This international glossary of vocational education, its full text and index in both English and French, is intended to serve a dual purpose: (1) to establish a generally acceptable international terminology in the two major working languages of UNESCO in order to facilitate international communication in the field of technical education and (2)…

This monograph is one of 12 that address various topics in the area of CETA/education linkages. They were designed to provide those individuals interested in the development and implementation of CETA/education linkages with information that will serve to enhance the quality of existing programs and facilitate the efficient and effective…

Definitions and recording rules for use in observing parent/child interaction are stipulated in this codebook. Settings and behaviors of focal concern are those associated with the type and amount of instruction provided by parents to children. Definitions are established for setting, parent behavior and child behavior variables. The four…

The terms "rigor" and "relevance" most often surface in discussions of methodological adequacy. Assessing epistemological relevance is equivalent to answering the question, "Is this particular research question worth asking at all?" Epistemological rigor refers to the properties of a "researchable" problem.…

A significant component of modern migrants are refugees or displaced persons. Historically, most involuntary migrants readily found permanent asylum in the traditional immigrant receiving countries of the New World. This situation is changing. Source areas of refugees have shifted from the European arena to the Third World, and the causes of…

Ethnography is coming to be much discussed in education. A definition of ethnography is, however, an elusive and complicated question. Anthropologists do not themselves have a unified conception of ethnography, especially of ethnography in relation to the study of institutions of our own society, such as education. One difficulty with the notion…

This investigation of the practicality of three proposals for the standardization of choice of main entry for art exhibition catalogs considers some of the problems in cataloging as well as the importance of the choice of main entry for these catalogs. This report also includes a definition of the term "exhibition catalog," an analysis…

This paper examines some of the negative consequences that have occurred in school districts attempting to comply with state legislation in regard to competency testing. It analyzes four definitions of competency assessments for elementary schools and then lists several possible results of a hasty response to competency testing mandates. The paper…

Intended for parents and professionals, the document contains a listing of books, newsletters, periodicals, and free material on learning disabilities. Publications are listed alphabetically by author or sponsor with entries that usually provide the following information: title, publisher, publisher's address, publication date, cost, and brief…

The paper deals with the identification of chronically disruptive students in Iowa. The first section details the sociological and educational characteristics of chronically disruptive students. Such students are said to be rebellious, to defy behavioral standards, and to fare poorly in academics. A second section addresses differential diagnosis…

A selected list of terminology used in special education in four languages--English, French, Russian, and Spanish--is set out in this glossary. This preliminary edition is intended as an overall framework and partial listing of terms with their definitions. The aim of the glossary is to facilitate communication, spoken and written, between…

The glossary contains definitions of approximately 600 terms which are concerned with legal, medical, and social work aspects of child abuse and neglect. The explanations of the terms are said to represent experts' consensus and conformance with the Standards of the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect. A list of 54 acronyms is also…

This paper discusses the current confusion in differentiating between reading disabilities and learning disabilities, as well as the role of the learning and reading specialist. The origin and history of the movement toward helping children labeled as having a reading or learning handicap are examined, and various definitions are discussed. It is…

Walberg and Thomas (1972) have made an attempt to operationalize and validate the concept of open education. However, their conception fails to differentiate between open education and other nontraditional approaches to education, thereby lumping together a variety of different types of classrooms. In addition, their method of item selection does…

This workbook is designed to help participants of the Independence Training Program (ITP) to achieve a definition of "independence." The program was developed for teenage girls. The process for developing the concept of independence consists of four steps. Step one instructs the participant to create an imaginary situation where she is…