THE ORGANIZATION, MANAGEMENT, FORM, AND CONTENT OF THE UNIQUE STANDARD NATIONAL TRAINING SYSTEM FOR ADULT EDUCATORS IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND THE ROLE OF THE ADULT EDUCATOR IN THE COMMUNIST STATE ARE EXAMINED IN THIS STUDY. FULL-TIME ADULT EDUCATORS ARE TRAINED AT BOTH THE UNIVERSITY AND SECONDARY TECHNICAL LEVELS. THREE UNIVERSITIES AND THREE…

THIS REVIEW OF CURRENT (1967-68) PROVISIONS FOR THE CONTINUING EDUCATION OF WORKERS IN POLAND STRESSES ENROLLMENT TRENDS AND AREAS OF NEED IN ADULT BASIC EDUCATION, SECONDARY EDUCATION IN EVENING CLASSES AND CORRESPONDENCE COURSES OFFERED BY THE GENERAL LYCEUMS, FORMAL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION (NOW LARGELY THROUGH ELEMENTARY AND TECHNICAL SCHOOLS),…

TO PROMOTE POLICE UNDERSTANDING OF THE ADOLESCENT AND HIS PROBLEM, TO BUILD FAVORABLE ATTITUDES TOWARD LAW AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AMONG EARLY ADOLESCENTS, AND TO EXPLAIN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT FUNCTION TO THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL POPULATION, TWO CURRICULUM UNITS WERE DEVELOPED IN 1966-1967 AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI, IN COOPERATION WITH THE…

THIS PAPER DOCUMENTS THE GENERAL CONDITIONS OF DISADVANTAGED AMERICANS AND EXAMINES THE PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS WHICH GROW OUT OF THEM. SPECIFIC STATISTICS ARE REPORTED WHICH DESCRIBE INADEQUATE MEDICAL SERVICES FOR NEGROES, POOR HEALTH, POVERTY LEVEL INCOMES, AND EDUCATIONAL RETARDATION. THE PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL FACTORS DISCUSSED INCLUDE VISUAL…

In order to improve speech perception by transposing the speech signals to lower frequencies, to determine which aspects of the information in the acoustic speech signals were influenced by transposition, and to compare two different methods of training speech perception, 44 subjects were trained to discriminate between transposed words or…

In 1964, and again in 1966, a survey was made of sample populations of families living in a public housing project in St. Louis, Missouri. The purpose was to find family characteristics, their homemaking practices, and the effects of extension classes in home management and family economics, clothing, and food and nutrition. In 1966, it was found…

Basic needs of children and youth which cannot be provided by small rural schools could be realized by combining the resources and pupils of a number of local districts. Four types of organization are presented as possibilities for providing cooperative educational services: (1) autonomous districts with line functions; (2) semi-autonomous…

Past and present trends and future projections of student enrollments and total population are presented in terms of numbers, distribution, and school level attainment. Such characteristics as death rates, birth rates, migration, age, income, occupation, and education are examined in an effort to (1) evaluate their effect on the educational…

After questioning the credential value of the high school diploma at the present time and pointing out the need for considering the multiple psychological and social handicaps of the minority-group school dropout, this conference paper discusses (1) the rentention power of the schools, (2) youth employment, (3) equal job opportunities for Negroes,…

An attempt is made to analyze the weaknesses which restrict employment opportunities for primary school leavers in Kenya, and to estimate the benefits that may acrue from a coordinated program of youth and adult education preferably under the direction of the recently established Board of Adult Education. Examined are the opportunities available…

A report of the Ohio State University continuing education program and its major areas of emphasis by individual administrative units is presented. Information is given on the philosophy of continuing education, the administrative advisory committee on continuing education, the credit non-degree program, non-credit programs for metropolitan…

A study was made of the effects of programed instruction versus the use of course objectives and reference materials on learning, transfer, and attitudes in two adult experimental groups. The subject was mathematical concepts basic to introductory statistics. Mathematical tests and attitude scales were administered before and after the experiment.…

The adult basic education (ABE) programs currently conducted by non-governmental organizations in the United States, are reviewed in this document. Attention is focused on the significance of voluntary efforts in adult basic education programs; and strengths and weaknesses, gaps between needs and resources, and limiting factors are identified.…

Service to public health and allied professionals has long been the concern and major function of the Program for Continuing Education in Public Health, sponsored by the four Schools of Public Health in the West--and by the Western Regional Office of the American Public Health Association (APHA). To assess the effectiveness of this program, a…

Data from the annual Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS) on associate degrees and other formal awards below the baccalaureate level in institutions of higher education in the United States are presented. Completions of organized occupational curriculums in a variety of technologies normally offered in two-year collegiate programs…