One hundred and forty-five Head Start teachers, from lower-middle class families, attended a workshop in 1965 before working in the Head Start program. During the workshop and again in 1967 they filled out autobiographical and experience forms. The forms were used to test three hypotheses regarding differences associated with differential teaching…

The purposes of this study were to identify success factors in technical education teaching and to obtain subject matter recommendations for the improvement of technical teacher education. A national population of technical education directors offering post-secondary technical education programs in 1963 under Title III of the National Defense…

Project ACT aims (1) to improve the class attendance of American Indian students, (2) to make students' school experience more relevant to life and work, (3) to assist Indian students to experience success in school by providing them with assistance relating to their academic programs, and (4) to provide supportive financial assistance to Indian…

The appendixes to the final evaluation report for FY 1974 of the Experience-Based Career Education Program at Far West School (FWS) contain the following: an audit of the final evaluation report for FY 1974, a cost-comparison study of Experience-Based Career Education replication, information about data collection, and associated survey…

The publication is a summary of the Federally sponsored programs for disadvantaged and handicapped persons that have been administered by the Special Needs Section of the Iowa State Department of Public Instruction during fiscal years 1972, 1973, and 1974. It is the responsibility of the Special Needs Section to plan, implement, and evaluate…

The final report describes a study to develop a statewide teacher/industry exchange program in Wisconsin that would provide vocational-technical instructors with occupational experience opportunities. Three plans for implementing the program were developed: (A) swapping the positions of a business or industrial person with that of a vocational…

Senate Bill 642, passed by the California Legislature in summer 1973, authorized the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to conduct a pilot program in cooperative education involving no more than five community college districts for a period of up to three years. In response to the bill, the Chancellor established a consortium…

The report presents emerging trends, future outlook, and potential legislative provisions for career education. Two basic assumptions by the year 2000 are the recognition of education as a lifelong process with open entry/exit and the disappearance of traditional distinctions between learning in a formal setting and learning in the work place. The…

In order to determine the most effective method of administering the cooperative education program at the College of the Mainland (COM) in Texas, the author surveyed community colleges supporting cooperative education under a Title IV grant, conducted interviews of COM faculty and staff, reviewed the literature, and reexamined COM's formal and…

The purpose of this study is to explore the importance and the feasibility of providing guidance, counseling, and other pupil personnel services in experimental Employer-Based Career Education programs, as part of a larger set of studies useful for those who will plan or operate such programs. The five chapters cover: (1) a definition and…

This report describes the 2-year cooperative education demonstration project conducted in three colleges of the San Mateo Junior College District (California). The project, involving all academic disciplines, offers co-op students three plans: (1) alternate class attendance and a full-time job in conjunction with another student on a semester…

The relationship between job attitudes and items that contribute to them was investigated. Results of the multiple regression analysis of "demographic" items revealed that: (1) male instructors of at least 45 years of age and older, with most of their work experience outside of formal educational jobs, seemed to be more satisfied in…

In 1965, the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives provided for the establishment of a citizens advisory body to (1) make a comprehensive study of the vocational rehabilitation program and vocational rehabilitation needs, and (2) formulate goals and make specific recommendations for arriving at these goals. Among…

This study provides a profile of the typical director of an area vocational-technical school and a statistical comparison between the top and bottom 20 percent of each state's local directors. The purpose of this study was to ascertain those characteritsics which are most representative of top ranking directors. Data were obtained by questionnaire…

Trainees in a Public Service Employment program may find work training as paraprofessional aides in manpower agencies, social services, and human services. The work experience is valuable for the trainees. However, the actual structure of their training needs close attention. Supervisors are likely to rate the effectiveness of on-the-job training…