This paper considers impact of federal legislation on conduct of vocational consumer and homemaking programs with a focus on relationships among the American Home Economics Association (AHEA), home economics, and federal vocational education legislation. Chapter 1 overviews AHEA and discusses interrelationships between it and the home economics…

Nine chapters and an introduction discuss the issues surrounding school closures and declining enrollment and suggest practical solutions. Each chapter examines a particular facet of the problem, presents brief case studies of successful experiences, and mentions sources for further information. The topics covered include: (1) demographic changes…

Designed as a resource manual for use in conjunction with state and/or local level career education staff development training sessions, this handbook also provides local practitioners with information to develop new or improved career education programs. Chapter 1 overviews the concept, rationale, goals, and objectives of career education in…

Educational development in Peru is discussed as part of a series surveying UNESCO's involvement in educational cooperation with developing nations. There are seven chapters to the report, which is written in Spanish. The first chapter describes Peru's national education policy, and discusses how it relates to the country's plan for national…

This report from the Comptroller General to the United States Congress finds Head Start to be an effective program whose fund distribution formula needs revision and whose management controls need improvement. Head Start's funding for enrollment and operating costs increased significantly between 1977-81. However, these funding increases were not…

This module on using available media resources to enrich instruction is the third of 11 modules in the set, Introduction to Teaching Adults. Designed to meet the learning needs of part-time continuing education instructors, these modules can be used as resource materials for local workshops or study-discussion groups, as self-instruction (each…

A study was conducted to determine what occupations nationally are new and changing and if they need curriculum development at the vocational education level. The process used to conduct this study involved four steps: identifying new and changing occupations, collecting information about the occupations, locating available instructional…

This is the third of a series of three reports geared to educator training and which encompass alternative approaches to collaboration and expert input, as well as a range of diverse topics related to adult learning. This particular document begins with a forecast of what might occur over the next twenty years in adult learning. The remaining five…

The purpose of this study was to provide recommendations to the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education for improving education in urban areas. Major project activities included a review of the literature, convening of a task force, the completion of site reports, a legislative review, and an examination of selected…

Implementation of civil rights guidelines in vocational education encountered problems because it broke down the half-century-old harmony of interests between government and the vocational education community. Since 1917, federal support for vocational education had led to a highly centralized, virtually self-monitoring system of schooling. In the…

Contrastive analysis is viewed as an interlinguistic, bidirectional phenomenon which is concerned with both the form and function of language. As such, contrastive analysis must view language psycholinguistically and sociolinguistically as a system to be both described and acquired. Due to the need for a psychological component in the analysis,…

This monograph deals with the philosophical and idealogical development of the Canadian Association for Adult Education (CAAE) during the years of Ned Corbett's leadership of the organization--from its founding in 1935 to his retirement in 1951. The first stage of transformation of the CAAE is discussed in terms of the association changing from a…

This module is one in a series of seven focused on skills vocational teachers need to develop and manage programs that are performance-based and fully individualized. Designed to allow for individualization of a teacher education program, these modules supplement those prepared by the National Center for Research in Vocational Education for…

Designed to provide Oregon vocational directors and teachers with a process for collecting information to be used in evaluating and planning vocational education programs, this handbook presents guidelines for both local annual planning and long-range planning. Various items to consider when reviewing an existing program are covered, including…

This report covers the Council on Adult Education's operation from September 1979 to December 30, 1980. The report outlines the annual activities, describes the Council's program, and gives a status report on the process developed to obtain input on the development of recommendations for the reauthorization of the Adult Education Act, which…