A PRACTICAL RATHER THAN A THEORETICAL REFERENCE GUIDE, THE BOOK DISCUSSES THE NEED OF THE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED CHILD FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION. PAST AND PRESENT PROGRAMS IN PUBLIC AND RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS, RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES (A GUIDE FOR PARENTS), SPORTS AND INTERSCHOLASTIC COMPETITION, ACTIVE GAMES, CONTESTS, RELAYS, AND…

A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION WAS MADE OF THE FEASIBILITY OF COMPUTING COSTS OF ON-THE-JOB TRAINING FOR ENLISTED MEN NEEDED TO BRING THEM TO THE "JOURNEYMAN" LEVEL. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS STUDY, ON-THE-JOB TRAINING INVOLVES LEARNING OR IMPROVING JOB PERFORMANCE UNDER ACTUAL WORKING CONDITIONS. AT PRESENT THERE IS NO SYSTEM WITHIN THE NAVY TO "COST…

A THOROUGH-GOING JOB OF RETRAINING OLDER PERSONS IS NECESSARY TO GET THE JOB PROGRESSION LINE MOVING. FOR MANY YEARS, THE PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK HAS INCLUDED IN ITS TRAINING PROGRAM THE RETRAINING OF MAINTENANCE MEN AT THE JOURNEYMAN AND HELPER LEVEL. BOTH CLASSROOM AND SHOPROOM INSTRUCTION ARE PROVIDED AND BASIC SKILLS AND REMEDIAL EDUCATION…

A SERIES OF REGIONAL CONFERENCES WAS HELD IN EIGHT CITIES ACROSS THE NATION IN 1965-66 AS THE THIRD PHASE OF A MAJOR EFFORT BY THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON TEACHER EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS TO IMPROVE CONTINUING EDUCATION AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHERS. NEW WAYS WERE SOUGHT TO SOLVE OLD PROBLEMS, INCLUDING LACK OF TIME TO PLAN AND…

The employment of graduates of all degree levels in Pennsylvania institutions of higher education in 1979 was examined, based on data for 44,875 graduates or 50.6 percent of all higher education graduates. Research was designed to determine what proportion of graduates in each degree field and degree level were employed in their fields of…

Descriptive data about mature, full-time students enrolled in three postsecondary nonuniversity institutes in Saskatchewan, Canada, were gathered. Information was sought about the personal characteristics of these students, about the decision making process they followed when deciding to return to school, and about the difficulties and benefits…

A product of joint effort between the Colorado Department of Institutions and the Division of Developmental Disabilities, the guide presents hierarchically arranged instructional objectives to determine goals for developmentally disabled persons. The most advanced skills are listed first with basic skills following for four major categories:…

A cooperative project of Warren Wilson College, North Carolina, the College for Human Services, New York, and Merrimack Valley Branch/University of New Hampshire on the topic of leisure and liberal education is described. The project is part of "Change in Liberal Education," a network concerned with the renewal of liberal education. The…

With an emphasis on humanities instructors, this book presents a profile of the characteristics of the two-year college faculty nationwide. It reviews the current status of the profession and describes the methodology of the 1975 national humanities faculty survey on which the book is based. Additional chapters focus on two-year college teachers'…

This report provides a brief review of Beginning Teacher Evaluation Study (BTES) documents from Phase II and Phase III-A, including responses from researchers suggesting variables for future BTES research. Seven basic observable classroom variable domains have been found to receive support from several of the BTES sources reviewed. These seven…

An investigation of the characteristics of the 2,969 students who attended Lakeland Community College (LCC) in Fall 1978 but did not return in Winter 1979 revealed that, compared to the average Fall 1978 student, the typical non-returning student was more likely to be a married woman in her early 30's, with little previous college experience and…

Designed for instruction of mainstreamed educable mentally retarded (EMR) students in kindergarten through grade 12, the resource guide covers quantitative and communication subject areas. Minimal skill sequences are listed for primary, elementary, middle, and secondary age levels for the following quantitative topic areas: clock time, calendar…

The relationship between full-time faculty salaries at Canadian colleges and universities and faculty qualifications and experience are examined for 1971-1972. Information is presented in six tables for 97 institutions. The first three tables examine the relationship between salaries and the number of years since award of first degree. Table 4…

It appears that those who develop tests are not meeting the needs of classroom teachers. The types of tests which have traditionally been used in the classroom are inconsistent with, and in many cases, irrelevant to, the realities of teaching. When tests are designed to be relatively immune to the variations in experience and response that…

A PROGRAM TO OVERCOME RACIAL AND SOCIAL DIFFERENCES IN SPEECH PATTERNS, READING ABILITY, AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOR IS DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT. COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS LABORATORIES HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED IN NINE HIGH SCHOOLS, INCLUDING SEVERAL INTEGRATED SCHOOLS. LISTENING, SPEAKING, READING, AND WRITING ACTIVITIES ARE FEATURED. INSERVICE TEACHER TRAINING…