This paper aims to give a brief account of the present provision of education in the United Kingdom which can in some way be characterized as reflecting the principles of recurrent education. Recurrent education refers to periods of formal or structured study, undertaken largely in institutions, at various stages in the lifespan of an individual.…

The diversity of geographic location and type of student in the Toledo diocesan school system have made it increasingly important for instruction to become individualized. Upon investigation of the system's needs and possibilities for change, a competency-based curriculum model was selected because it offered a structured, systematic, planning,…

Some of the major concerns of education stem from the fact that young men and women leave our educational system without sufficient skills to survive in the world of work. Vocational education has a vital role to play in solving the problems related to this situation. The staff at this Research and Development Unit believes the problems can best…

This guide outlines guidance and counseling services in adult basic education (ABE) while providing a structure on which to conduct counselor inservice training. Relationships with ABE teachers and administrators are considered first. Also covered are implementation of the curriculum, functions of the New York State Employment Service, ABE…

Reported are the results of a workshop designed to instruct college teachers and science consultants in "Science - A Process Approach" and "Science Curriculum""Improvement Study" curricula. One of the objectives of the workshop was to influence participants to promote these curricula and initiate change. This report…

The student personnel staff at St. Petersburg Junior College, Clearwater Campus, participated in several in-service training seminars to up-date and improve procedures and techniques for dealing with individual students . A consultant from the University of Florida, and the St. Petersburg Junior College Dean of Student Personnel conducted the…

Instructional innovation should progress through three major stages before general implementation--development, field testing, and dissemination. During the 1965-66 school year, joint planning was undertaken by the staff of the Learning Research and Development Center (LRDC) at the University of Pittsburgh and by Research for Better Schools (RBS),…

Although universities have an interest in recruiting, retaining and developing the administrative and educational abilities of department chairmen, most institutions do little to help fulfill the chairman's needs for role socialization and development and for understanding administrative procedures. Training programs are few, mostly because of a…

A number of ways that a reading consultant can assist teachers and students are enumerated in order to define the role of the reading consultant at the University of Chicago Laboratory High School. Here the reading consultant prepares score cards and charts for teacher and librarian reference in checking individual or group abilities, works with…

These guidelines relate to the recruitment, selection, training, and utilization of homemaker/home health aides. Some of the major tenets which the document develops are: (1) adequate leadership and financial support, (2) broad definition of the role based on an ongoing assessment of family health and social needs, (3) identification of a…

The projects discussed include the planned Summer Enrichment and Instruction Project for 1968 which is reported in great detail. Proposals (1) for a Project POET, Preparation of English Teachers, which is a summer in-service training program for teachers of English as a second language, (2) for the 1968 Summer Physical Fitness Project, and (3) for…

One of the priorities for 1974-75 of the National Advisory Council on Vocational Education is development of professional personnel development programs in career and vocational education. Pre- and inservice programs of teacher training institutions are needed to provide realistic experiences in the use of innovative teaching materials and…

The Education Professional Development Act inaugurated, in 1971, a Pupil Personnel Services Program to encourage recruitment, training, and program development for more versatile pupil personnel service workers. The program established seven three-year regional projects, each with a center providing leadership to smaller satellite settings. A…

This presentation examined the preparation of vocational teacher educators for the present and the future. Traditional preparation has been effective in providing students with highly specialized knowledge, but the greatest need of the present and future was seen as providing vocational teachers and vocational teacher educators who are responsive…

Project Unidos is an E.S.E.A. Title VII Bilingual/Bicultural program in Riverside County, California. The project is responsible for the organization and administration of inservice and preservice programs for approximately 43 certified teachers and 43 classified instructional assistants. This is the final evaluation report on a series of summer…