The current Navy instructor-training system is analyzed and recommendations made for the 1975-85 period. Six formal instructor-training schools are discussed. Included in the analysis are instructor selection and assignment, Instructor Training School staff, instructor training curriculum, instructor evaluation, instructor effectiveness,…

This government publication provides the first comprehensive report of a longitudinal study initiated in 1962 by the National League for Nursing for the purpose of obtaining specific information about the biographical characteristics of nursing students, their occupational goals, and their reasons for choosing nursing as a career. Intended to…

This report describes the research and organization involved for implementing a coordinated county academic-vocational program for mentally, physically, and emotionally handicapped students at the high school and post-secondary levels. An occupational survey and literature review preceded the development of a flexible academic curriculum providing…

Instruction can be systematically designed using the procedures, or model, set forth in this handbook. Steps are given for writing, selecting, and organizing behavioral objectives and for identifying their levels. Test construction, testing, and grading are explained. Flowcharts illustrate how to determine required competencies and actual entering…

Primary considerations for a positive school personnel policy are outlined in eight sections, as follows: (1) Faculty and staff recruitment and selection; (2) job analysis and classification; (3) personnel assignment and evaluation; (4) policy development; (5) welfare benefits, including leaves, fringe benefits, continuing contracts, working…

Seven preschool blind children participated in a 6-week program for developing independence in these areas: movement in space, self help skills, effective use of residual vision, socialization, and body image. Children were provided with a variety of activities, were encouraged to do things for themselves, and were accompanied by an aide who…

Included in the collection are articles on sensory-motor sequencing experiences in learning by R.G. Heckelman, integrating form perception by Floria Coon-Teters, building patterns of retention by Harold Helms, hand-eye coordination by Shirley Linn, laterality and directionality by Sheila Benyon, body image and body awareness by Grace Petitclerc,…

The One Hundred Eleventh Street Elementary School of the Los Angeles Unified School District, located in the heart of the black community of Watts, attracts visitors from other schools and school districts throughout the nation. The instructional program at 111th Street School is completely ungraded, with teachers, resource personnel, and…

The study of educational and career aspirations of black youth who have grown up in a military environment (racially desegregated for almost two decades) was undertaken to provide a preview of gains that might result from wider desegregation. The researchers present portraits of the families of the children studied, discussing fathers' careers and…

Selected examples of successful approaches, innovations, and techniques in rural manpower programs were analyzed to provide new organizations with blueprints of workable program operations. Attention was focused on such areas as recruitment and selection, trainee orientation, economic development, job placement, on the job training, interagency…

The object of this research was to develop a measure of motivation of elementary school children to predict academic achievement independent of intelligence. Three basic steps were proposed to analyze data from approximately200 Black children. These steps were: l) operational (content) analysis of two free response measures, resulting in a coder's…

This document presents ten views on vocational education needs in Montana and a presentation on the nationwide role of vocational education, from representatives of the National Advisory Council on Vocational Education, local and state education agencies, the public, special needs groups, labor, business and industry. At this 2-day annual public…

The regional seminars of the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) are designed to provide inservice training and planning experiences to foster the professional growth of state department of education, university, and local AE/ABE staff members. The third regional seminar was aimed at developing ongoing, self-supporting training programs…

Educational distribution tables were constructed which indicate that, generally, schools and school districts that scored in the upper (or middle, or lower) third of a ranking of Michigan districts on composite achievement also ran high (or middle, or low) on other assessment measures. The same type of relationship was generally found between…

For a vocational work experience education program for the secondary grades in California, learning activity packages (LAP) are provided separately for three program goals, which focus on self-awareness and self-evaluation, job requirements, and information necessary for successful job placement and job satisfaction. Program goals, performance…