According to the authors, the scientist-professional model which has dominated training in psychology is no longer the only accepted model for professional training. Enter the era of the professional model when the major commitment will be the provision of services to people, based on the application of psychological skills and knowledge. The…

Results are presented of evaluation of the Research and Development Project in Career Education, Milford, Nebraska. Eleven instruments were used in the K-12 evaluation: Questionnaire on Occupational Units, Counselor Questionnaire, Student Ranking of Occupations, List of Occupations You Know Something About, Occupational and Educational Information…

The author considers one section of a document (Everyone's Favorite Solution in "The Reserve Army of the Underemployed") by James O'Toole to be an attack on vocational education in which seven charges are made. The charges are rebutted with the intention of illustrating the positive contributions that vocational education can make to the goals of…

This document reports on the 1974-75 Unified Science and Mathematics for Elementary Schools (USMES) evaluation investigating the cognitive and affective responses of USMES students to this interdisciplinary, process curriculum. It includes the results of a pre-post control group design to assess the curriculum's effects on students' basic skill…

The School for All Ages (SFAA) integrates local adults, with academic levels from nonreaders through high school, into a regular K-12 program. The coordinator's role in attracting, orienting, and supporting adult students is outlined, as are the advantages and disadvantages of joint classes for adults and children. (SJL)

Relationships between student attitudes toward Edward Keller plan psychology courses and student ratings of specific teacher behaviors and class characteristics were investigated in a study of 563 senior high school students enrolled in Keller plan courses. Practical course value and teacher enthusiasm were positively related to the students'…

The partnership movement has matured to recognize that work/education partnerships are time-consuming and resource-intensive. There is now a richer understanding of the potentials and limits of public/private partnerships. (BJV)

An ambitious school and community drug education program won community support after the appearance of a controversial school newspaper article featuring an anonymous interview with a drug pusher drew national attention to the problem of drug abuse in the community and schools. (DCS)

The revised 20-item Aiken-Dreger Mathematics Attitude Scale was administered to 2538 urban minority students in grades 8 to 10. Results supported the existence of two underlying factors, enjoyment and fear. (GDC)

Describes how, over two years, a steering committee at Cherokee Lane Elementary School (Maryland), which was intended to plan, implement, and evaluate an elementary guidance program, dealt with problems of discrepant perceptions of children's needs by children, parents, and teachers. (MH)

Since 1874, American colleges and universities have developed large, competitive intercollegiate sports programs, celebrating and justifying them in terms of distinctive American beliefs about connections between sports, education, and social mobility. This essay attempts to break the silence of American faculties concerning their schools'…

Evidence is presented for the existence of two types of factors when semantic differential data are factor analyzed by treating each concept-scale combination as a variable: (1) factors defined by scales within given concepts; and (2) factors defined by scales across concepts. (Author/MH)

Surveyed undergraduate early childhood course students to determine motivation, career goals, and perceptions of early childhood professionals and their programs. Found that understanding student beliefs and working to broaden perspectives and exposure to real-life situations were important for preservice teacher education programs. (SD)

Critically examines Total Quality Management (TQM). Analyzes the concepts and practices of TQM and its failure to live up to expectations in higher education. Emphasizes the problems inherent with TQM initiatives in an educational environment and outlines ways that student affairs officials can proactively apply TQM to support universities'…

Discusses the division within the social studies profession between the social studies theorists and the practitioners. Points out the complexity of citizenship as the foundation for social studies. Suggests that theorists need to engage in dialogue within their profession and with the practitioners. (SLM)