Along with the expansion of adult education has come an increased awareness of the needs of adults for information on career development and on the role education can play in that development, and for assistance in locating the specific courses or curricula which meet their needs. This report is directed to policy-makers in Federal and state…

In an effort to improve the reading readiness skills of children entering the first grade, a special class was established in a lower socioeconomic area of a large city. Testing procedures were instituted to select appropriate pupils, and pretest and posttest results were used to evaluate the program. The 19 pupils selected for the class were…

RESEARCH IN THE AREA OF SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING SUPPORTS THE BELIEF THAT LANGUAGE STUDY SHOULD BEGIN AS EARLY AS KINDERGARTEN OR THE FIRST GRADE. EARLY TRAINING IN LANGUAGE STUDY CAN ENHANCE AND REINFORCE THE KNOWLEDGE GAINED IN AREAS SUCH AS SCIENCE, SOCIAL STUDIES, OR READING. THEREFORE, WITH THE SPANISH-SPEAKING PEOPLE, IT IS LOGICAL TO TEACH…

THIS DOCUMENT IS A GUIDEBOOK FOR PRESCHOOL TEACHERS. PREPARED BY STAFF MEMBERS OF THE HARDY COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA SCHOOL SYSTEM, IT DELINEATES THE OBJECTIVES AND BASIC FORMAT OF A PRESCHOOL ENRICHMENT PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED AS A PREPARATORY ENRICHMENT EXPERIENCE FOR CULTURALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED CHILDREN WHO, WITHOUT SUCH A…

This annotated bibliography dealing with cooperative extension contains 109 indexed and abstracted entries arranged under the following headings: (1) administrative organization and management; (2) training and staff development for extension workers; (3) organization of people to participate in extension; (4) volunteer local leaders; (5) program…

A project was conducted to develop a competency-based undergraduate vocational teacher education program in the areas of business education, distributive education, home economics related occupations, health related occupations, and industrial and technical education. The primary emphasis was on the development of competency-based materials and…

This paper presents a discussion of evaluation methods which can be used in preschool programs and emphasizes the importance of considering both outcome and process variables. Emphasizing the limitations of research which utilizes only outcome measures, the paper focuses on the benefits of an analysis of ongoing processes and interactions within…

A detailed account of the establishment of an educational program at Marin County Jail, along with background information, is provided in the document. A discussion of inmate educational programs throughout the country examines inmate needs, facilities, staffing, and funding. Marin County school system interaction with penal institutions, its law…

This summary of the 1973-74 Michigan Cost-Effectiveness Study describes the results of an exploratory inquiry into compensatory education reading programs in forty-eight Michigan schools. The study is said to have as its purpose the development and implementation of evaluation techniques to determine what educational practices bring about changes…

This study investigated the impact of differential programming on urban, low income black children's early school achievement. The 728 children in the study, all residents of the Bedford-Stuyvesant and Brownsville areas of Brooklyn, N. Y., were "graduates" of 17 preschool programs during 1967, 1968, and 1969. The programs included 6…

The design is a broad framework for career education which was prepared for curricular and instructional planning. The rationale, philosophy, goals, and objectives of career education are included. Also discussed in the relationship between career education and vocational education. The goal of career development as described provided the general…

There is a growing recognition in India of the significant role nonformal adult education can play in achieving national and individual developmental objectives. Traditional formal education with its greatest benefits for a small elitist group will not contribute significantly toward the resolution of major socioeconomic problems. Adult education…

This survey was conducted to determen the extent of course offerings by the accredited and the largest unaccredited journalism programs in the areas of nonverbal communications, research methods for working journalists, media economics and management, major issues in contemporary society, the urban community, and new technology. Two mailings and…

The handbook presents training guidelines for the development of child care services training programs at the high school level. Twenty-four child care occupations are identified and briefly described. An occupational and task analysis of common functions in the different occupational areas are presented in tabular form. Recommended background…

The document contains a comprehensive historical review of the field of driver education, now called driver and traffic safety education, which has been taught in the public schools for more than 30 years. The first of eight chapters traces the early history of safety education from colonial times through the 1940's, including the beginnings of…