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Consumer Dynamics Inc., Rockville, MD. – 1981
This module is an introduction to a series of 25 modules on paraprofessional careers in environmental health occupations. It provides a definition of environmental health and discusses (1) how the modules were developed, (2) module format (competency-based), (3) objectives, (4) criteria to judge student skills, (5) how to use the modules, (6)…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Environmental Education, Environmental Technicians, Job Skills
Curry, Thomas F., Jr.; And Others – 1978
This report addresses the selection, training, and utilization of Navy Recruit Company Commanders (Recruit Training Instructors). It represents one in a series of reports concerning the optimization of Navy Recruit Training to meet the needs of the post-1980 period. The report provides a comprehensive review of the Navy's Recruit Company Commander…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Armed Forces, Comparative Analysis
Abramson, Theodore – 1979
Two major areas of concern to vocational education are cost benefit and job and task analysis. In recent years vocational education has broadened its outlook in terms of general human development, but the historical context of vocational education and concerns for accountability require evaluation of vocational education programs to consider cost…
Descriptors: Accountability, Conference Reports, Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum Development
Vetter, Louise; Ransom, Robert M. – 1977
Fifty states and Washington, D.C., were invited to submit documents for an analysis relating to comprehensive career guidance programs (CCGP). These documents were prepared by state departments of education and directors of FY 1974 and 1975 projects funded through the Vocational Education Research Program under Section 131 of Part C of the…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Comprehensive Guidance, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Fuller, Jack W. – 1979
In an effort to re-examine the principles and rationale of community and adult education, this monograph first addresses the quandary of adult education--society's commitment to schooling for the young while paying little more than lip service to meeting the educational needs of the whole population. Continuing education staff are encouraged to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students, Community Colleges
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and Oceania. – 1978
Accounts of open education programs from countries in Asia and Oceania are presented. Section one introduces the topic of open education, suggests a definition, discusses problems of access to educational opportunities, relates open education to higher education, and describes some open education techniques in training systems. Section two…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Comparative Education
McBain, Susan L. – 1978
One of seven career education programs chosen for nationwide dissemination by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare's Joint Dissemination Review Panel (JDRP), the Career Development Program is being conducted for grades K-10 in Akron, Ohio. For the years 1971-75, it received funding from federal, state, and local sources. Based on the…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Finance
Chaffey Coll., Alta Loma, CA. – 1979
Various planning issues related to the development of a program to train paraprofessional counselors as Adult Career Development Specialists are considered in this four-part report. Part I presents a literature review dealing with the developmental tasks associated with the various stages of the adult life cycle, the need for new adult guidance…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Adult Learning, Articulation (Education), Associate Degrees
HUGHES, JOHN F. – 1966
PRESENTED IS A STATISTICAL SUMMARY OF THE FIRST-YEAR ACTIVITIES OF PROJECTS FOR EDUCATIONALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN FUNDED UNDER TITLE I OF THE 1965 ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT. DETAILED TABULAR DATA ARE GIVEN FOR PROJECTS IN THE 50 STATES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AND THREE TERRITORIES. SELECTED DATA ARE INCLUDED FOR 32 LARGE CITIES. OF…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Curriculum, Data, Disadvantaged Youth
FUCHS, JOSEPH; AND OTHERS – 1967
THIS GUIDE WAS PLANNED PRIMARILY FOR USE IN THE SCHOOLS OF NEW YORK STATE TO FAMILIARIZE AN INSTRUCTOR WITH THE MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING ACT (MDTA) AND TO GIVE HIM KNOWLEDGE OF TEACHING TECHNIQUES FOR MDTA COURSES. THE EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON THE PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF THE MDTA AND THE PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF TEACHING, RATHER THAN ON DISCUSSIONS…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Media, Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Materials
DICKENSON, GARY; VERNER, COOLIE – 1967
RESEARCH ON THE LECTURE TECHNIQUE CONDUCTED WITH ADULT GROUPS HAS BEEN FAR MORE VARIED THAN PREADULT RESEARCH, WHICH HAS BEEN DONE WITHIN THE LIMITATIONS OF THE CLASSROOM METHOD IN AN INSTITUTIONAL SETTING. STUDIES HAVE BEEN MADE OF IMMEDIATE OR DELAYED RECALL OF FACTUAL INFORMATION, OF MODIFICATION OF ATTITUDES OR BEHAVIOR, OF DELIVERY OVER RADIO…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Attitude Change, Audiovisual Aids, Behavior Change
Thurston, Eric L., Ed.; Hafner, Lawrence E., Ed. – 1964
Focusing on new concepts in college reading, the papers in this volume were drawn from the thirteenth annual meeting of the National Reading Conference held in 1963. The 20 papers are grouped into three sections, the first of which contains descriptions and evaluations of reading programs, a study of methods of training teachers for the…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, College Students, Conference Reports, Higher Education
Wang, Margaret C.; Resnick, Lauren B. – 1978
This introductory handbook is intended to provide teachers with an overview of the Primary Education Program (PEP), designed for use with children at preschool, kindergarten and first grade levels. Background information on the development of PEP is presented and the rationale and design of the program are discussed. Briefly discussed are the…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Design, Curriculum, Developmental Programs
Weibust, Patricia S. – 1980
This paper identifies issues which arose during the development of an ethnic studies curriculum project in Connecticut. It also defines the author's role as an educational anthropologist involved in the project. Initiated in 1974, the "Peoples of Connecticut" project involved research on ethnic groups in the state and promotion of curricula to…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, Curriculum Development, Educational Media
Roulet, Eddy – 1977
An explanation of and guide to the resource document, "Un niveau-seuil" (A Threshold Level), is presented here. A brief presentation is made of the history of the project that produced the document, the operative definitions and concepts, and the contents of the sections of "Un niveau-seuil." Following the introductory…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Descriptions, Educational Objectives
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