An evaluation of vocational interests of students in Grades 9 and 10 in two pilot career exploration programs, one at an area vocational school and the other at a general high school, was conducted to determine whether or not the programs were: (1) developing a positive self-image as a potential worker, (2) providing a program valued by students…

This federally funded pilot project, developed and implemented in five Maine high schools during the 1971 academic year, was intended to provide 100 girls in Grades 10 and 11 with an orientation to vocational fields that are predominantly occupied by men and to utilize paraprofessional student help, prepared by inservice training, to provide…

This report examines some of the many varieties of alternatives now available, their problems and pitfalls, and their hopes for the future. After defining alternative schools, the report discusses the rationale for having alternatives and then summarizes the range of alternatives available at both the elementary and secondary levels. Separate…

A Symposium was held in May of 1972 to assist in the resolution of the varied problems effecting the advance of educational technology. Most of the papers presented at the symposium dealt with the current situation of various aspects of computer assisted instruction (CAI) throughout Canada. Other papers covered CAI centralization, minicomputers,…

Educational volunteer management in recent years has emerged as a highly skilled and specialized profession that is undergoing rapid expansion. Full time staff members have been employed by some boards of education to carry out the specialized management requirements of volunteer recruiting, training, evaluating, assigning, and supervising. A…

The purpose of the Grand Rapids Educational Park project is to develop the best possible working model of an area center located in downtown Grand Rapids, which would offer specialized courses for junior and senior students residing in the Grand Rapids metropolitan area. This report documents a 3-year pilot project, from the summer of 1968 through…

The "Eager to Learn" inservice training television series was designed to help teachers use, as part of their individual teaching strategies, seven enabling behaviors: structuring, problem focusing, accepting, clarifying, facilitating, deliberate, silence, and modeling. Over 200 elementary school teachers participated in the series which…

This compilation of papers presented at the New York State Association of Foreign Language Teachers Colloquium focuses on the interrelated roles of the foreign language teacher and the language program supervisor. The following papers are included: (1) "The Foreign Language Curriculum: A Joint Venture" by Charles Blake; (2) "Updated Observation…

To design, develop, and implement an organizational structure for inservice teacher education and provide a continuing program for inservice leadership training in the Northern Appalachia Region for education in the technologies, a teacher educator program was established for training teachers as change agents within a comprehensive "teacher…

The effectiveness of the Nichols Avenue Follow-Through Program, in Washington, D.C., and the extent to which it provides for improving opportunities for children of low-income families to learn and achieve up to and above national norms in the areas of reading and mathematics were evaluated. The program goals were to assure that: (1) by the end of…

In an effort to bring preschool training opportunities to economically disadvantaged young children in rural areas, the Appalachia Educational Laboratory has devised a program using educational television, weekly home visitation by paraprofessional school personnel, and mobile classrooms. Evaluation of the program indicates that children who have…

The Atlanta Public School System conducted four major programs during the summer of 1971. These were Youth-Tutoring-Youth, Community Schools, Handicapped Children, and Prekindergarten Instruction. Evaluation of the Prekindergarten (Pre-K) project was contracted to the Laboratory for Applied Behavior Research at Georgia State University. The…

Prepared by state department personnel with the help of an advisory committee and a team of teacher-coordinators, this program guide should be of practical value in developing distributive education programs at secondary, post-secondary, and adult levels. Aimed specifically at administrators and teacher-coordinators, the guide includes sections…

Describing and analyzing the impact of Outward Bound (OB) programs on 12 high schools which reflect OB involvement varying from 1 to 5 years and include urban, suburban, and rural (public, private, boarding, and day) schools, this 1970-71 report is aimed at furthering OB philosophy and method. The report presents OB program: background; evaluation…

The report of general educational policy and planning in Austria was undertaken by the Austrian Ministry of Education. It was prepared for the Educational Investment and Planning Programme of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Committee for Scientific and Technical Personnel. The document is a technical report, based…