The institute is designed to study and make recommendations for guidelines relating to the recruitment, selection, and training of teachers of trade and industrial education. The major objectives of the institute are to: (1) analyze existing programs to determine desirable qualities of trade and industrial teachers, (2) explore new sources for…

Twenty experienced librarians and two alternates from school, college, and public libraries serving the inner city met twice weekly during fall 1971 in an institute concerned with library leadership development for services to the inner city. One day a week was devoted to field trips and another to speakers, discussion, and other activities at the…

The document reports on the organization and implementation plans for Indiana's Second Annual Career Guidance Institute and the sound/slide programs developed on six career cluster areas. An extensive evaluation analyzes the Institute in light of its objectives, offers insights gained on career opportunities, gives changes in attitude regarding…

In order to determine and analyze the impact and influence that a specific National Science Foundation (NSF) summer institute at the University of Montana had, questionnaires were sent to the 109 participants who obtained the M.S.T. degree for teachers of biology and also to a control group of teachers made up of randomly selected non-NSF trained…

Instructional programs and pupil services provided by the Texas Child Migrant Program during 1972-73 were described in this annual report. The programs were operated in kindergarten, grades 1-12, and a special preschool for 4 year olds. An enrichment program for migrant children in kindergarten and grades 1-12 was operated on various plans, and…

The book consists of two equal parts. Part I is twelve selected papers on teaching in technical education prepared for Education Professions Development Act (EPDA) Project 72042. Among topics covered are disadvantaged college students, adult learning, behavioral objectives, individualized instruction, curriculum development, brainstorming,…

A systems approach has been used to assess the needs of the education process and the purposes and roles of the members of the learning community. Roles have been interfaced and overlapped in the learning community. How the components of the model influence and change each other has been evaluated. Premises, assumptions, and constraints have been…

This study examined the science curricula of approximately 900 public secondary schools, as well as the possible relationship of attendance at National Science Foundation (NSF) sponsored teacher-training institutes, on selected science teacher factors and teaching practices. A unique stratified random ssmpling procedure, as well as the…

Institute VII was planned to focus on (1) the present status of vocational counseling programs and facilities for students in predominantly rural areas, (2) problems and characteristics of rural youth which make them different from non-rural youth, (3) orientation and training that counselors who work with rural youth should possess, and (4) steps…

Discussed is a three-week summer workshop-laboratory for teachers and low achievers in mathematics at the secondary level. Teacher planning, small group activities, and the use of electric calculating equipment, mathematically oriented games, and manipulative materials were emphasized. (The amount of time spent in particular activities was…

The contents of this publication include the background papers used at the Institute on Discovery Management for Supervisors of Library Branches Serving the Underprivileged and Emerging Community held July 26-August 13, 1971 at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Pittsburgh. It is the purpose of this publication…

The further education of librarians has not been given sufficient consideration in the literature on the profession. Since a librarian is among other things, a custodian of books and therefore of knowledge and culture, he should keep himself in touch with the best and most up-to-date ways and means of making this knowledge available. In addition,…

The information in this handbook is provided to help with the organization and retrieval of black materials by attempting to touch on most of the questions that one will raise in his work with these materials. The handbook is the outgrowth of discussions of classification and cataloging at the Institute on the Selection, Organization, and Use of…

This handbook clarifies the responsibility, role and functions of the day care consultant. A chapter on the philosophy of day care is intended to stimulate thoughtful consideration of how existing patterns of day care affect children, parents, and the family. A variety of methods and strategies for translating day care philosophy into practice are…

After noting the deficiencies of the predominant system of traditional higher education and the growing need for professionals in the human services fields, the author proposes the Human Service Institute as an alternative model for professional higher education. The model is based upon the College for Human Services in New York City. The…