A TEACHER TRAINING MANUAL DEVELOPED IN THREE ADULT BASIC EDUCATION WORKSHOPS SPONSORED BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL ADULT EDUCATION (NAPSAE) OUTLINES A SCHEME APPLICABLE BOTH TO TRAINEES AND TO THEIR DISADVANTAGED CLIENTELE. TEACHER TRAINING METHODS INCLUDE ROLE PLAYING, TALKS BY EXPERTS, DEMONSTRATIONS AND EXHIBITIONS, FIELD…

AIDED BY THE ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT AND THE ORGANIZATION FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COOPERATION, GREECE HAS ESTABLISHED A NETWORK OF ADULT EDUCATION CENTERS OUTSIDE TOWNS, TO MEET THE PROBLEMS OF ILLITERACY AND LOW EDUCATION LEVEL. THE CENTER PROVIDES FOR ACADEMIC AND LIBRARY PROGRAMS, SIX TO SEVEN MONTHS, AND RECREATION…

THIS PROPOSAL OUTLINES PLANS FOR AN INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM FOR APPROXIMATELY 100 PROJECT HEADSTART GRADUATES. IN EACH OF THREE TARGET AREA SCHOOLS A "KINDERGARTEN PRIMARY LABORATORY ROOM" WILL BE ESTABLISHED WHERE THE TECHNIQUES OF STUDENT PACING, EXPLORATION, AND SELF-SELECTION WILL BE EMPLOYED. SEVEN PROFESSIONAL STAFF,…

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO IDENTIFY THOSE FACTORS WHICH FACILITATE OR HINDER THE EFFECTIVE TRAINING OF JOURNEYMAN ELECTRICIANS AND TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF NEW TEACHING AIDS IN TRAINING THEM, IN HOLDING THEIR INTEREST IN VOLUNTARY TRAINING PROGRAMS, AND IN LEADING THEM TO ENROLL IN FUTURE TRAINING COURSES. ALL JOURNEYMAN…

THESE PROCEEDINGS REPORT 19 DISCUSSION DEBATES, EACH REPRESENTED BY A NUMBER OF PAPERS IN FOUR MAJOR AREAS--(1) CONCERN FOR ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOR (ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITMENT, COOPERATIVE COLLEGE-SCHOOL SYSTEM EFFORTS, CULTURE SHOCK, STAFF AND STUDENT ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOR, AND SENSITIVITY TRAINING), (2) CONCERN FOR PEOPLE (TEACHING ETHNIC GROUPS,…

OBJECTIVES OF THE TEN-DAY RESIDENTIAL TRAINING PROGRAM HELD IN JUNE 1967 WERE--TO UNDERSTAND THE ROLE OF THE TRAINER, TO DEVELOP SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE IN WORKING WITH GROUPS AND IN IMPLEMENTING COMMUNITY ACTION TRAINING PROGRAMS, TO HEIGHTEN SELF-AWARENESS, TO LEARN TO APPLY FORCE FIELD ANALYSIS TO PROBLEM SOLVING, TO INTERPRET LABOR'S POSITION IN…

A LITERACY HANDBOOK PREPARED BY THE WORLD CONFEDERATION OF ORGANIZATIONS OF THE TEACHING PROFESSION INDICATES THE WAYS IN WHICH TEACHERS' ASSOCIATIONS, TRADITIONALLY CHILD-CENTERED, CAN EFFECTIVELY ENGAGE IN ADULT EDUCATION. A 1966 CASE STUDY ON THE PHILIPPINE PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION, AND WCOTP SURVEYS CONDUCTED DURING 1965 IN KENYA…

THE STUDY CONCERNED TRACING THE DEVELOPMENT OF LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY IN THE SAME GROUP OF SUBJECTS FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE 9. THE RESEARCH WAS BASED ON A STUDY OF THE PATTERNS AND BEHAVIOR OF THE SUBJECTS' SPEECH AND WRITING AND THEIR COMPETENCE IN READING AND LISTENING. SUCH INFORMATION IS USEFUL IN CURRICULUM PLANNING AND IN DEVELOPING…

THE AUTHOR STATES THAT SENSITIVITY TRAINING HAS BECOME A WIDELY USED AND DISCUSSED TRAINING METHOD, BUT THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE UNITY IN RESEARCH APPROACH. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PAPER IS TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE FRAMEWORK THAT MAY ORDER EXISTING SENSITIVITY TRAINING RESEARCH AND GUIDE FUTURE RESEARCH EFFORTS, USING THE SENSITIVITY TRAINING IMPACT…

This resource book is one of three documents developed in a community college project to meet the career and vocational needs of disadvantaged handicapped youth (mainly the learning disabled, the educable mentally handicapped, and the emotionally handicapped) by assisting them to gain and retain full-time, non-subsidized employment. The resource…

A report described the current context, realities, and research and development needs of local level vocational education planning to provide a foundation for improving local level planning technology. Examination of the legislative context for vocational education planning revealed that interagency coordination and consultation, use of data about…

This supplement is designed to aid vocational home economics teachers teaching handicapped students in the regular classroom. The first three sections provide background information on legislation affecting teaching of handicapped students in regular classrooms (Public Law 94-142), and definitions of terms associated with these laws; an…

This teacher's guide introduces kindergarten students to what a business is and how it is managed. Approximate instructional time for the unit is four to six hours. Using a learning center approach, students set up their own cookie factory and manufacture cookies in the classroom. Activities reinforce counting money, writing, putting letters into…

This document suggests learning activities, teaching methods, objectives, and evaluation measures for a second grade consumer education unit on quarters. The unit, which requires approximately six hours of class time, reinforces basic social studies and mathematics skills including following sequences of numbers, distinguishing left from right,…

The premise that students are an untapped educational resource and that they provide teachers with a source of individualized instruction provided the impetus for this study. Researchers had two objectives: one, to determine the possibility of developing a typology of peer helping behavior within the classroom; and, two, if possible, to use this…