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Myers, Dwain – 1978
This booklet identifies 14 basic economic concepts that have been selected for emphasis in junior high social studies classes in Nebraska. The booklet is accompanied by a series of related instructional units (see SO 011 416). In this booklet, the concepts are listed in a sequence from the simplest to the most complex, with concepts one through…
Descriptors: Capitalism, Concept Teaching, Conceptual Schemes, Consumer Education
Download full textWortman, Sterling – 1976
Dimensions of the deteriorating world food situation are examined. Prepared for the congressional Subcommittee on Science Research and Technology and the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Scientific Planning and Analysis, the document focuses on the need to improve living standards of the rural poor in developing nations. The document is…
Descriptors: Agricultural Skills, Agricultural Trends, Conceptual Schemes, Cooperation
Executive Office of the President, Washington, DC. – 1978
This report inventories the U.S. federal government's current expenditures of resources for international health and considers ways of better resource utilization and coordination. Presented in eight chapters, the report considers three major issues: (1) how governmental and multilateral development strategies could be reoriented to affect health,…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Economic Development, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Fazio, Ernest J., Jr.; Jones, Sally Jo, Ed. – 1980
To guide Indian reservation program planners, the handbook highlights three exemplary community-based data collection efforts undertaken by Native American Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) grantees to improve their planning and program development activities. Exemplary data collection activities reported include the Spokane…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Alaska Natives, American Indian Reservations, American Indians
Miller, Lorna M., Ed. – 1980
This comprehensive volume of innovative continuing education programs contains complete descriptions of some 750 cross-indexed projects in four general areas--human resource development, natural resource development, economic development, and community development--directed at community problems that can benefit from adult education. It brings…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Education, Career Counseling, Citizen Participation
MARQUARDT, WILLIAM F. – 1967
A REVIEW OF RESEARCH CATEGORIZES LITERACY AND ADULT BASIC EDUCATION IN LATIN AMERICA AS FOLLOWS--(1) GENERAL REPORTS OF THE NUMBERS AND OCCUPATIONAL TYPES OF ILLITERATES IN EACH COUNTRY--(2) REPORTS OF THE ACTIVITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF PUBLIC, PRIVATE, AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND GROUPS IN PROMOTING LITERACY AND ADULT BASIC…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Applied Linguistics, Behavior Patterns
LYONS, RAYMOND F. – 1965
THIS PUBLICATION IS THE PRODUCT OF A FIVE-WEEK SEMINAR HELD IN 1964. THIS SEMINAR, WHICH BROUGHT TOGETHER OUTSTANDING SCHOLARS AS WELL AS KEY FIGURES OF NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS AND INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES, CONSIDERED EDUCATIONAL PLANNING AS A MEANS OF ADVANCING EDUCATION AND OF LINKING EDUCATION MORE EFFECTIVELY TO OVER-ALL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Adult Education, Agricultural Education, Conference Reports
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and Oceania. – 1980
This issue contains a regional review, discussion of technical and vocational education in countries of Asia and Oceania, articles dealing with various aspects of technical and vocational education, and a bibliographical supplement. The brief statistical review in section 1 concerns second-level technical and vocational education in the developing…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Developed Nations
Conboy, William A., Ed. – 1979
This book presents background information and approximately 40 articles on various aspects of the future. It is intended for use as a textbook and/or reader in advanced high school or college level future studies courses. The objectives are to help students of the future examine major problems and issues and to encourage them to devise new models…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computers, Creative Thinking, Economic Development
Congress of the U.S. Washington, DC. American Indian Policy Review Commission. – 1977
Summarizing the most comprehensive review of Indian policies and programs in the history of the United States, the final report of the American Indian Policy Review Commission (AIPRC) is a product of Indian effort and participation. Volume Two contains five appendices and an index. Appendix A includes information on: the legal mandate (Public Law…
Descriptors: Agency Role, American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations, American Indians
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House. – 1977
Analyzing 1975 Federal Outlays for 275 programs in terms of rural development and government services, this 7th annual report to the Congress pursuant to Title IX, Section 901 (e) of the Agricultural Act of 1970 includes tabular and narrative data pertaining to: metropolitan and nonmetropolitan distribution; regional distribution (census regions);…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Annual Reports, Census Figures, Community Development
Bell, Patricia J. – 1977
A local community (Tullahoma, Tennessee, in this case) can serve as a good example to students of how a given locale fits into a geographic region and exhibits characteristics which are both typical and atypical of the region in general. Tullahoma typifies the rapid social and economic change which has characterized the South since the 1930s. In…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Change Agents, Community Characteristics, Cultural Awareness
Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC. – 1972
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights held two days of hearings in Phoenix to investigate the civil rights status of Arizona Indian Tribes, to ascertain the nature and extent of their problems, and to try to arrive at a means to rectify those problems. The testimony offered at the public session came from representatives of local, state, Federal and…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Bilingual Education
Marshall, Ray, Ed. – 1977
The papers in this volume are concerned with rural development, with emphasis on the problems of low-income groups. Stephen McDonald explores economic factors in farm outmigration. Virgil Christian, Jr. and Adamantios Pepelasis discuss the extent and importance of economies of size in agriculture. Thomas Till analyzes the nature and extent of…
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Agriculture, Economic Development, Economic Factors
MINTZ, SIDNEY W. – 1956
IN THIS ESSAY, A CHAPTER IN AN EXTENSIVE FIELD STUDY OF THE CULTURAL-HISTORICAL PATTERNS OF VARIOUS GROUPS IN PUERTO RICO, THE SUBCULTURE OF A SUGAR PLANTATION PROLETARIAT IS DESCRIBED. TOPICS OF DISCUSSION INCLUDE THE REGIONAL AND COMMUNITY SETTING, HISTORICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, EMPLOYMENT PATTERNS, AND POLITICS. ALSO DESCRIBED ARE SOCIAL…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Community Study, Cultural Context, Cultural Traits
