A systematic evaluation strategy, applicable by pupil personnel staff under existing school conditions, is presented. While the strategy is useful with various levels of objectives ranging from broad program objectives to specific outcomes for individual pupil attainment, it is suggested that assessment of the degree to which pupils attain desired…

To evaluate the effect of three Houston Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) out-of school programs on work attitudes and job futures of poverty youth as well as to provide recommendations for program improvement, statistical data were gathered from NYC sponsors' reports and from the trainees' personal folders. The accuracy of the data is limited…

In a vocational high school in Ottawa, Canada, with an enrollment of approximately 750 students, 25 different shop courses are available. Students must take six shop courses during the first year, then specialize in two during the second year. During the first 2 years of operation, between two-thirds and three-fourths of those enrolled requested…

A Reading Interest Group of representatives from predominantly black colleges of the country was established by the Southern Regional Education Board's Institute of Higher Educational Opportunity. Representing 15 institutions from the East and Midwest, this group met and attested to the fact that a major percentage of the failures of black…

This paper was prepared to advise the Teacher Corps/Washington Management Team about the 1976 National Conference. The following questions were used to organize the body of the report: (1) Why a conference? (2) Why certain sessions? (3) Why certain participants? (4) Why certain presentors? and (5) What imperatives should direct planning and…

Research by the Occupational and Manpower Research Division of the Air Force Human Resources Laboratory has established that task training priority is a function of task factors and that, within a specialty, training priority ratings can be duplicated mathematically from task factor ratings. Because these ratings are measured on a different scale…

This paper summarizes the purposes, history, and funding history of the curriculum development program which is Part I of the Vocational Education Amendments, describes the major categories of the program effort, and offers recommendations for the future of the program. Problems in career development and management at the national level which have…

Stating that the shotgun approach to the science curriculum which has evolved for general education purposes is inappropriate for occupational programs, the authors report on research to evaluate the science curriculum for relevance to skills needed in various occupations. (MF)

Overview of three speakers discussing women in vocational education and the recently issued regulations for the 1976 education amendments. Notes that implementing the amendments as well as eliminating sex stereotyping and bias calls for change and action, particularly at the local level. (Editor/SH)

Some perspectives on industrial arts' role in vocational education, general education, and the federal funding structure as presented by four speakers at the annual vocational convention. (SH)

The University of Alabama in Birmingham (UAB) Cooperative Education program received federal aid in July, 1976. This aid provided, for the first time, a solid financial base for the program and, to insure its success, a comprehensive marketing plan was designed. Describes the key elements of the plan and its objectives. (Author/RK)

Describes a pretest/posttest scheme used to evaluate the impact of a continuing nursing education program on the participants' knowledge of the perinatal content covered. To complement this program-centered evaluation, an evaluation from the program participants was also obtained. Discusses the results of this evaluation and their implications.…

The authors first identify the main sources of federal support of programs for the handicapped, then describe their respective purposes and orientations, and also point out the possible conflicts or overlaps among the programs. In addition, they discuss ways in which the multiple sources can be sifted and blended to improve the quality and…

During an evaluation of the Kentucky Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP), the critical incident technique was used to measure successful and unsuccessful events encountered by the paraprofessional EFNEP aides: (1) To identify on-the-job behaviors and attitudes of EFNEP aides to determine critical job requirements and (2) to draw…

Problems that confront nursing education and the quality of doctoral preparation are discussed in this article and include the steep rise in requests from nurses for admission into doctoral programs and tight university budgets; other concerns are the development of scholars and sharing research findings. (TA)