Since South Carolina had depended on graduate library schools outside the state for its source of professional library manpower, it was necessary for the University of South Carolina to establish in the State's first graduate library school a program that was relevant to the information needs in South Carolina. During 1971-72, ten library…

A feasibility study examined the capability of a computer-based system's handling of technical information pertinent to the design of instructional systems. Structured interviews were held to assess the information needs of both researchers and practitioners and an investigation was conducted of 10 computer-based information storage and retrieval…

The intention of this handbook is to report on the present situation in the international discussion on peace education and to make further development of this field possible in the peace movement. The first of the three sections contains papers which are contributions on preconditions for and the foundations of peace education, along with…

While inquiry teaching has been a popular term in the social studies literature over the last decade, the empirical research appears to have paid little attention to specific inquiry models. All published papers and dissertations purporting to measure inquiry teaching for the five year period, January, 1967 through November, 1972 are reviewed and…

The content of this book is embedded in two historical frameworks. The first is the history of American education in which the basic underlying premise is that education is a means of achieving equality in our society. The other is the development of educational research in the United States which was founded on a deep conviction that one could…

In order to provide services in a manner that will keep the attention and confidence of their consumers, new efforts must be made and ways found to involve the public in the decisions and operations of individual public education institutions. Some ways in which public education may generate more involvement by individual consumers are examined…

The Center for Occupational Education helped to initiate and assisted in implementing a planning, programing, and budgeting (PPB) system for State agencies administering occupational education in North Carolina. The conference was a means of disseminating the results and those of similar efforts by the various State departments represented. The…

To assist principals in developing a better understanding of their role in improving the quality of vocational education in their schools, 85 principals attended a 5-day institute during which they considered ways and means of successfully implementing vocational education as an integral part of the total school program. Major presentations were:…

This content analysis schedule for the Bilingual Bicultural Project of School District 1 of Pima County, Tucson, Arizona, presents information on the history, funding, and scope of the project in its second year. Included are sociolinguistic process variables such as the native and dominant languages of students and their interaction. Information…

This content analysis schedule for A Plan for Implementing a Bilingual Education Program--Kolehon Mandikike--of Agana, Guam, presents information on the history, funding, and scope of the project in its second year. Included are sociolinguistic process variables such as the native and dominant languages of students and their interaction.…

This content analysis schedule for the Bilingual-Bicultural Title VII Proposal of Fresno, California, presents information on the history, funding, and scope of the project in its second year. Included are sociolinguistic process variables such as the native and dominant languages of students and their interaction. Information is provided on staff…

This report traces the Syracuse University Curriculum Development Institute through its activities during the 1972-73 academic year. It reflects the field work accomplished in the North Syracuse School District by, and the Syracuse University campus activities of, the five interns involved. The text first covers participant selection procedures,…

This document outlines the research and development plans of a consortium of organizations whereby they might (1) collect training materials to meet identified needs for persons with development and evaluation skills in education and industry, (2) establish a system for data collection and decisionmaking to manage the individualized instruction of…

The Management Sciences Training Center has among its objectives the following: (1) to provide responsive and practical interagency and intergovernmental training and developmental programs in specialized disciplines used and technical elements involved in the management of public programs, (2) to provide management sciences training support to…

The purpose of this 5-year aesthetic education project was to rethink and redefine the nature of art experiences offered to public school students, and to provide an integrated, aesthetically oriented approach. Contents of this first of two volumes (See also TE 499 838) are (1) a survey of recent curricular developments in American education (with…