This report by the National Advisory Council on Equality of Educational Opportunity (NACEEO) contains the major activities undertaken for 1976 and delineates the recommendations made for that year. The recommendations made are in the areas of legislation, administration and special projects. Two of the 1976 recommendations are: (1) state education…

This report contains the texts of six speeches, and recommendations of 15 citizen discussion groups from the 1976 Nebraska Conference on Library Services. The theme of the conference, "The Citizen Challenge," and discussion topics are based on concerns expressed by the 1,403 Nebraska citizens who were interviewed in a series of Statewide…

Included in this annual report are: (1) a review of WCOTP activities presented on behalf of the executive committee; (2) resolutions passed by the XXVII Assembly of Delegates; (3) the program and budget for 1979-80; (4) WCOTP constitution and bylaws; (5) the financial statement for calendar year 1977; and (6) the WCOTP membership list. (DS)

The 25 abstracts in this collection were prepared for the Research Papers Presentations at the April 1977 Association of Educational Communications and Technology Convention in Miami Beach. The abstracts are organized alphabetically by author, and most contain information about the purpose, methodology, results, and conclusions of the research…

Texts of papers delivered at the 1976 Catholic Library Association Convention in the Librarian/Educator Interdependence Seminar are presented in this report. Topics include: (1) Librarian/Educator Interdependence; (2) Trends in the Community Affecting Interdependence in Education; (3) The Cost of Interdependence; (4) The Community of the Book; (5)…

Presented are proceedings from a 1976 conference entitled "Understanding and Responding to Violence in Young Children" which was attended by over 600 students, teachers, child care workers, and parents. Following an introduction by L. Genser are entries with the following titles and authors: "The Course of the Development of Violence in Young…

The California Library Authority for Systems and Services (CLASS) was formed by a Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement in June, 1976, to assist in developing and implementing a system for library program development and resource sharing. As a cooperative public agency, CLASS serves academic, public, and special libraries. The first annual report…

This is an annual report on violence in prime-time television. The tabulations, based on 13 weeks of monitoring prime-time programs on three networks, indicate a decline in violence by 24% and a decline in the rate per hour of dramatic violence to 1.9 incidents per hour since last season. The study also indicated that the introduction of the…

This book is based on the taped proceedings and papers presented at the National Development Conference on Forensics. Part I discusses the foundations of the conference. Part 2 discusses the conference recommendations concerning a definitional statement, future goals and roles, theory and practice, research and scholarship, and professional…

Presented are the proceedings of the National Education Professions Development Seminar, Leadership for Change, held in December 1974. Transcripts of the speeches given include "Leadership in Vocational Education: Potential for Change," Mary Kievit; "Vocational Education Legislation," Melvin Barlow; and "Leadership in…

This annual report on instructional development activity, which was designed to improve the quality of education available at Illinois State University, is organized around four types of instructional development activity. These programs described here are: (1) Instructional Development Program that provides support funds on an approved proposal…

This volume is the report of the proceedings of a seminar on adult education held in Tehran, Iran. The twelve papers included discuss such topics as adult literacy programs in Iran, literacy in Turkey, adult literacy problems and programs of Pakistan, the purpose of literacy training, defining literacy, planning literacy training programs,…

This publication provides abstracts of papers presented at the 49th annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) held in San Francisco, April 23-25, 1976. The entries represent a wide range of topics in the field of science education. The themes recurring most often are related to the fields of: (1)…

This paper, prepared for a special meeting held in Tehran, on children's literature, outlines subjects on which participants might like to focus and presents information on book promotion and development being carried on by member states of UNESCO and by international organizations cooperating with UNESCO. The paper discusses what is meant by…

The semi-annual report of the Tennessee Research Coordinating Unit for Vocational Education summarizes the unit's activities for January 1, 1975 to June 30, 1975. The report includes: (1) technical assistance provided to school administrators, teacher educators, and instructional staff members; (2) staff conference attendance and speaking…