Because of the constant increase in knowledge, students can no longer be taught all they need to learn. The focus of education must therefore shift toward assisting them to learn how to learn, how to be independent, and how to equip themselves to cope with an ever changing environment. One of the nine papers presented describes a method by which…

Designed to help the teacher of young deaf children teach syntax, the text presents a general orientation to the program as well as a review of the specific goals of language instruction. An overview of the early stages of instruction discusses symbol development (as the child becomes aware print has meaning) and illustrates how to help the child…

An evaluation was made of a pilot three week graduate seminar in community development offered at Syracuse University in 1970 as part of the graduate program in adult education. It also tested Robert Stake's Countenance Model, a typology or framework involving the concepts of adult education program rationale, inputs, transactions in the learning…

The problems of the education of the aurally handicapped were discussed in speeches presented at the convention of the Council for Exceptional Children in Chicago, 1970. Papers reported include a suggested approach to the evaluation of expressive oral syntactic competence of the aurally handicapped child by Jean Lehman, the language of children…

This paper discusses the course "Change in Schools" taught at the University of Pittsburgh, spring, 1969. Both masters and doctoral candidates were enrolled. Objectives of the course were sent to the students before the spring session began. One objective required the students to do a detailed analysis of several common supervisory/curriculum…

A rationale for language intervention is outlined according to two basic dimensions (increased output and knowledge of language) and their respective strategies (operant procedures and a psycholinguistic model). Thus, behavior modification and transformational grammar are viewed as complementary for an efficient language intervention program. The…

Intended for prospective members of the new Distributive Industrial Training Board in Great Britain, this training guide concentrates on managerial functions in retailing; the selection of trainees; the planning of in-company and external training programs; scheduling and continuity of training; roles of training personnel; and the use of various…

The book describes over 600 current career guidance methods, some of which have been subjected to rigorous evaluation. Designed to allow quick access to information needed to solve highly specific problems, the book describes important and potentially useful methods applicable to career guidance that are currently in practice or in the…

The issues discussed in this paper center around the recent applications of laboratory-derived behavioral principles and techniques to everyday situations and problems, particularly those concerned with educational practice. A brief review of the ways that behavior modification has been used in education to date is included. Basically, the…

There is a real conflict between "humanism" as a point of view and "accountability" as a process. Most of the "accountability" literature today is characterized by a devotion to measurable ends, an implicit belief that the ends justify the means. The other half of the educational equation has to do with educational…

This monograph is a critique of various aspects of the Mackay Report which investigates religious education in the public schools of Ontario and examines questions of moral development. The author centers his comments upon a fundamental general assumption of the Mackay report, that commonly accepted characteristics of moral reasoning can be…

Nine conference papers focus on objectives, methods, and alternatives in the education of handicapped children. The first paper, by Sidney P. Marland, U. S. Commissioner of Education, reports on progress made towards full educational opportunity for handicapped children. Research design and methodology are discussed in relation to curriculum…

This paper makes an initial effort toward an applied theory of eclecticism by examining different movements and methods of instruction. The two major movements described include a) "deschooling" the society as proposed by Ivan Illich by disorganizing public school organization, and b) personalizing instruction by encouraging the individual needs…

The annotated bibliography on Emotionally Disturbed--Teaching Methods contains approximately 85 abstracts and associated indexing information for documents or journal articles published from 1960 to 1975 and selected from the computer files of the Council for Exceptional Children's Information Services and the Education Resources Information…

This study examines the present status of broadcast education in colleges and universities and reports the attitudes of broadcasters toward the undergraduate programs offered in 205 colleges and universities. The report is in five parts: (1) a review of the administrative units which house broadcast educational programs, (2) a summary of the…