A paper presented at annual convention of Canadian Council of Teachers of English (3rd, Winnipeg, Manitoba, August 1970). (Editor/RD)

Offers a view of literacy within the Australian context and traces the progress of two language and curriculum development projects. (AEA)

Looks at developments in adult reading over the past two decades, concentrating on the training of teachers, testing and evaluation, and program evaluation methods. Concludes that while adult reading has made substantial progress, it is still not a mature field. (FL)

Suggests systematic empirical assessment is needed to plan university sexuality programing. Proposes the traditional approach of asking about students' attitudes, knowledge, and behavior is useful for developing specific programing content. Presents an assessment model emphasizing assessment of students' desires for sexuality programing in terms…

Describes a comprehensive home food production education program designed to meet extension agent needs for ready reference and homeowner needs for basic gardening information. Program components include fact sheets, slide library, and a beginner's guide. Material use and program evaluation are included. (CT)

Describes the energy conservation program devised by the Houston, Texas, Independent School District. Explains steps taken to involve students, teachers, staff members, and administrators in the program. (FL)

Describes a collaborative effort among New York high school and college teachers, administrators, and students to improve writing skills. Discusses the project format and the writing/reading and writing instruction principles underlying the program. (HTH)

Describes how one school involved children and the community in a reading program designed to illustrate that reading is an enjoyable activity. (FL)

Ways in which to organize a drive-in workshop are presented. They include selection of a chairperson, appointment of a steering committee, timing of the workshop, agenda, speakers, where to get information on drive-ins, awards, publicity campaign, and ways in which to boost membership in professional associations. (CT)

When the course selection requirements were made flexible in a college of education, the graduated students following the flexible program achieved lower scores on the NTE Mathematics Scale and did not achieve higher cumulative grade point averages in the college when compared to those who followed the more rigid program. (Author)

Concerns an alternative education program usually referred to as "educational-studies." Further research regarding its current status, additional research in terms of attitude assessments, other job marketability concerns and additional benefits/limitations are addressed to provide follow-up information of a former article (Karr, 1978).…

Describes the development and content of a program for parents designed to present the need for parent-child book sharing and to familiarize parents with outstanding book titles, sources, and criteria for book selection. (HTH)

While the experiential learning mode is a powerful one for Blacks, it will not meet their needs until new content is allowed to emerge from the Black experience rather than be imposed by the dominant culture. (MSE)

The concept of public relations and its importance in a vocational education program are described in this article. Such program elements as research, planning, finance, administration, and evaluation are discussed. Public relations efforts concerning staff members, administration, students and alumni, parents, organizations and agencies,…