The proceedings of an institute held to perform an indepth study of articulation problems in selected occupational areas (health occupations, electricity, electronics, and business education--accounting, office practice and procedures, and data processing) in the schools of Hawaii are presented. The ultimate objective was to propose a written…

The report covers the activities, data, and data analysis of the institute. The institute was directed to 100 teachers and supervisors of Adult Basic Education (ABE) in Regions 8, 9, and 10 to acquaint them with the needs and problems of black urban adults. The two-week program was composed of two parts: (1) field trips, short lectures, and…

An institute was conducted to provide some training to librarians, archivists, and historians in locating, selecting, preserving, and disseminating Afro-Americana. Specialists in the field, including those who work with non-print materials, acted as contributors. A diverse population of librarians, library students, and representatives of other…

The Maine State Department of Education and the Continuing Education Division of Maine State University provided a series of summer institutes in 1968 at selected university locations throughout the state for presently employed or prospective teacher aides. Courses were offered to 116 teacher aides in education and the teacher aide, classroom…

This study investigated the extent to which persons developed their listening skills in an Indiana Plan Institute (a five day program in which participants meet in learning groups to study and use basic educational principles relevant to the formation and functioning of effective adult learning teams) when a listening skills workshop was added.…

This paper provides a survey of the field of the teaching of Portuguese as of 1969 based on material gathered by the author for the Luso-Brazilian Studies Survey. A general increase in enrollment and in the number of institutions teaching Portuguese on all levels of education is noted. Nineteen elementary schools, 44 high schools and an estimated…

This study examined selected procedures chosen by the Commission on English of the CEEB for improving secondary school English teaching. The purpose was to evaluate the outcomes of such procedures by means of criteria derived from general principles in curriculum development. Specific questions of the study involved the Commission's objectives,…

An Institute funded under Title IV of the 1964 Civil Rights Act was held during 1968-69 in order to concentrate on the attitudes of the administrative leadership of the schools involved in a busing program. The purpose of the Institute was to initiate and evaluate action programs to facilitate the implementation of the School System's…

This guide is designed to give adult educators a brief overview of group methods and techniques. The following 24 are covered: audience reaction teams, brainstorming, buzz sessions, case studies, colloquies, committees, conferences, conventions, demonstrations, discussion groups, field trips or tours, forums, institutes, interviews, lectures or…

This book is the result of a series of workshops designed for school personnel desiring to improve educational programs for disadvantaged youth and potential dropouts. The workshops were conducted at Cornell University during the summer of 1964 through 1967. The chapters in this book on milieu, basic issues, dropout problems, counseling the…

A consortium program for Advanced Study in the Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages, funded by the U.S. Office of Education and sponsored by the N.Y. Board of Education in cooperation with the Research Foundation of City University of New York, was held in the summer of 1968 in four local colleges: (1) Brooklyn College of City…

Six teaching units which were developed by the 24 institute participants are given. "Wood Identification and Chemistry" covers the physical properties and structural features of hardwoods and softwoods. "Seasoning" explains air drying, kiln drying, and seven special lumber seasoning processes. "Research on Laminates"…

The institute involved 31 participants (21 working librarians and 10 students) in a two-semester program which began in August, 1971. The rationale behind the program was that the problems of providing library service to a pluralistic society are problems of inter-group and cross-cultural communication. Some of the unique features of the institute…

Eleven position papers, prepared by the staff and guest lecturers of the Summer Institute on Approaches to Introductory College Geography Courses, focus on the purpose, nature, scope, structure, processes, content, and key concepts to be emphasized in introductory college geography courses. Since each lecturer presented his point of view, the…

The 6-week summer institute program provided 56 high achieving secondary school students with exposure to the social science disciplines. The major objectives of the training program were as follows: 1) to provide a combination of unique social experiences to high ability students which would be sufficiently challenging to motivate them toward…