A demonstration project (1958-1961) was conducted to establish that a self-sustaining workshop for epileptics can maintain itself competitively and be a viable rehabilitative setting for the epileptic midway between one employable in private industry and one employable only in a sheltered workshop. An EPI-HAB project in Phoenix, Arizona,…

To assist States in implementing Highway Safety Program Standard 18, "Accident Investigation and Reporting", the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration funded an instructor training program for a new occupational field in highway safety, accident investigation technician. The Center for Vocational and Technical Education executed this…

In order to provide training for counselors of American Indian youth in higher education, this program presented course material related to the development of counseling skills; sought to improve understanding of human behavior and personality characteristics of American Indian youth in higher education; and provided familiarity with some of the…

The general purpose of an evaluation workshop is to orient school and state department of education personnel to the basic principles, procedures, and problems associated with evaluating educational programs and to the kinds of information an evaluation can provide for educational decision making. The workshop studied is based on the general…

A total of 688 participants representing 356 agencies attended one of five 2-day workshops, which constituted the third phase of a 3-year curriculum development program and were designed to: (1) recognize the constructive aspects of evaluation in the educational process, (2) establish positive perceptions of evaluation for subsequent use in the…

In 1969 the Research Division of the U.S. Office of Education supported the development of a model for a "Masters College" which is a combined 4-year undergraduate and graduate program that integrates the last two years of college with professional preparation at the master's level for training junior college teachers. One outcome of this research…

The workshops associated with the Evaluation for Individualized Instruction Project are planned to provide teachers an opportunity to improve their skills in construction and development of evaluation procedures. This is based on the premise that one successful initial approach to the improvement and individualization of instruction is through the…

This 6-day workshop on young persons entering the labor market directly after high school was designed to aid counselors in testing their assumptions and knowledge about the entry-level labor market against the experience of recent Kansas high school graduates. The workshop was divided into three stages: model building, data collection, and…

THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY WAS COMPILED AND EDITED FOR USE IN A WORKSHOP ON MEETING SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF SOCIALLY AND CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS. SELECTED READINGS FROM THE BIBLIOGRAPHY WERE USED TO ACCOMPANY WORKSHOP ACTIVITIES. BESIDES LISTING SELECTED WORKS ON DISADVANTAGED YOUTH, THE BIBLIOGRAPHY PRESENTED REFERENCES ON SUCH TOPICS AS…

The Inservice Teacher Education (ISTE) Concepts Study gathered information from educational professionals and policy-makers. The resulting mass of information and concepts is presented in this overview of the nature of ISTE and its problems. The general structural problem of ISTE involves the interaction of several dimensions: (1) the governance…

Covering the 1976 activities of the Southern Rural Development Center (SRDC), this third annual report describes SRDC's: history; organization; regional workshops; functional networks; network bibliographies and other publications; Title V reports; grant received for training in rural development; orientation visits; consultants; information…

Upper Iowa University implemented a staff development project to increase teacher competency in the education of adult students with learning disabilities. Participants were teachers of adult education classes throughout the State. The need for a staff development project for teachers with students at Level I (the concrete, beginning level) was…

As a conveyance for local in-service efforts, the Talent Pool endeavors to identify effective practitioners in the field who can share their methods and materials with less experienced practitioners through demonstration and discussion. Developed by the Career Education Service Center (CESC), this document is a compilation of sample forms and…

The five chapters in this document, contributed by consultants who served as teacher trainers at the July 1976 Adult Basic Education Institute at Tennessee State University, include articles, materials, opinions, and bibliographies. Topics are metrication in adult education instruction; teaching the Indo-Chinese refugee; preparing controlled…

Presented are six inservice modules designed for personnel working with severely multiply handicapped students. Facilitator notes, activity notes, activity sheets, and worksheets or recording sheets are presented for the following modules: defining the problem and identifying what will meet the student's need, task analysis, systematic inquiry,…