The author states his opinion that much of what passes for business training, especially programs referred to as management development, is virtually worthless. He attributes this to training managers' shallow understanding of the potential of training, and lack of sincere attempts to utilize training effectively. (MF)

Industrial and governmental needs for trained, nondegree technical manpower in this field provide a strong rationale for the program's continued growth. Curriculum design, student and employer acceptance, and program growth are reviewed. (JO)

The nature and rate of social change determine the role, content and forms of adult education. For this purpose pertinent information is needed, and can only be achieved if an International Clearing Center for Adult Education (ICCAE) is formed. (RB)

This article, part of a larger report, discusses and evaluates the literacy teachers used in the Tanzania Work-Oriented Adult Literacy Pilot Project, their selection, training, and performance, and makes recommendations for the future of the project. (AN)

Discussing the changing role of the vocational agriculture teacher, this article relates pertinent questions and suggestions about specific problems facing the local vocational agriculture program to the vocational agriculture teachers. (GB)

Author Lux takes issue with views of Howard Nelson in counseling a former student, Joe," to include pre-vocational and occupational content in his industrial-arts classes. (GB)

Discusses the classroom components of students, learning activities, and program content in relation to the increased demand for more extensive and detailed analysis of financial information, the increased use of automated data processing equipment, and resulting job shifts and the upgrading of skills. (CH)

A critical analysis of the Roberts English materials for grades three through six. (RD)

Provides theoretical and practical information on the use of Outward Bound activities in a mental health setting. First section traces the development of physical activity as an adjunctive psychiatric treatment and then describes a model treatment program for psychiatric patients in the second section. (ERB)

Concludes that learning disabled students using the "Speed Spelling Program" gained in spelling ability, with no student scoring below normal expectancy. Discusses reasons for the program's effectiveness. (FL)

The essential component of every music program should be a general music course, for, in this time of retrenchment, the long range goal of music education should be to initiate a lifetime of musical fulfillment for students. A performance program should also be emphasized. (RM)