The development of headmaster (principal) training in Belgium and the role of the University of Antwerp in program development is reported. The need for secondary school administrator training is discussed, as well as the strategy that evolved to meet this need. Despite favorable evaluation, questions remain regarding headmaster alienation.…

Overviews UNESCO's 36 years of experience. Describes how the United States interacts with UNESCO. Discusses program planning, the education program for 1981-1983, UNESCO's working methods (the regular budget supports state-of-the-art studies, international conferences and training sessions, and on-site specialized assistance), and the regional…

Describes the program of the University of South Carolina's college of general studies development center, which was created in order to improve student reading skills. (FL)

Issues of concern to the reform of preparation programs for kindergarten through twelfth grade educational administrators involve the questions of program control, program substance, and incentives for reform. Control of school administrator preparation lies within state licensing procedures. Substance focuses on subject matter to be taught.…

The author chronicles changes in the content of secondary home economics programs during the last 25 years. This includes legislation that affected program content, reports of national surveys, analyses of curriculum guides, and a discussion of program components. (CT)

Results of the PROBE Institutional President Survey indicate that inflation, financial concerns, and changes in enrollment are the most important issues facing administrators today. (WD)

Poses questions--and some answers--essential to the development and expansion of technical communication offerings beyond the basic course in technical writing. (RL)

Outlines procedures, goals, and teacher preparation for New York University's expository writing program. Notes that the program's distinguishing features are that all freshmen are grouped according to their abilities for two semesters of composition instruction and that all undergraduates take a junior-year writing proficiency test. (RL)

Provides the rationales, goals, and procedures for three levels of English writing instruction for foreign students attending United States unversities. (RL)

An English reading program for non-English-speaking Canadian immigrant children is based on the premise that a reader's ability to understand a text is based on his capacity to organize written material into linguistically meaningful units. (MB)

Over the past several years, expert craftspeople have been coming into the schools, working with kindergartners through high school students and conducting special workshops for teachers and parents. Describes a program developed in Bergen County, New Jersey and called "Craftsmen in the Schools" in which each person can use the same materials to…

Examines Pre-Raphaelite aesthetic similarities and offers a readers theatre program that could be derived from their work. Provides a short annotated bibliography of useful texts on corresponding arts. (MH)

Describes elements in a teacher-training program for graduate assistants teaching business and technical writing at Miami University in Ohio, including preparatory seminars, apprentice-teaching with mentoring by master teachers, and supportive evaluation. Notes that these strategies can be adapted to other programs in which graduate students teach…

Reports on a survey identifying the location, extent, and focus of technical writing programs at Canadian colleges and universities. Describes representative programs in some detail. Discusses the focus of these programs and the need for more programs. (SR)