The North Carolina Central University (NCCU) faculty in elementary education began a systematic study of The Comprehensive Elementary Teacher Education Models. Seminars, informal discussions, and on-site visits to model builder schools were used as instruments to review the models and formulate a viable program. The model developed for NCCU was…

The present document presents an outline and discussion of a course designed to instruct students in the workings of the legal processes as related to the solving of today's urban problems. The project in its entirety resulted in a product that can be adapted to meet the needs of urban science students from several instructional points of view.…

During 1970-71, the Select Subcommittee on Education of the House Committee on Education and Labor held 8 days of hearings on the establishment of a National Institute of Education. This document is the second of three appendixes on the hearings and contains essays by scholars who have studied the aims of education, the issues of educational…

This bibliography is a compilation of educational articles appearing in periodicals and newspapers in India during the period of January through March, 1971. Published quarterly, the index abstracts articles from 28 periodicals and 6 newspapers. Abstracts are entered by author and are arranged alphabetically under subject. The comprehensive…

This comprehensive monograph provides a thorough and critical analysis of previous research on youth smoking, the various influential factors, and anti-smoking education, outlining study and evaluation techniques and instruments, and attitude change methods available in this field. Using this informational base and a broad-scale survey of…

This report arrives at the composite estimate of Federal funding of education knowledge production and utilization (KPU) for FY 1975 by examining and comparing four data bases with respect to four definitional issues and then proposing a definition of the boundaries of the domain of interest to NIE and the Subcommittee on Research, Development,…

This report examines support for education Knowledge Production and Utilization (KPU) using data provided by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Study Project on Social Research and Development. The scope of education KPU is discussed in terms of social policy areas relevant to education and activities relevant to KPU. The conceptual framework…

This report was intended to provide a basis and rationale for the organization and development of a multi-State consortium to produce catalogs of performance objectives and criterion-referenced measures in occupational education. Information is centered around two elements which are the major concerns: (1) The accountability phenomenon and its…

A discussion of ways in which appropriately trained counselors could enhance the growth potential for older and non-traditional students in adult education programs is presented, and includes personal-social, vocational, and academic factors. (LH)

This article attempted a review of the kinds of changes that have occurred in the United States over the last quarter century, their bases, and their effects. Some changes that are now beginning to occur within American secondary education were examined, and the kinds of changes the future might bring were considered. (Author/RK)

The author examines three teaching methodologies (repetitive, conceptual, and creative) and concludes that teaching should produce in students a balance of specific, convergent, and divergent thinking. If industrial arts educators limit teaching to known and accepted practices, programs and opportunities for young people are limited. (LH)

A brief overview of educational development in Iran is presented, with emphasis on industrial education at the secondary and postsecondary level. (LH)

A major international conference sponsored by the International Council for Adult Education will be held in Tanzania, focusing on the role of adult education in development with special emphasis on increasing the interaction between those concerned with planning in agriculture, workers education, health, community development, and communication.…

The author describes his experience in the establishment of Botswana Extension College in Africa. Difficulties of assessing educational needs and experimentation with radio-correspondence courses and various forms of face-to-face group work in village study centers are described with focus on different roles for teachers and for institutions with…

Each of the six articles in this Bicentennial issue of "Tennessee Education" is discussed. (JC)