Discusses social problems, undergraduate education, and the role of the university. (IR)

The best way to get vocational teachers and guidance counselors together is to create a new breed-the guidance teacher. Dr. Hoyt also suggests four kinds of guidance technicians. (Editor)

The current industrial arts program represents a collection of courses without a clearly defined set of sequential activities leading to an over-all goal. A program is needed which will be based on understandings and principles, rather than on tools, materials, and skill development. Based on a speech delivered at the 1968 annual convention of the…

This case study shows how testing in Mississippi is used as an effective part of a statewide accountability and instructional improvement program. By using criterion-referenced testing as one aspect of a program evaluation requirement, Mississippi is basing instructional improvement on student performance. (Author)

A survey of parents, foster parents, and guardians whose children were group home residents indicated the need for programs with different levels of parent involvement. Written contracts between houseparents and children's parents are recommended. (Author/DB)

Reports the results of a questionnaire on attitudes toward mainstreaming handicapped students administered to graduate counseling students. Students generally supported the value of counseling for handicapped children, yet a sizable minority believed that they did not look forward to working with the handicapped. Suggestions for counselor training…

Discusses the substantial task facing university counseling centers, outlining the background of those problems. Presents concrete, remedial steps counseling center staffs can take. (RC)

Students (37) and graduates (108) responded to 567 questionnaires sent seeking impressions of the Lorado Taft Field campus' (Northern Illinois University) outdoor teacher education (OTE) program. The survey sought personal information, evaluations of achievement of OTE program goals and objectives, impact of program on students, and new directions…

Summarizes a case-study evaluating the UNESCO Associated Schools Project in Poland. The educational objectives of the project, the learning activities used in the elementary and secondary schools, and the results of the evaluation are discussed. Future plans stress the improvement of teaching methods. (AM)

The case of training in Kenya is explored in terms of the differences between the policy measures that would be necessary to increase the system's efficiency in response to the labor market and those concerned with improving its effectiveness in meeting social needs. (Author/SJL)

Reviews changes that have occurred since 1970 in federal- and state-funded vocational agriculture programs in the U.S. and makes enrollment projections for the 1980s. The author suggests that four concerns warrant attention in planning for the 1980s: nature of programs, clientele, source and competence of teachers, and program quality. (LRA)

Reviews the roles that each of the following components of the Future Farmers of America (FFA) will play in the 1980s: leadership programs, supervised occupational experience programs, contests, the "National Future Farmer" magazine, publicity, the National FFA Foundation, the FFA Alumni group, the FFA Supply Service, and the Work…

Program reviews for alumni administration are advocated. Cooperative planning; creating a formal study committee for sorting out ideas, getting preliminary direction, reviewing past programs, and discussing possible changes; program evaluation; and encouraging change are discussed. (MLW)

If distributive educators are concerned with providing the best training available, cooperative vocational education must not be viewed as an add-on to the distributive education program. The cooperative program can provide the opportunity students need to hone the skills, knowledge, and attitudes initially developed within the local distributive…