The objective of this project was to develop a model designed to expose the new community college faculty member to the essential components of community college teaching. Specifically the objectives were (1) to aid an individual to be aware of himself as a teacher and as a participant in the 2-year college environment as well as in the larger…

Whether classics or contemporary works of literature would most affect the declared attitudes of high school seniors in urban areas towards certain moral values was the subject of this experiment in New York City. Two teachers each taught one course in contemporary literature and one in the classics. The students taking the classics course read…

The purpose of the study was to describe ways in which disadvantaged children differ from their more advantaged peers in the areas of cognitive and affective developmental patterns, and to use this description to restructure curricular experiences for disadvantaged children. Five groups of approximately 30 preschool children each were tested three…

A national teachers union offers a program for educational improvement in urban schools, the More Effective Schools Project. The document presents the recommendations of the American Federation of Teachers on size of school and class, administration and supervision, and other professional matters. Proposals are also made for the areas of school…

A total of approximately 36 representatives of state, interstate, and federal agencies; universities; national voluntary associations; industry; and the staff of the Joint Commission on Correctional Manpower and Training participated in the conference with the purpose of exploring the area of inservice training for personnel working in the…

The first and major portion of this report of a film study project in Evanston, Illinois, lists films selected for use in grades 1-8, together with plot summaries of varying lengths, special uses for the films, suggested study questions and activities, sample student responses to questions and assignments, running times, appropriate age levels,…

An evaluation of the Amherst ungraded secondary schools conducted with the use of ESEA Title III funds, assessed the degree to which the schools achieved objectives of the program. Descriptive data upon which the evaluation was based include interviews with parents and students and staff, an activities checklist, standardized achievement tests,…

A course on military tactics was programed to provide four types of student response conditions: reading the item and writing the answer (overt, constructed), reading the item and thinking the answer (covert, constructed), reading the item with the answer included and then writing the answer (overt, prompted), and reading the item with the answer…

To ascertain and assess the changes in social and attitudinal characteristics among migrant and ex-migrant workers because of participation in adult education programs, a sample of 208 subjects were randomly selected from the Southwest. The selection was made from 3 program groups--adult basic, vocational, and pre-vocational education. Each…

This third volume of the Image of the World of Work program presents guidelines for the development of lesson plans by participating teachers and representative lesson plans which were developed. Lessons were planned within the existing content of seventh grade language arts and social studies--35 lesson plans for language arts, 20 for social…

Modular scheduling was introduced in the academic year 1967-68 at North Miami Senior High School. After a year's operation under the Stanford School Scheduling System, an "at home" evaluation of the new program was made. Student grades on a cross-sectional basis did not suffer, but rather showed a slight improvement. Moderate improvement was also…

This report describes a summer training institute designed to develop research skills among 30 selected local school district representatives from Kentucky and Appalachia to enable them to serve as research coordinators in their districts. The purpose of the institute was to increase the capability of local school districts to improve their school…

Using interviews and questionnaire, this survey investigated aspects of the Agency for International Development (AID) training programs, participants' reactions, and subsequent uses made of training. Data were obtained on personal background and occupation, pretraining activities, actual program sojourns, and the aftermath. These were among the…

This guide is the result of deliberations at a national conference involving representatives of business, industry, labor, education, government, and the community, and at regional clinics which followed the conference. Chapter headings are: (1) Cooperative Vocational Education and What It Will Do, (2) What Form and Type Is Best for a Specific…

Begun in 1964 to meet rehabilitation needs of disabled family heads receiving aid for dependent children (AFDC), this San Antonio project tested ways of eliminating or reducing vocational handicaps and dependency to the point where AFDC recipients could become gainfully employed and participate more effectively as community members. Normal social…