A discussion of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation's past and present efforts in pesticide control certification and registration is given. (MDR)

Describes evaluation methods currently in use by the BBC's advisory councils and by external researchers in collaboration with them. (BR)

According to the 1978 survey of American Chemical Society members, chemists salaries have risen almost in step with inflation and unemployment has remained low. (BB)

After noting the need for compromise between the economic and psychological considerations relevant to public policy on mandatory or early retirement, the author suggests policy modifications that may be beneficial to individual workers and the total American society (e.g., artisan production as self-expression, social services as a second career,…

Noting that industrial arts classroom line production experience and individual projects fall short of instructional goals, the author details an approach helpful in rounding out an overall understanding of contemporary technology. The approach, which involves the use of audiovisual equipment, is described using sheetmetal production and the…

A study made on drug presentations to groups of doctors in Helsinki is described. Analysis of the content of the presentations revealed that side effects were often neglected, the drug presented was always recommended as the drug of choice, and other forms of treatment were seldom mentioned. Implications for continuing professional education are…

Sponsors of these programs include nonprofit organizations, proprietary agencies, wholly owned subsidiaries of U.S. corporations, and foreign-based institutions catering to North American students. Problems arising from their non-accredited status are examined and a criterion instrument for evaluating them is developed. (LBH)

Examines Czechoslovakia's cinematic output during the 1960's and suggests that the Czech New Wave was a predictable response of a culture attracted by, but unwilling to come to terms with, socialist art. (MH)

Examines the "Americanization" process dominating world electronic systems by surveying research observations and studying the roots of America's first international broadcast which was the shortwave programing of CBS and NBC to Latin America. (MH)

Traces the development of the American television industry as a major unelective source of power, cause of changes in social behavior, and factor in the management of the economy. Suggests ways to make use of educational broadcasting and to initiate a mechanism for critical analysis of the institutional structure of television. (Author/AV)

The article presents a brief biography of Francis Wayland, a Baptist minister and president of Brown University from 1827 to 1855, who was instrumental in convincing mid-19th century America to support industrial education. Although not a technologist, Wayland advocated industrialism and public vocational-technical education to improve the quality…

Deals with knowledge of scalar transformations among Brazilian students and construction foremen. Compares students' mathematical experience to foremen's. Reports study on students' and foremen's performance in solving scale drawing problems. Discusses aspects of relationship between learning mathematical procedures in school and daily life and…

The use of strategic planning in Australian higher education institutions is compared with that in manufacturing corporations, including the similarities and differences in approaches taken. In the context of recent questioning of the use of strategic planning in industry, the validity of its use in higher education is also discussed. (Author/MSE)

A civil engineering professor would like to see civil engineers spend less time looking at broken structures and more time testing construction materials, and has founded a research center for that purpose. (MSE)

Offers information about the legal implications of recording broadcast copyrighted programs. Examines Copyright Law provisions, regulated use and fair use of off-air recordings, and systematizing and establishing routine procedures for off-air recording. (DMM)