This program provides supervised vocational personnel with work experience opportunities. The primary function and purpose of this program is the development and/or refinement of vocational competencies in occupational careers. In the introduction, the first of seventeen sections, course options and requirements are outlined. Criteria for the…

The paper defines the fundamental policy issues facing the Chicano Studies Program with respect to library services, outlines a general position which Chicano Studies can take in relation to those issues, and provides concrete suggestions for improving the library services now available to Chicano Studies through both the Chicano Studies Library…

Data for this analysis of the reactions of animators (facilitators) and villagers to a series of Out of School Television (OSTV--Tele Pour Tous) broadcasts were collected through taped discussions with groups of villagers in their native dialects and separate interviews with animators. Designed to supplement data obtained through questionnaires,…

Story telling is defined as a kind of journalistic documentation, based on directly observable referents, and used to contribute to an understanding of educational problems. In the area of educational research, story telling is part of the genre which includes case studies, ethnography, and ethnology. Story telling describes an environment in…

The study described here was designed to answer questions about effective instruction in low socioeconomic status (SES) elementary schools by focusing on classroom organization and management, especially what specific steps are important at the beginning of the year. This progress report details the history of the study, describes data collection…

Information for employers concerning the Affirmative Action Program and the hiring of handicapped workers is presented in this resource guide. The guide is designed in the style of a listing of helpful hints and in question-and-answer form. Topics discussed include finding qualified handicapped workers, enlisting the aid of present employees,…

Designed to provide a plan for preparing and gaining admission to a pharmacy school, this book presents step-by-step information for the pharmacy school candidate. After an introductory overview, the application process is detailed in 13 chapters covering the following topics: (1) the expanding group of health careers (including the possibility of…

Twenty-two family day care providers and twelve home visitors from seven Massachusetts agency-sponsored family day care systems completed two-part questionnaires investigating their perceptions of their own and each other's ideal and actual "on the job" behavior. Provider-questionnaire items focused on (1) physical environment of home,…

This study seeks to acquire understandings about the dynamics of curriculum change in one urban elementary school and to depict these understandings in a form which facilitates clarifying their behavioral implications. The focus of the study was the changing level of the use of the Developing Mathematical Processes (DNP) program. It was introduced…

The Counselor Rating Form (CRF) and Counseling Evaluation Inventory (CEI) were used in an applied setting to evaluate counselor interns. A sample of 17 counselor trainees conducted two interviews with two internship. After each interview, the trainees rated themselves on the CRF and the clients rated the trainees on both the CRF and CEI.…

A semester-long high school English course brings local professionals into the classroom to help the teacher introduce students to the language arts skills associated with the working world. The five major areas of the course are composition, career interests, income tax, insurance, and goal setting. The first content area, composition, covers…

A literature review was conducted to examine the current status, advantages, and cost-effectiveness of individualized instruction in industrial training in over 30 companies and training specialists in 11 electronics and computer-related firms were interviewed to determine the current use of individualized instruction in employee training…

THIS DOCUMENT SUMMARIZES A TWO YEAR RESEARCH PROJECT DESIGNED TO EVALUATE INTRODUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION IN COLOMBIAN SCHOOLS BY THE PEACE CORPS. MANY DIFFERENT STUDIES OF PEACE CORPS EFFECTIVENESS WERE CONDUCTED, USING FIELD EXPERIMENT AND SURVEY (MAIL QUESTIONNAIRE, PANEL, INTERVIEW) TECHNIQUES TO MEASURE ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIORS OF PEACE…

FIFTEEN CERTIFIED SECONDARY SCHOOL COUNSELORS PARTICIPATED IN AN ON-THE-JOB INVESTIGATION OF THREE SELECTED INDUSTRIES IN MONTANA--MINING, LUMBERING, AND CONSTRUCTION. THE PURPOSES WERE TO (1) PROVIDE THE PARTICIPATING COUNSELORS WITH ON-THE-JOB KNOWLEDGE ESSENTIAL FOR ENGAGING IN MORE EFFECTIVE VOCATIONAL COUNSELING OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS…

AN OFFICE TELEPHONE WITH AN ATTACHED AMPLIFICATION UNIT AND AN AUXILIARY MICROPHONE TELEPHONE WAS USED IN FOUR DIFFERENT COLLEGE COURSES FOR REGULARLY SCHEDULED INTERVIEWS WITH PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS. A 1-YEAR EXPERIMENT UTILIZED AN EXPERIMENTAL SECTION AND A CONTROL SECTION FOR COURSES IN AMERICAN GOVERNMENT, MODERN BUSINESS, PHILOSOPHY, AND WORLD…