A course was designed to enable girls to improve their personal appearance through special projects in hair care and styling, skin care and makeup application, good health habits including diet, exercise, improvement of posture, charm and poise; voice control; manners; and the selection of clothes that look best on the specific figure. The course…

Five factors have influenced the movement in the United States now described as career education. Vocational educators might contend that this is another stage in the developmental history of vocational education, while others say that it is a natural consequence of concomitant advances in education. Another influence was work done by the National…

Eighty-eight of the State's school districts were surveyed to discover (1) the reasons that prompted district school boards to organize a middle school, and (2) the characteristics of middle schools implemented in the Pennsylvania middle schools. The response to the study revealed that the reasons for initiating a middle school are…

Every student in the Watertown, South Dakota School District is involved in a comprehensive career education program which was locally designed and implemented with technical and financial assistance from State and federal sources. The program is designed to help students become aware of and prepared for the world of work. The emphasis of career…

Career education projects in the Texas school districts of Fort Worth, Harlandale, and Houston, conducted from January 4, 1972 through July 3, 1973 are summarized in this document. Project similarities and differences in the three districts are presented at the elementary, middle, and high school levels, with career guidance emphasized in all…

Based on stated 3-year (1973-1976) project goals, career education activities were provided to the identified adult population (unemployed, underemployed, mid-career, high school dropouts, parents, and women) in rural areas of the North Central Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education District of Wisconsin. Project activities included classes,…

Concludes that an individualized instruction program using cognitive style provides sufficient additional developmental benefits to college students to merit further study. (FL)

An analysis of the counseling process and the various clients a counselor might serve has yielded a structural model for identifying the knowledge and skills required of the counselor. The model specifies skill domain, targets of skill, and attained skill level. (Author)

Presents a collaborative model initiated by the staff of a counseling center and residence life office to provide increased developmental programing to students. Evaluation showed students benefited from workshops held in residence halls and staff members were able to provide increased services in a cost-effective manner. (Author/JAC)

A study of the development of high school students' self-social relationships indicated a need for a concentrated program on personal growth and development in tenth grade when individual identities are forming. High school students scored highest on the self-complexity and self-centrality tests. Developmental trends for sex were also indicated.…

Describes research project efforts in developmental studies programs for nontraditional students in New York two-year colleges and also identifies characteristics of occupational educational students enrolled in these programs who can be classified as successful. Student inventories indicated that personal value factors were important in academic…

Since disadvantaged students need more than admission to succeed in college, especially in graduate and professional schools, a comprehensive developmental program is needed, with a full system of student support. Suggestions for institutional and state support, and on campus, a decision-making structure and an advisory structure are recommended.…

Attributes the high rate of academic success of freshmen at Vincennes University to its developmental program. Aspects of the program include: mandatory enrollment for those with inadequate Scholastic Achievement Test scores, mathematics and reading laboratories, modularized classes, and support services. Assesses evidence of program success. (AYC)

Service learning is a versatile, developmentally appropriate strategy that integrates public service into student instruction and connects the classroom with the surrounding community and the world. Service learning promotes personal, social, and emotional growth; develops a sense of civic responsibility; provides leadership opportunities; and…

Feeling a lack of parent involvement, a developmental kindergarten teacher designed a home visit program, going to each student's home twice. Through home visits, she gained a better understanding of her students' environments, observed student characteristics not always visible in school, and strengthened relationships and team spirit with…