This module is one in a series of thirteen specifically designed to help vocational educators develop the skills needed to function as resource persons to learners enrolled in field-centered comptency-based teacher preparation programs. (These learners are persons with appropriate occupational experience and competence who are being prepared as…

This package is the eighth of twelve in the Skills for Adult Guidance Educators (SAGE) system, which provides instruction in a set of necessary competencies specifically designed for adult education counselors, teachers, and paraprofessionals. The materials provide a process for developing and implementing counseling and guidance programs unique…

Educational goals and objectives, student activities, and visual aids are included in this guide to a three-dimensional design unit that combines creative art and industrial arts skills. Course goals include challenging students' creative skills, encouraging student interaction and successful group work, and providing an atmosphere of fun and…

The sociolinguistic assessment model employed in this study demonstrated a useful approach for examining the interrelationships between community and school goals regarding bilingual education. As results indicated, not only do educators and parents differ in their sociolinguistic characteristics, but also in their selection of a bilingual…

The arguments are presented for and against the Hawaii 3 on 2 program, a team-taught, flexible, individualized instructional program for primary grade students. This report is based on an advocate-adversary evaluation design. The advocate team concluded that: the program is working effectively; teachers, principals, and parents support the…

The Adult Basic Education (ABE) program conducted by the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands was evaluated. Data were collected via staff interviews and record reviews during site visits at ABE facilities located in five of six district comprising the Trust Territory. Focus of the evaluation activities was on program administration,…

These lesson plans and student materials--some programmed texts and a workbook--for a secondary-postsecondary-level course in offset printing are one of a number of military-developed curriculum packages selected for adaptation to vocational instruction and curriculum development in a civilian setting. Purpose stated for the 250-hour course is to…

These lesson plans and student study guides and workbooks for a secondary-postsecondary-level course in continuous photoprocessing are one of a number of military-developed curriculum packages selected for adaptation to vocational instruction and curriculum development in a civilian setting. Purpose stated for the course is to expose students to…

ALTHOUGH EUROPEAN ADULT EDUCATION GREW OUT OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT, THE GERMAN MOVEMENT LONG TENDED TO REJECT THIS ORIGIN. EVEN AFTER 1945, ADULT EDUCATION IN GERMANY WAS JUSTIFIED BY CONSIDERATIONS OF MASS SOCIETY. SINCE THEN, HOWEVER, THE MOBILITY OF SOCIETY HAS COME TO BE CONSIDERED THE DETERMINING FACTOR. THE "VOLKSHOCHSCHULEN"…

STIMULATED BY THE NEED FOR A REVIVED INTEREST IN AND IMPROVEMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROGRAMS IN AUSTRALIA, THIS 1964 SURVEY, UNDERTAKEN AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE AUSTRALIAN HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL AS A SUPPLEMENT TO A SURVEY MADE OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS, WAS DESIGNED TO INVESTIGATE THE STATE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING IN UNIVERSITIES, AND…

THE MAJOR CHALLENGE NOW FACING VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS, ESPECIALLY IN VIEW OF SUCH COMPETING FEDERAL PROGRAMS AS THE PEACE CORPS AND VISTA, IS TO RECRUIT, TRAIN, AND HOLD A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF PROMISING VOLUNTEERS, PARTICULARLY AT THE POLICY MAKING LEVEL. SINCE FUTURE VOLUNTEERS WILL COME INCREASINGLY FROM THE RANKS OF THE TECHNICALLY EDUCATED…

DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT IS A PROJECT WHICH OFFERS INTERDISCIPLINARY HUMANITIES INSTRUCTION THROUGH EXTENSIVE MULTIMEDIA RESOURCES, INNOVATIVE TEACHING METHODS, AND ADVANCED EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY. THE PROJECT, STILL IN THE PLANNING STAGE, WILL ULTIMATELY BE HOUSED IN A SCIENTIFICALLY DESIGNED RESOURCE CENTER WHERE EDUCATIONAL EXHIBITS,…

LACK OF FINANCES, QUALIFIED PERSONNEL, AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES IN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING MADE THE PROBLEMS OF EDUCATING THE 250,000 COLORADO ADULTS WITH LESS THAN EIGHT YEARS OF FORMAL SCHOOLING DIFFICULT TO ATTACK. UNDER THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ACT OF 1964, A COOPERATIVE EFFORT WAS BEGUN BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND OTHER AGENCIES TO…

DURING THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY, ATTEMPTS WERE MADE IN MILWAUKEE AND ELSEWHERE IN THE NATION TO IMPROVE RELATIONS BETWEEN INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYERS AND THEIR IMMIGRANT WORKERS. THESE ATTEMPTS CONSISTED LARGELY OF COMPANY-SPONSORED RECREATIONAL AND WELFARE ACTIVITIES MARKED BY INFORMALITY AND PATERNALISM. AFTER 1900, HOWEVER, CAME MORE SYSTEMATIC…

THE RESEARCH PROJECT REPORTED HERE INVESTIGATED THE TEACHING OF GERMAN ON THE SECONDARY AND COLLEGE LEVELS, ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF THE PROBLEM OF ARTICULATION. SURVEY FORMS WERE SENT TO HIGH SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES IN SIX RANDOMLY SELECTED STATES, AND THE FACT THAT THE RESPONSE WAS LOW INDICATES A LACK OF INTEREST IN ARTICULATION. INCLUDED HERE ARE…