The purpose of a planned career education program was to provide rural students in grades seven through ten a variety of experiences and knowledges which would form a basis for future educational and occupational choices. The program explores occupational models in the home, family, and local community; occupational choices available in the State…

Middle schools may be described in terms of grades--grades five or six through eight--or in terms of program--one that assists boys and girls to move from elementary to secondary education with maximal success. The author discusses the historical roots of middle schools; examines the great variety of middle schools, discussing them in terms of…

In this working paper of the National Seminar on the Diffusion of New Instructional Materials and Practices individual conference participants answer this question: What are the characteristics of educational products that make them more or less likely to be diffused? Responses focus on considerations related to size of the product, cost,…

This study, the first of two parts, had two main purposes. The first was to obtain desirable subject matter for an instructional program in nondestructive testing through a survey of selected manufacturing and service companies in Texas, and the second was to determine the degree of emphasis that should be placed on each subject. Fifty-nine…

This paper attempts to re-examine the role of the agricultural educator and the agricultural researcher during the decade of the 1970's. Based on the national goals, the magnitude of the problems of providing adequate programs, and the findings of research, the authors contend that agricultural education should assume the responsibility for…

This article is one of a series presented at workshops focusing on the development of social work curriculum relevant to the minority community and minority group experiences. Briefly commenting upon the nature of the changing times, the author notes the two major social problems of racism and poverty, emphasizing the importance of the need for…

Youth Tutoring Youth is a cross-age tutoring program which emphasizes both academic and interpersonal elements. A training manual and three booklets for the tutor are included. (A supervisor's manual was processed into the ERIC system earlier under number ED 034 247). The program is geared toward the development of positive self concepts by both…

Summarizes conference proceedings, including: (1) background information; (2) a survey of child care training programs; (3) six speeches relating program design, student selection, professional issues, evaluation, and child advocacy to the structure and delivery of child care training; and (4) key conference findings and implications for the…

The Venice-Lincoln Technical Center, Venice, Illinois, is housed in former public school facilities and offers a variety of adult education and job training classes. State agencies' involvement and enabling legislation concerned with program implementation, development, and funding are discussed. (LH)

The urban studies learning model described in this article was found to increase students' self-esteem, imbue a more flexible and open perspective, contribute to the capacity for self-direction, produce increases on the feeling reactivity, spontaneity, and acceptance of aggression scales, and expand interpersonal competence. (Author/WI)

This is a transcript of a speech presented on the occasion of the merger of Exeter University's School of Education with a private college. Reviews the history of teacher education in England and urges the newly formed school to emphasize the scholarly and academic training of teachers as well as methodology and educational theory. (AV)

If the political science discipline is to succeed in conveying sound intelligence to the policy process and in providing training for students in nonacademic careers, major curriculum reforms will be needed. A policy science track with emphasis on applied policy analysis research skills and nonacademic career orientation should supplement the…

The article discusses principles in use at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf in planning and implementing Manual/Simultaneous Communication instruction for hearing impaired and deaf individuals. (PHR)

Described is the Trial Advocacy Program of the College of Law of the University of Illinois, which is designed to train competent trial lawyers by providing each student an opportunity to learn by doing, observing, and studying. The program can accommodate 120 law students with just two paid instructors. (JMD)

Identifies common themes underlying various approaches to global education. Four characteristics of global perspectives programs are that they are holistic, humanistic, conceptually based, and issue oriented. Journal available from Pennsylvania Council for the Social Studies, P.O. Box 6637, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19149. (AV)