THE NUMBER AND TYPES OF VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS BEING DEVELOPED BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS WERE STUDIED TO FIND A STATEWIDE PATTERN AND TO ASCERTAIN HOW WELL THE PRESENT AND PROPOSED PROGRAMS RELATE TO PROJECTED MANPOWER NEEDS. DATA CONCERNING PRESENT REIMBURSABLE PROGRAMS, SECURED FROM THE MISSOURI STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, WERE…

The report describes an elementary grade level career awareness program which was organized around four open-spaced non-graded learning centers: a kindergarten and three other learning centers in which students stayed for two-year periods to explore the 15 career clusters identified by the U.S. Office of Education. Each learning center used a…

The Community Learning Center (CLC) evaluation is based on on-site visits and interviews with staff and students of widely differing ethnic backgrounds. Teaching resources are varied. The Model Cities program is the basic source for CLC funding; the Cambridge Public Library is the center's local sponsor. The external bureaucratic framework needs…

The document presents an interim report of a model project in career education for K-12 students in the Natrona County School District in Casper, Wyoming. The report covers information in the following areas of project activities: (1) accomplishments, (2) major activities and events, (3) problems, (4) publicity activities, (5) dissemination…

This evaluation report summarizes data collected from pupil questionnaires, teacher questionniares, and parent interviews on the success of a recently implemented elementary school reorganization plan designed to enhance academic achievement. Five evaluation instruments were developed as a collaborative effort of teachers, parents, evaluators, and…

This report of an exploratory study of Adult Basic Education (ABE) gives a brief summary of background and methodology and represents findings about students and teachers in Shelby County, Tennessee. For the students 41 findings are reported relating to age, sex, race, marital status, years of schooling completed, employment, income, life style,…

This historical case study of the Ridgeway Elementary School from initial community contact through the completion of the first year of Individually Guided Education (IGE) assesses the attitudes of the parents; evaluates the cost factors associated with implementing the program; assesses the effects of IGE implementation on the local community;…

This paper presents some of the problems of placing bilingual teachers in Australian schools. There are few balanced bilinguals, teacher training institutions do not want to train bilingual teachers, and the Department of Education does not have a policy on bilingual teachers. (CFM)

To ascertain the specific determinants that should be considered when instituting continuing nursing education programs, a survey of nurses was conducted. Based on 425 responses, seven determinants were identified, including the need to do prestigious work, interest in increasing one's knowledge base, and special needs related to the employing…

This paper stresses the gains for both developmental theory and educational practice that are brought about by social intervention research. The author suggests several directions for future research. (Author/BP)

Article calls for revitalization of higher education's philosophical commitment to general education. Emphasizes the importance of all components of the community college enterprise and the cooperative role of each division in the improvement of general education. Also stresses the importance of a close student-teacher relationship. (JDS)

James L. Hymes, Jr., former President of NAEYC and member of the original Head Start Planning Committee, is interviewed about his hopes for and disappointments with Head Start during the past 20 years. Highlights Head Start's initial benefits to families, children, and the early childhood profession; program quality; and continued lack of federal…

The Attitudes toward Bilingual Education scale was shown to be valid with respect to its ability to discriminate between proponents of bilingual education and a general population. (The 23-item scale is included). (Author/GDC)

Within the framework of Hungary's Curriculum Theory Department (CTD-80) national assessment, 2,391 teachers from 70 general schools were surveyed. The questionnaire included teachers' characteristics, reaction to the new curriculum, and teaching practices. The results are described. (GDC)

A number of measures were examined as predictors of graduate students' achievement in inferential statistics courses. The most important predictor variable set was attitudes toward feminist issues. Other predictors included mathematics attitude and masculinity-femininity. Sex-related differences were found on all variables except verbal and…