Illustrations depict 465 new manual signs for use in high school and college instruction of deaf students. The signs represent words or phrases, usually made up of many letters, which are important to the following subject matters; sciences and mathematics (general terms), biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, psychology, humanities (general…

The author has reviewed and discussed the separatism existing among vocational, technical, and academic education and between secondary and post-secondary educational institutions. Results are reported of two national surveys to determine the perceptions of key State officials on the status of articulation of secondary and post-secondary…

Guidelines for increasing academic efficiency at the Kansas state colleges and universities cover the regents' institutions, programs and costs, and evaluation and coordination. Following introductory material, Chapter II describes the current Regent's structure for coordination and briefly characterizes the instructional mission of each…

This research study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of the Coordinated Vocational Academic Education Program (CVAE) which was introduced in Texas to meet the needs of secondary level students who were unsuccessful in traditional educational programs. The purpose of the study was to gather information from the schools offering CVAE…

Two hundred and six (206) first year college students from both structured and unstructured academic programs were administered Rotter's I.E. scale to measure the extent to which they see themselves as having control over their environments. Two reciprocal hypotheses were tested: (1) that the internally controlled student (who sees a relationship…

Permanent further education means "that organized learning is extended to cover later stages in life, and that the attitude towards education changes considerably." Further education comprises further vocational training, retraining at other educational establishments, and adult education. It supplements the traditional courses of…

The Department of Education for Nova Scotia schools prescribed this program guide containing instructions, information, and references for teachers K-12. The guide outlines: 1) required and elective subjects and courses for each grade level, and, 2) instructional materials required for each course. Programs offered are general education for…

A grammar school in England is compared to a private school in the United States. Among other things, the author finds the English students better trained in their disciplines and the American students more open to diversity of class, race, and background, and more aware of the world around them. (KC)

This study examined the factors in adolescents' preference of academic school education to other kinds of secondary schooling in the Western and Lagos States of Nigeria; the vocational aspirations of adolescents now in the grammar schools; and the vocational expectations and present employments of some old products of these grammar schools. (SW)

Academic and skill content of elementary education in China are described. (MJB)

Research shows that inclusion in non-career (deviant career) educational programs contributes to patterns of social deviancy or delinquency, that decisions on placement in these programs are often made using non-academic criteria, and that such patterns are likely to continue unless the decision process is revamped and systematically monitored.…

The history of craft education in its earliest forms is traced down through the ages to the technical education found in today's schools. Also discussed is the instructional content of modern technical schools including academic requirements, problem-solving patterns, the essential informational elements of specific crafts, and practical…

Discusses Foster McMurray's critical retrospective essay, included in the second edition of Arthur Bestor's "Educational Wastelands: The Retreat from Learning in Our Public Schools." Disagrees with McMurray's conception of liberal education and maintaining the centrality of the academic disciplines. (PS)

The following two changes in conceptualizing learning difficulties are occurring: (1) a shift from identifying deficits to focusing on assessing knowledge and (2) the use of diagnoses that are more dynamic and domain specific. This article illustrates how these changes relate to knowledge of the learning process and to better instruction.…

Attitudes of 116 undergraduate students toward academic interests (mathematics, science, reading, writing, and oral communication) were compared. Findings showed substantial correlations among operationalizations for each academic area, but correlations between different subject attitudes were modest. Females had less positive attitudes toward…