To what degree and in what ways are students exerting influence in the shaping of teacher education programs? This study reviews the history of the Student N. E. A. and the activities through which local chapters participate in program design. (Editor)

This paper recommends a self-contained instructional system which will produce consistent results. The developmental process of the system is described through steps of performance and concept analysis, criterion testing, the designing of a prototype package and validation testing. (JA)

This paper describes one child care agency's use of a management information system to provide data swiftly, accurately, and in a usable form. (ST)

The steps taken in preparing a programed instruction microprogram (no more than 25 frames) are not significantly different from the traditional steps; the author describes them briefly. Inexpensively produced, microprograms can be used effectively to explain employee benefits, time card preparations, computer input methods, product orientations,…

The purpose of this paper is to suggest a practical method for considering the influence of factors affecting design decisions which appear to resolve some of these problems. (Author/RK)

IP is a field-centered program that places its interns in public schools and other educational institutions for three or four semesters of projects and activities. The program is based on the idea that one can only discover how to teach through personal experience. (Author/RK)

A program model for elementary career education is based on a rationale and focus emphasizing the integration of significant early experiences at home and at school. (KM)

Permissiveness can lead to gross chaos in orderliness, thinking, habits, and discipline. Authoritarianism can be arbitrary and excessive, or it can only seem that way to persons who find the demands of social existence restrictive to a fancied personal freedom. (Authors)

The philosophy of a systems approach to the design of information storage and retrieval systems is suggested in which the computer is recognized in its proper perspective as a powerful and effective alternative tool. (Author)

This is a report of a unique experience in collaboration among four hospitals on the east side of Detroit, resulting in the design and development of a major training program for hospital managers. (Author)

Suggests possibilities for using illustrations from art and music in science instruction so that school curricula becomes less fragmented. (AL)

Contains discussion of student freedom, contingency contracting, testing and evaluation practices, the influence of the cognitive level of instruction, and some teacher classroom behaviors that potentially influence student attitudes toward science. (Author/CP)

The previous chapters of the yearbook are summarized and challenges to the industrial arts teacher educator are presented. (GB)

Literature is reviewed indicating that programs serving handicapped and nonhandicapped preschool children have been labeled inconsistently, with few attempts to identify specific variables which discriminate program types. Suggested are the terms "integrated special education" (with a high proportion of handicapped) and "mainstreamed" (with a low…

Six representative intervention programs for high-risk infants are selected, and their essential features are summarized. A model for use in designing, implementing, and evaluating intervention programs for infants and/or their families is discussed. (Author/RH)