This handbook offers suggestions to guide students in the skills of using media to make a maximum contribution to their intellectual and personal development. The ideas presented can be useful for media specialists and teachers in any grade or subject area. The teacher has the responsbility to: (1) be acquainted with the media center's resources,…

Audiovisual aids are properly used in reading when they "turn students on," and they are abused when they fail to do so or when they actually "turn students off." General guidelines one could use in sorting usable from unusable aids are (1) Has the teacher saved time by using an audiovisual aid? (2) Is the aid appropriate to the sophistication…

Reviews publications supporting the concept that carefully planned special characteristics of a classroom can facilitate desired activities both for the teacher and students. The author denotes these facilitating associations as the "suggestiveness of space," and applies the term "limiting conditions" to spacial characteristics…

This brochure on high school equivalency certification and accreditation describes the policy for accepting high school level General Educational Development (GED) tests as qualifying criteria; the reading comprehension and other GED tests; GED testing centers in Montana; application, fees, and retesting; and types of formal military training for…

This booklet examines the training required by staff employed in housekeeping departments in the hotel and catering industry. It details specifications of particular tasks--baths/cloakrooms; service pantries and utility rooms; beds; furniture/fittings; floors/walls and ceilings; carpets/upholstery/soft furnishings; linen handling; linen room work;…

This guide to the functioning of kindergartens and the establishing of new centers is divided into three sections. The first section is concerned primarily with the bureaucratic structure of kindergarten agencies in Australia. It describes the Kindergarten Union, its councils and committees, the Board of Management, the Australian Pre-School…

These guidelines for the establishment and development of monolingual scientific and technical thesauri for information retrieval are published in an attempt to lay the basis for compatability, both at the present and in the future, of thesauri that are being elaborated simultaneously in most of the disciplines of science, basic as well as…

This manual (1) explains the nature and purpose of ESEA Title IV grants; (2) describes the types of programs that may receive grants--the inservice training of school personnel to deal with problems incident to desegregation, and the use of advisory specialists in school desegregation; and (3) outlines procedures for preparing a grant proposal.…

This report contains the findings, conclusions and recommendations that emerged from a study of "Functions and Goals of Oklahoma Higher Education." Many individuals and groups were involved in the process which culminated in this report, including a 600-member citizens' group, a special 140-member citizens' advisory committee, several…

Lists are given of buildings, equipment and supplies necessary to establish and maintain a complete program of vocational education in agriculture for high school students, out-of-school youth, and adults in the community. Quantities and guidelines are specified. Photographs and diagrammatic representations are also included. (FS)

The Child Welfare League of America has revised an earlier series of standards for child welfare services in the light of current knowledge of the developmental needs of children and effective ways of serving them. These standards are intended to be goals for continuous improvement of services to children. They represent practices considered to be…

Specified in this master plan are many facets of the environmental problem-solving process which help depict Florida's concern for its environment. This concern to preserve the riches of its natural resources and beauty has resulted from rapid growth and development necessitating the need to control and improve the quality of the environment.…

Examples of environmental problems in Rhode Island are specified in this document. Listed are needs of 12 identified target groups (agriculture, business and industry, citizen organizations, elementary and secondary schools, government, higher education, individual citizens, labor, mass communications, professional and trade organizations,…

This report of the conference on low-cost sports halls, sponsored by the Council of Europe, is divided into two sections: technical studies and conclusions. The introduction to the report provides an overview of the long-term program of the Council of Europe with regard to sport for all and a discussion of multipurpose sports halls. Sociocultural,…

The handbook for parents of children in the mentally gifted minor program of Oceanside, California, explains the district plan, selection of students, classroom activities, and the parent role. Also noted are program purposes, program organization, instructional materials, special interests of pupils, special activities parents can provide,…