Since the 1970 Census Report states that children under 14 years of age comprise 23.4% of the population, the Committee on Children's Television (CCT) feels that television broadcasters have an obligation to determine and serve the needs of these children. After examining the 1971 license renewal applications of four of the five San Francisco Bay…

To determine how the Subject Matter Service (SMS) of the Agricultural Education Department at Mississippi State University could more effectively meet the needs of vocational agriculture teachers, this study focused on three problems: (1) evaluation of materials developed by the SMS, (2) determination of sources and uses of teaching materials, and…

A total of 94 teachers and administrators from 12 health related occupations attended four 2-day workshops held in Chicago, DeKalb, Springfield, and Carbondale, Illinois, which were designed to provide inservice allied health teaching personnel with information, instruction, and assistance in developing behaviorally-oriented learning materials for…

In the summer of 1969, the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory undertook the implementation of a Mobile Migrant Project to serve a designated group of preschool migrant children. The project was to consist of (1) a summer program in 1969 in at least 2 "in trek" locations, (2) integration in the 1969-70 school year with the…

The study compared the facilitative effects of pre- and post-organizers on the learning of structured anthropology materials in the third and sixth grades. Investigator-prepared student texts were published in three formats: pre-organizers, post-organizers, and no-organizers. Two investigator-constructed norm-referenced Anthropology Achievement…

Substantive papers presented at the third in a series of international seminars sponsored by Syracuse University are provided in this publication. In addition, a summary of the themes, or issues, as they emerged in the discussion is given. The seminar focused on publications in the professional field of adult education. The papers presented are as…

The REP contract with the National Institute of Education was through November 30, 1975. Under the contract terms the REP was to develop a set of RFD Strategies to strengthen the problem-solving capacities of rural school systems, communities, classrooms, and families. Defined as community, school, learner, support agency, and family centered,…

Attention has recently been focused on the need to design and validate instructional materials that guarantee competent student performance. In preparing such products, developers have come to rely on competency-based achievement tests. Unfortunately, expertise for constructing reliable and valid competency-based instruments is not currently…

A model is presented which is designed to help curriculum developers prepare written pupil curriculum materials in the social studies. Helpful to teachers in presenting complex ideas from the social sciences in a direct and simple manner, the model consists of four major steps. Step I discusses the selection of major ideas and ways of placing them…

The major obstacles preventing wider use of self-instruction are identified: problems of managing the individual learner in institutions of higher education and of promoting the development of self-instructional materials by the faculty. A recommended centralized approach is described. (Editor/JT)

Described is the Media Materials Center for the Severely Handicapped (George Peabody College for Teachers) and outlined are five of the first year's objectives and how they are being met. (BD)

The author lists the steps, and the problems involved in developing media or materials for severely handicapped persons. (BD)

The historical milestones and state of the art in the development of media and materials for the handicapped are reviewed. (SBH)

Radio dramas are a good motivator and teaching tool. Student preparation of tape recordings, text analysis, and converting prose texts into radio plays are the topics discussed. Methodological suggestions and information about available materials are given. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Describes a Georgia state project which developed ten 15-minute television programs with teachers guides, thirty slide-tape presentations, and twenty learning modules for use in teaching consumer and family life skills to students in area vocational technical schools and to adults in local communities. (JT)