The community involvement of speech communication department faculty members at Eastern Illinois University (Charleston) is described in this transcript of a symposium presented at the Southern Speech Communication Association meeting. Among the specific groups served are Ralston-Purina, the Illinois State Dental Association, the University of…

The purpose of this document is to provide information identifying the location of and approaches followed by several educational agencies implementing career education program services and activities in Iowa. These programs, services, and activities represent the efforts of various educational agencies to incorporate the concepts of career…

In this paper the importance of improving the understanding of the change process is stressed, and some of the relevant literature on the innovation process in education is summarized. The change agent role and innovative techniques in education and training are described. (Author/RA)

Video tapes of similar lessons taught to small groups of students before and after science teachers attended a two-week curriculum workshop were studied to determine whether teaching style changed as a result of a workshop experience. The workshop had little influence on teacher's techniques. To develop a measure of the effectiveness of different…

Five articles in this issue of the ERIC/CAPS newsletter discuss and survey areas that have direct implication for "The Counselor and the Current Scene." The areas are: (1) aggression; (2) parent counseling; (3) college admissions for the culturally distinct; (4) role modeling with the disadvantaged; and (5) in-service activities. Other…

Fifty-six articles and reports dating from September 1963 to May 1968 pertain to various factors and problems related to rural education and small schools. These factors include comparison of rural schools, educational and occupational plans and attainments of rural youth, dropouts, problems of minority groups, educational innovations, and…

Misconceptions regarding the reading abilities of Kingston, Jamaica, junior high school students are discussed. Preliminary planning procedures, details of the operational plan for the project classes, and a description of diagnostic studies, methods, and materials used are presented. Particular problems encountered; summaries of results and…

The author suggests that the best guidance programs are those which allow the professional counselor the largest amount of time for counseling. The use of computers in the field of guidance assists the counselors in information storage and retrieval and provides for individualized instruction. However, the use of computers will require specific…

Criteria and guidelines are suggested for evaluating the adequacy and effectiveness of inservice training programs for use in administrative review of staff development in state and local departments of public welfare. Inservice education is treated as an essential, integral, and continuous part of agency administration. The content of orientation…

Two recent training institutes for new and inexperienced technical education administrators were designed to develop and improve the participants' understanding of the philosophy of technical education, the technical education leadership role, and how this role relates to program planning and development of continued leadership potential through…

At the beginning of the second year of the Community Mental Health Service operation, expansion was decided, to a total of six consultants for the elementary schools in Douglas County, Nebraska. Consulting was done on a regular basis in the lower grades in hopes of catching problems at their inception, thus hopefully causing greater improvement…

Because of the rapid increase of technological and general knowledge, the maintenance and development of teaching staffs has become a major problem, especially for the small school district. Cooperative programs uniting several school districts, such as the school study councils utilized in Texas, seem to present the most favorable solution.…

The report of the Research Coordinating Unit for Vocational Education located in the State Department of Education describes activities relating to the following objectives: (1) locating and disseminating research findings, (2) sponsoring in-service training on research methods and design, (3) acting as a liaison between agencies and organizations…

This laboratory and research center for the training of correctional officers and personnel developed a program to provide: (1) a substantive framework of knowledge, (2) intensive training in learning principles, human behavior, communication procedures, and teaching techniques, and (3) practice in teaching under supervision for the in-service…

This report evaluates a long-range, districtwide guidance program designed to identify elementary school children who are potential high school dropouts. Interviews with a small group of identified potential dropouts who remained in school and graduated resulted in the identification of factors associated with staying in school. A Svan-type scale…