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Blum, Robert E.; Doyle, Linda – 1977
"The Now and the Future," a unit that integrates career development into existing eighth and ninth grade language arts programs, was revised to reduce sex-role stereotyping in career exploration experiences and was implemented in 24 schools. This project performance report describes the major activities involved in revising the…
Descriptors: Career Education, Check Lists, Curriculum Development, English Instruction
Young, Douglas L.; Taylor, John E. – 1975
Performance-oriented instruction was developed, field tested, and refined in two Advanced Individual Training (AIT) programs--Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (MOS 11D) and Armor Crewman (MOS 11E). Tasks for both MOS (Military Occupational Specialty) were inventoried and the inventories were reduced by eliminating those tasks which are not required…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Education, Evaluation Methods, Field Studies
National Library of Canada, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1974
Utilizing questionnaires, interviews, observations and the study of documents, four survey teams studied 193 federal libraries in Canada, excluding prison, hospital, and diplomatic post libraries. The four teams, consisting of government and nongovernment personnel, covered four topics: library organization and administration, staffing,…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Organization, Bilingualism, Government Libraries
Hyatt, Norman F.; Gloriod, John A. – 1972
This evaluation of 9 months of the first year of the federally funded Utah Manpower Development and Training Act Skills Center with 89 enrollees examines the program's effectiveness by means of a literature review, personnel interviews, preparation of training program objectives, and the utilization of these objectives as success criteria for the…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Objectives, Federal Programs, Goal Orientation
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1974
To aid the United States Congress in its analysis of alternative for federal aid to libraries, the Government Accounting Office (GAO) reviewed the two largest federally funded programs, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) Title II and the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA), to assess their effectiveness in meeting…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Mueller, Jeanne; Morgan, Harry – 1974
This paper presents some practical ideas for providing social services through local programs for young children. Identified and evaluated are educational, health, and social services, (viewed as essential components of a responsible child care system) and the efforts of the large national demonstration programs (Head Start, Parent-Child Centers,…
Descriptors: Community Services, Cross Cultural Studies, Early Childhood Education, Educational Innovation
Jelavich, Charles – ACLS Newsletter, 1968
This report concerns the results reached by the recent "Survey of East Central and Southeast European Studies," sponsored by the American Council of Learned Societies and the Social Science Research Council. Stimulated by the urgent need to understand the current significance and importance of this area and to appreciate its historic…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Conference Reports, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Awareness
Asbell, Bernard – 1968
This document focuses on five major themes: (1) What's Right and What's Wrong with Vocational Education, (2) Technology for Elementary School Children, (3) Setting Performance Objectives for Learning, (4) A Practical Program for "Real" Learning, and (5) Vocational Guidance: An Unfulfilled Challenge. It is recommended that vocational education…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Behavioral Objectives, Career Guidance, Educational Innovation
Bettis, Glenn Earl – 1973
This followup study of graduates who received a doctorate with a major in industrial technology education from The Ohio State University through the 1971 calendar year was conducted to: (1) determine the graduates' professional experiences since graduation, (2) obtain their evaluation of and suggestions for improving the program, (3) determine the…
Descriptors: College Choice, Doctoral Degrees, Doctoral Dissertations, Doctoral Programs
Lester, G. Sidney; And Others – 1971
The major portion of this report provides a narrative summary and description of the work of the project, its context, evaluation, and recommendations. The major objectives of this three-year project were to: 1) field test and evaluate new K-12 social studies curriculum project materials, and 2) design a new K-12 social studies framework based on…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Research, Educational Change
Department of Labor, Washington, DC. – 1971
This fifty-ninth annual report of the United States Department of Labor for the fiscal year 1971 contains a 6-page report by the Secretary of Labor, 11 separate Federal Department reports, and a variety of appended tables covering such areas as enrollments and funding for various government programs. Detailing the initiation or improvement of a…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Annual Reports, Career Development, Federal Aid
Silberman, Harry – 1972
This paper reviews the four research and development (R&D) analyses that were presented as a rationale for the National Institute of Education's (NIE) 1973 agenda. Three of the chapters describe (1) the consensus cncerning goals, (2) the manner in which the different analyses move from goals to a list of programs, and (3) the need for more…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Criteria, Educational Innovation, Educational Needs
HEPPELL, HELEN M. – 1966
A 3-YEAR COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROJECT WAS UNDERTAKEN IN SOUTHEAST SAN DIEGO, A CITY WHICH IS CHARACTERIZED BY A LARGE MINORITY GROUP POPULATION, LOW INCOMES, HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT, AND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL MEDIAN. ADULT EDUCATION CLASSES WERE POORLY ATTENDED IN THE AREA. CREATIVE MOTIVATIONAL TECHNIQUES WERE MADE POSSIBLE BY FOUNDATION…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adult Education, Community Education, Community Programs
McCormick, Tom – 1974
The Career Opportunities Program (COP) is a nationwide career training model to improve the learning of low-income children in poverty area schools by employing low-income community residents and Vietnam veterans as teacher aides, while they attend college in preparation for careers in education. Two questionnaires were used in this study. The…
Descriptors: Education Majors, Higher Education, Job Training, Low Income Groups
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Benswanger, Ellen G.; And Others – Journal of Rural Community Psychology, 1986
Describes a two-year (1983-1985) systems study of the human services provided adolescents aged 10-17 and their families in one rural Pennsylvania community. Describes teacher/student survey, human services utilization survey, case reviews, and development of community-based advocacy plan. Discusses study's impact on local human services network…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Behavior Problems, Client Characteristics (Human Services)
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