This is a guide to the nature, purpose, and potential uses of 12 course goal collections produced by the Tri-County Goal Development Project through the cooperative efforts of school districts and intermediate education districts of three counties in the metropolitan Portland, Oregon, area. The Project initially fostered collections of educational…

This publication consists of papers presented at the meetings of two advisory groups convened at Unesco. Internationally-known consultants were invited to assist in developing a program dealing with the sociocultural and linguistics adaptation of the content and methodology of education. At one meeting, concerned with the contribution of…

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…

This report of the Committee for Economic Development focuses on findings which indicate that while American schools have succeeded with middle and upper income youth, they have commonly failed with educating disadvantaged urban youths. The report deals mainly with three groups of urban disadvantaged -- blacks, Mexican-Americans, and Puerto…

This final report examines the nature and contents of a federally-supported program to improve language and social studies instruction in the secondary schools of Minneapolis through the interaction of the teaching staff and the students with a professional, educational consultant from Germany. General objectives included: developing multi-media…

The first of this document's three major sections describes the history and rationale behind legislative and executive action that led to the creation of NIE. The second section outlines the tentative status of the four major program planning efforts at NIE. These programs are (1) the visiting scholars program; (2) the basic studies program, which…

This study attempts to analyze the relationship between Agency for International Development (AID) University contract goals and the problems encountered in educational assistance project activities through an examination of project operations and the adviser's participation in them. Documents and personnel of 5 of 13 AID projects in Thailand were…

A direct broadcasting satellite for sub-Sahara Africa has been proposed. This report was prepared as a briefing document for a UNESCO field team who will visit and consult African countries and advise them about such a system. Extensive surveys of the people and languages of Africa and its political, economical, and educational systems provide a…

Begun in the summer of 1953, the New Mexico Developmental Education Project was to: study the social and emotional development of American Indian children in public schools; discover their interests, needs, and abilities using exploratory media; develop a language arts program that would be functional for all children; develop learning experiences…

Communities Have Options in Control of Education (CHOICE) has been developed as a plan of action and a means for American Indian communities to exercise their responsibilities in providing a quality education as defined locally by responsible Indian groups. CHOICE aims to provide for a legitimate Indian voice in all education programs operated by…

Educators, politicians, and members of international organizations shared concerns, ideas, and experiences in the area of expanding dimensions of world education at this international conference. Three major topics focused on illuminating global concerns and potentialities. Topic I, education for development, was discussed by eight authors whose…

This document compiles nine papers issued by the National Council for Resource Development. Papers include: (1) "How to Be Successful at Grantsmanship--Guidelines for Proposal Writing--Foundation Proposals"; (2) "A Federal Glossary" (acronyms); (3) "Special Projects" (a working model for an institutional development office); (4) "The Role of the…

This publication is a collection of papers and reports on major issues in the area of multicultural teacher education--curriculum, research and development, legislation, and performance based teacher education--and descriptions of multicultural programs in existence. The first section, which deals with the issues in multicultural teacher…

Major conclusions of this report prepared by the Committee on Vocational Education Research and Development are that the $250 million spent by the U. S. Office of Education (USOE) on vocational education research and development during the last 10 years has not had documented, widespread impact because of lack of coherent policy, administration,…

The position taken in this paper is that the distinction usually made between faculty evaluation and faculty development is not altogether valid. In most cases, these two programs share the goal of the improvement of college teaching, as well as sharing many programming elements, policies, and procedures. This research focuses on the extent to…