This publication brings together the basic elements needed to develop, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive guidance and counseling program in local school districts. As a companion publication it provides supporting documentation, materials, and resources to implement the basic framework. Seventeen standards that provide the structure and…

If you wish to start an undergraduate professional and technical writing (PTW) program at a small liberal arts college, you will find good arguments for your project in the educational writings of Sir Francis Bacon. This paper gathers some of Bacon's educational ideas from various writings and applies them to the five stages of undergraduate…

In attempting to make mental-health programs more positive for the children who experience them, a Friendship Unit was selected for evaluation in elementary and junior high classrooms. (Author/RK)

Article considered whether pupils' creative thinking and problem solving abilities can be improved through direct educational efforts. (Author/RK)

A counselor training program has been designed by a consortium of Oregon State educational and occupational organizations. The program is competency-based, individualized, open-entry/open-exit, and field centered. Counselors who complete the course can receive a Masters Degree from Oregon State University. (KP)

Article evaluated programs of education for professional personnel and made some constructive changes designed to foster individual growth. (RK)

Inner-city teenagers experienced a structured camp program for a week. It was predicted and found that this experience led to a change toward internality, in the locus of control orientation of these youngsters. (Authors)

Author delineates the elements of an instructional program which is implementable and subject to evaluation. (Author/HB)

Author presents a new model required for research into the effectiveness of instructional programs. The model calls for research which employs the modern technology of instructional program design to achieve relevancy for decision-makers. (Author/HB)

The year 1972 marked the Golden Jubilee of the New Zealand Correspondence School, an integral part of the New Zealand educational system with a unique function--to serve both children and adults who cannot, for a variety of reasons, attend regular schools and institutions. (Author/CB)

Two soft'' (non-formalized) models--the convergence model for R & D program management and a model of the processes of innovation in the public sector -- have been used in designing a strategy for a national right-to-read project. Covers the history of the project, an evaluation of the soft models, and a discussion of the conditions under…

Analyzes pedagogical, historical-critical, philosophical, and political-public approaches. (RN)

Paper focuses on one attempt to train teachers to be knowledgeable, caring, and capable of designing instructional activities that promote desirable learning in young children. (Authors/CB)

Acquainting public school elementary and high school students with the world of work is the goal of the Guided Occupational Orientation Program in Syracuse, New York. (Author)