This survey was conducted to establish research priorities in the field of technical and vocational education in North Carolina. Contacted by a mail questionnaire were 812 randomly selected community college administrators, private vocational school operators, State Department of Education personnel, and classroom teachers. In the questionnaire,…

The fifth annual report covers a variety of activities of the Indiana Career Resource Center, including goals of the center (related to inservice training), staff presentations, inservice and preservice training of teachers, and media editing and production. The center's involvement in career awareness for girls and women and staff support…

The need for staff development as a means of facilitating professional and personal growth is explored. A model for staff development which is relevant and effective for student personnel services is presented. The characteristics and processes of a viable growth model are identified and discussed. (Author)

This second of two volumes on post secondary environmental education is comprised of three series of case studies that were carried out in various institutions of higher education in France, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Italy. These studies deal with the training or retraining of people in the following categories: (1) educators at…

Curriculum guides to levels I and II of the Canadian National Manpower Model, which elaborate on content originally presented in 1971, are provided for personnel training programs in the field of mental retardation and related handicapping areas. The guides are said to be based on a philosophy that demands society's acceptance of retarded and…

The purposes of this study were to determine the educational impact of an out-of-school informal migrant program, and to discover materials, techniques, methods, and guidelines for similar programs with migrant children. The Orange County, New York 4-H program was evaluated weekly and a record of successful projects, staff training procedures, and…

This quarterly newsletter is intended primarily for Staff Development Cooperative participants (participants of an inservice teacher education internship program). However, information and ideas on the topic of integrated day education (open education) would be of interest to other educators not connected with the project. The newsletter provides…

Two separate surveys were undertaken in order to gain information about the field work practices and policies of libraries and schools of librarianship. The survey of schools was carried out during the winter of 1969/70, and that of a sample of libraries in the Spring or Summer 1970. This report interprets the results of the survey of schools; as…

Reported were programs and procedures developed by the Eastern Regional Institute for Education (ERIE) to install a process oriented science program in regional elementary schools. Three installation phases were involved: 1) selection of the installation vehicle by ERIE and local schools, 2) installation tryout, and 3) adoption of the installed…

This report details those 4-H staff development and training programs conducted at the national level that have been partially financed by a W. K. Kellogg Foundation grant. A national invitational joint meeting of State 4-H Youth Leaders and State Leaders was held in 1971 to discuss implementation of these programs. Twelve workshops and seminars…

A progress report is provided concerning those 4-H Staff Development and Training programs conducted at the national level and partially financed by a W. K. Kellogg Foundation Grant. During the first three months of 1972, seven workshops or seminars were conducted at the National 4-H Center, involving 273 staff members from all 50 states, Puerto…

This paper surveys research literature on teacher education in Canada and the United States in an attempt to describe and analyze the current situation and add some new directions to the field. In discussing the goals of teacher training programs, it is concluded that these goals are dependent on the goals in education, i.e., learning. Some…

The purpose of this study is to investigate professional teaching preparation in the North of teachers who received their training in latitudes south of 60 degrees. The procedure involved: (1) 2 formal meetings of task force members; (2) the dispatching of 2 questionnaires to northern teachers; (3) a series of meetings of native parents and native…

A project to remit reading and language deficiencies among community and primary (ages 4-9) pupils, over a three year period was conducted. Four population groups are included: pupils, parents, teachers and aides, and management. These populations comprise four project components: Preschool; K-3; Inservice; and management. Methods used with each…

The Michigan Education Association recommends a task-force approach as one of the solutions to increasing the acquisition of additional skills for all elementary teachers in education and communication skills. An inservice model was developed to be used primarily with inner-city elementary pupils, but the basic design is applicable for use with…