THE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY BETWEEN PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION OF KNOWLEDGE IS EMPHASIZED AS THE KEY ACTIVITY. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN THE MID-1950'S BECAME ONE OF THE MOST VIGOROUS AND HOPEFUL PROTAGONISTS OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. THE ACTS PASSED AND THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTERS CREATED ARE NOTED AS AGENTS IN THIS NEW…

THE CONCERN OF THE UNITED STATES FOR ITS RELATIONS WITH LATIN AMERICA AND THE APPARENT LACK OF FACILITIES FOR INSTRUCTION IN THIS AREA AMONG THE MEDIUM AND SMALLER INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION LED TO THIS STUDY OF INSTRUCTION IN INTER-AMERICAN RELATIONS. PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION LED TO THREE HYPOTHESES--(1) LITTLE IS BEING OFFERED IN…

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,…

THIS PAPER DESCRIBES THE NATURE AND PURPOSE OF THE R AND I UNIT IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL. THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES OF VARIOUS UNITS IN THE SUBJECT-MATTER AREAS OF SCIENCE, ENGLISH, MATHEMATICS, SOCIAL STUDIES, AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN FOUR WISCONSIN SCHOOL SYSTEMS ARE BRIEFLY DISCUSSED. EA 001 022 IS A RELATED DOCUMENT. (HM)

THE CENTER FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN AMERICAN LIBERTIES AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PROPOSES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION ABOUT LIBERTY, JUSTICE, AND EQUALITY IN THE NATION'S SCHOOLS THROUGH A PROGRAM OF BASIC SCHOLARSHIP AND THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF EXPERIMENTAL CURRICULAR MATERIALS. A CONFERENCE OF CIVIC LEADERS WAS HELD TO DISCUSS HOW…

AN INSTITUTE TRAINING PROGRAM WAS DEVELOPED TO AID IN TEACHING METHODS AND CURRICULUMS DEVELOPMENT IN BUSINESS DATA PROCESSING. THIS PROGRAM OFFERED RETRAINING FOR 17 TEACHERS DURING AN 8-WEEK PERIOD. FURTHER DEVELOPMENT WAS INCLUDED FOR COURSE MATERIAL TO USE AS PATTERNS AND GUIDELINES FOR FUTURE PROGRAMS. CLASS OUTLINES WERE DEVELOPED TO BE USED…

This handbook is designed to help educators improve the effectiveness of daily lessons. The need for flexibility and the ability to develop meaningful variety are emphasized. Suggestions and guidelines are provided for writing objectives, planning lessons, and selecting instructional methods. Three major categories of teaching/learning…

This Youth Employment Training program manual 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). The project, aimed at assisting them to gain and retain…

The proceedings of the fourth annual Association of Writing Supervisors within the City University of New York (CUNY) are offered in this special newsletter issue. The papers from the proceedings are organized under the five thematic strands of the conference, which confronted the central issues of writing instruction at CUNY. The five strands are…

Growing conservatism, dwindling resources, and the increased diversity of students require that the California community colleges develop a plan to meet the challenges of the future. First, efforts must be made to ameliorate the current crisis in educational leadership caused by excessive concern with quantitative management techniques, reporting…

The Career Competency Program was funded to design and implement a total career education model, both educationally and financially practical for implementation by South Dakota communities. The program's underlying goals included mastery of skills at a level commensurate with each student's ability, interests, and career goals. Activities carried…

This paper develops an instructional design process for teaching a time management course to head nurses and supervisors. (The course was conducted at the Veterans' Administration Medical Center, Lincoln, Nebraska, and was based on "A New Instructional Design Development Process for Instructors of Adults," by Mary Jane Even.) The paper…

Within the existing framework of public education in rural and small schools, educational leaders must always seek new ways for achieving substantive improvements in the delivery of educational services to their students. Although much of the official concern for rural/small schools has been directed toward consolidation and urbanization, small…

Perceptions of educational practices were compiled from three educational populations (cooperating teachers, student teachers, administrators). Six questions were asked: (1) What are the important goals of the school? (2) What practices should be implemented in the school curriculum? (3) What practices should be implemented in the school's total…

These seven papers address problems of teaching about state government and politics at the secondary level and provide a framework and suggestions for improving the curriculum. The first paper analyzes the current civics curriculum and notes that textbooks underemphasize state government and overemphasize the structure and the formal procedures of…