Directions for college teaching were assessed, based on ratings of 10 "megatrends" identified by John Naisbitt. The study questionnaire summarized the 10 megatrends and provided scales for rating the probability of the trends occurring and their potential impact. Responses were obtained from Marquette University faculty of the College of Business…

This booklet is intended to help mainstreamed mentally retarded, emotionally disturbed, or learning disabled high school students acquire a basic understanding of the responsibilities and working conditions of construction laborers and to practice basic math skills necessary in the occupation. The first section provides a brief introduction to the…

This eleventh special report of the National Commission for Manpower Policy examines the manpower, employment, and training implications of policy developments in the health care industry. Section 1 describes the health care industry setting, including health sector characteristics and health expenditure growth. Sections 2 and 3 deal with the…

This study guide was developed to assist students enrolled in a training course for emergency medical technician (EMT) dispatchers. The guide includes unit objectives, key points, notes and questions related to the content, and review exercises for each of the eleven units included in the course. The course is divided into two parts. Part 1 covers…

A study was done to determine the relationships between the revised Occupation Analysis Inventory (OAI) work-dimension scores and job ability-requirement estimates and the ability test scores of job incumbents and graduate trainees in related vocational/technical education programs. (The OAI is an instrument containing 622 work elements which are…

A study was conducted to determine the aspirations, needs, and perceptions, by occupations and sex, of office personnel, high school students, and teachers in the Rocky Mountain region. There were nine population groups within these three subsets: office employees and their managers, four student groups--those with cooperative office experience…

The contents of this guide, adopted for a one-year pilot study, include: standard operating procedures for the faculty development/effectiveness document (performance and evaluation contract); instructions and forms for evaluating effectiveness in teaching, administrative duties, and professional activities; and a faculty…

Materials contained in this package are designed for use with students interested in the occupation of nurses aide. The package has two sections, one which looks closely at the job and the student, and the other--the curriculum phase--which concerns actual student use of learning activity packages (LAPs). These two components together form a "job…

An opinionnaire was administered to 122 students in the teacher education program at Western Kentucky University as part of a longitudinal study to determine student attitudes toward their professors, courses, and themselves. Eight biases were tested: (1) Education courses tend to be easier than most other college courses; (2) Education courses…

This competency-based curriculum unit on developing a landscape plan is one of five developed for classroom use in teaching the landscape/nursery area of horticulture. The four sections are each divided into teaching content (in a question-and-answer format) and student skills that outline steps and factors for consideration. Topics covered…

One of the major areas of change currently affecting planning and policy in teacher education is the preservice and inservice preparation of educators for nonschool settings. Historically, institutional and organizational responses to the diverse educational needs of society have been legitimized in the classroom. However, changes in the…

College teaching is examined in the context of the institution and the society that has changed socially and economically. Patterns typically followed by academics are noted, and the following influences are addressed: inflation, declining enrollments, the age distribution of faculty members, the notion of autonomy of faculty members, faculty…

Goals of the Lilly Post-Doctoral Fellowships Program as defined by the Lilly Endowment and as perceived by the Fellows, campus program directors, and participants in the Lilly Conferences are considered. The Endowment offered small grants (a maximum of three years of support at a maximum of $50,000 each year) to institutions willing to examine how…

The attitudes and training and/or personnel directors within the Canadian business and health-area sectors towards nontraditional education in management and health services administration are reported, based on 173 surveys to business/government and health-care institutions. Following an introduction to the study, Part Two, "Nontraditional…

This report contains prepared statements and discussion, made before the House Committee on Education and Labor Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, on current problems and future developments in teacher education. Members of the Committee present at the hearing were representatives Simon (chairman), Weiss, Bailey, and Coleman. Witnesses…