In August 1971, a large number of Indian leaders, youth, and lay citizens participated in a workshop designed to develop skills and knowledge which public school personnel could use to improve Indian attendance and retention patterns in New Mexico. The workshop yielded much information relevant to Indian students in public schools. Speakers…

This document is a curriculum outline for a unit of a course about adult education in Great Britain. The objectives of the unit are the following: (1) to identify existing forms of provision for adult education and training; (2) to relate existing provision to explicit policies and to existing demand; (3) to understand the character of the…

This report discusses a project to facilitate and enhance fulfillment of legislated authorities and requirements for meeting career guidance program needs. Chapter 1 lists its four aims: analyze pertinent federal and state legislative provisions, identify competencies needed by guidance personnel to effectively conduct a comprehensive career…

The Montgomery County, Maryland school district has a five-year plan to develop and install revised instructional systems in four major subjects. The components of the instructional system are: performance objectives for pupils, appropriate student placement based on performance, instructional guides for teachers, assessment tasks, and pupil…

This issue contains a regional review, discussion of technical and vocational education in countries of Asia and Oceania, articles dealing with various aspects of technical and vocational education, and a bibliographical supplement. The brief statistical review in section 1 concerns second-level technical and vocational education in the developing…

This summary report from a 3-year research and demonstration project describes the framework, methods and materials used by the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Early Periodic Screening Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) Day Care Project. The project served approximately 750 children and their families through day care centers and family day care…

In general, the 110 conference papers discuss the selection, training, and evaluation of enlisted personnel and officer personnel, as well as the use of job, task and soft skill analysis. More specific topics are: air traffic controllers; adaptive testing; criterion-referenced testing; performance testing; contingency management; management survey…

Career Education for Non-Traditional Students (CENTS) was designed to address the career education needs of the adult population through the services of the community college. During the first year of funding (1975-76), the project carried out an extensive needs assessment and, based on this information, designed and developed a series of…

This report represents the work of a national task force on youth employment policy convened to identify and address the basic educational issues generated by the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act (YEDPA), part of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA). It is organized around the broad problem areas of concern to the…

Since the resurgence of bilingual schooling in the early sixties, the southwestern states have provided substantial leadership in facilitating the growth and development of cultural pluralism and bilingual education. Visible are two types of bilingual education programs: assimilation models which are designed to produce ethnic language shift, and…

The report on multiculturalism in the educational system of the Borough of York (Toronto), is an updated version of a 1975 Draft Report of the Work Group on Multicultural Programs (ED 111 726). This document discusses community, educational, and governmental reaction to and recommendations concerning the issues identified in the 1975 report. The…

This 1976 study presents an update of a 1971 assessment of Illinois Area Vocational Centers (AVCs). The following topics are discussed in sections of this report: (1) methodology of the study which included meetings with an advisory committee of AVC directors, interviews at each of twenty-nine operating AVCs, distribution of 2,000 of eleven…

The strengths and weaknesses of industrial cooperative education at Macomb County Community College in Michigan are discussed. A survey was conducted of 481 students who participated in the cooperative program during the years 1970 through 1975. A sample of 731 other students who took some of the same courses during that time was also surveyed.…

Information on degree and certificate programs offered and student completions for fiscal year 1978-79 in North Dakota postsecondary educational institutions is compiled in this report. In Section I information on program offerings by subject and student program completions are tabulated for one-year programs, two-year programs, bachelor's degree…

Representatives from 15 villages participated in a workshop planned to give teachers in rural small schools an understanding of the nature and problems of the small school and its community, an appreciation of the cultural background of village people, and the skills to implement practical village development programs. Prior to the workshop,…