Policies for the selection, acquisition, and weeding of library materials, based on collection needs stated by academic departments and staff inputs, are listed for a university learning resource center. An alphabetical index is provided of major subject areas and subdivisions, which are assigned one of four level designators indicating the depth…

Intended for use in inservice training of vocational rehabilitation agency personnel, this facility planning guide is designed to (1) help state agencies understand the new facility planning requirements of the Rehabilitation Comprehensive Services and Developmental Disabilities Amendments of 1978, (2) provide information about a six-step planning…

This literacy program guidebook contains specific information for use by volunteer tutors involved in an adult literacy project in Ottawa, Canada, as well as general information on reading instruction techniques, literacy skills, literacy curricula, and resource materials. The origins, objectives, structure, and operations of the Ottawa program…

This guide offers suggestions for preparing notebooks for board members of a state-based career information system and contains a sample notebook. (A personal notebook has three main goals: introduces a new board member to the state system and explains the role of a board member, organizes essential materials that will be received and used by a…

Intended for use by trainers of candidates for the Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential, this collection consists of resource materials issued by the CDA Resource Center, Univeristy of Illinois, between winter 1978 and winter 1980. Part I, the Introduction, provides background information about CDA objectives, components of the CDA…

The purpose of phase 3 of Project IMPACT (a project to assess the impact of vocational education research and development on vocational education programs in Illinois) was to review, further conceptualize, and refine the impact assessment system for vocational education research and development efforts proposed during fiscal 1989. The following…

This course guide for a power technology course is one of four developed for the energy/power area in the North Dakota senior high industrial arts education program. (Eight other guides are available for two other areas of Industrial Arts--graphic communications and production.) Part 1 provides such introductory information as a definition and…

This course guide for a photography course is one of four developed for the graphic communications area in the North Dakota senior high industrial arts education program. (Eight other guides are available for two other areas of Industrial Arts--energy/power and production.) Part 1 provides such introductory information as a definition and…

General guidelines for judging and evaluating advanced degree programs are presented, and the several types of degrees and specific graduate programs are discussed in detail. Graduate programs may be fully prescribed for all students, may have significant elements of flexibility permitting adaptations to individual needs and aspirations, or may be…

Intended for use by SEAs and LEAs in the development of programs designed to address sex bias in vocational education, this booklet (which covers elementary to secondary education) provides strategies and evaluative procedures for problems or needs identified as resulting from sex bias and sex-role stereotyping. The thirty-one potential problem…

One aspect of the State/Federally funded project VO-ED COMP (Vocational Education Curriculum Operation-Management Plan carried out in Alabama during 1978) was the determination of priorities for curricular development and management functions in Alabama's vocational technical education programs. A needs assessment study was made at the 1978…

The second of four related manuals describing the goals and methods of an established developmental theatre project at the University of Colorado, this manual presents a hierarchical framework and practical guidelines for conducting drama workshops for elementary students, secondary students, and adults. It describes four types of…

Selecting the best qualified doctoral applicants for preparation as future counselor educators is one of the most important decisions a counselor education faculty makes each year. Recently proposed by the Association for Counselor Educational and Supervision are the Guidelines for Doctoral Preparation in Counselor Education. The present authors…

This student guide for a program concerned with how children use their senses to learn about the world, and why the first years of life are such a critical time for this exploration, is designed around a magazine format to allow maximum flexibility to different groups using the materials. The guide is divided into seven sections: (1) an overview…

The Joint Dissemination Review Panel (JDRP) was established in 1972 by the Education Division of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to review projects that seek federal funding for nationwide dissemination. Since very few career education programs have been represented among the exemplary programs approved by JDRP, a project was…