The careers of 185 previously unemployed aerospace and defense industry professionals are documented, following completion in August 1971 of a 1-month orientation to urban affairs entitled Project ADAPT (Aerospace and Defense Adaptation to Public Technology). Funded by the Labor Department and by the Housing and Urban Development Project to…

The primary motive for developing career education is the large number of students graduating or leaving schools who are unable or ill-equipped to enter the labor force. This situation is compounded by a fragmented, disjointed, and uncoordinated educational system. The concept of career education is not a new or revolutionary idea; rather, it has…

The purpose of this booklet is to show the role and importance of work-oriented literacy for development, that it is a way of training to adapt techno-vocational and socioeconomic requirements of development. Work-oriented literacy is geared to the felt needs and interests of selected vocational groups--farmers, factory workers, small traders,…

This study represents one phase of a broader research project designed to develop and test the Occupation Analysis Inventory (OAI). The specific objective of the present investigation was to systematically derive a comprehensive set of work dimensions that could be used in describing and classifying jobs for educational purposes. The OAI was…

This study represents one phase of a broader research project designed to develop and test the Occupation Analysis Inventory (OAI). The study is basically a replication of an earlier study which derived a set of work dimensions for classifying jobs for educational purposes. Using a new sample of 400 jobs, the present study is designed to determine…

A library of audiovisual instructional materials and curriculum guides were developed to train members of volunteer fire departments in LaPorte County, Indiana. The report briefly summarizes the project and includes a guide describing the audiovisual and instructional materials developed. The guide, containing 10 units, presents brief descriptions…

Examines a creative drama project in which nine hundred junior high students participated in groups of fifty in a drama about regional history. (MH)

Family change classes are designed to help children recognize the inevitability and normality of family changes and the feelings which occur as a result of such things as death, marital dissolution, separation, or residential mobility. Readings, role play, puppetry, discussion and other media are used extensively. (Author)

Discusses the decisions colleges must make in planning programs for nontraditional or high risk students and categorizes these decisions under four areas: (1) organizational considerations; (2) program dimensions, i.e. content and instructional strategies; (3) decisions about students; and (4) program evaluation procedures. (JG)

Discussion of agricultural and rural development extension systems in developing countries emphasizes the importance of a communication system and the goal of improvements in the socioeconomic status of farmers. The use of various instructional materials is discussed, constraints to development are reviewed, and the importance of feedback is…

Examines the relationship between teaching English as a foreign language (EFL) and national and programmatic development issues. English language teaching (ELT) is discussed from the perspective of its effects on the host culture, and suggestions are made for ensuring that EFL/ELT becomes a productive force within a host country. (Author/CB)

Discusses how the works of Joyce, "Dubliners" and "Ulysses" specifically, can be used to help developing writers learn about the process of writing and as material for writing exercises. (SRT)

A teacher-training curriculum involving a team approach to teaching young children is presented. It is proposed that a developmental point of view is fundamental to the education of potential workers with children; the need for a nonauthoritarian child-centered approach is stressed. (MS)

This study compared mental health and developmental service use by 89 young children under the age of six in either foster or kinship care (care by family members other than the biological parents). The study specifically compared usage of: (1) services in the specialty mental health sector; (2) services in the specialty developmental sector; and…

Describes a new program at the Coastal Center, an institution for mentally retarded children near Charleston, South Carolina. (MB)