, books, phonograph…

Describes attitudes of teachers in Northern Ireland toward media studies in school systems. Impediments to introducing media studies are discussed, including teachers' lack of expertise, media's lack of academic status, overcrowded curriculum, and lack of equipment. Positive aspects of media studies are also reviewed, including student attitudes…

Describes a high technology high school program designed to provide advanced courses in preparation for college degrees in engineering and the sciences. High school juniors and seniors take math, science, and computer courses at a local community college and the rest of their courses at their regular schools. (MBR)

Although increasing numbers of schools are investing in portable writing devices, few have attempted to provide one device for each student. Instead, classroom sets of portable writing devices are often shared across classrooms or classrooms are equipped with a limited number of devices that are shared among students. As an example of the latter,…

Schools have been faced with design and technology changes over the past few years, raising issues when planners consider both new and existing school accommodations. This document illustrates typical design examples and suggests an approach which individual schools can use to assess their own design and technology accommodation requirements.…