AN OVERVIEW IS PRESENTED OF THE BROAD ASPECTS OF TRAINING FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, WITH SOME REFERENCE TO NEEDS AND EXPERIENCES IN INDIA. PART 1 DIFFERENTIATES TRAINING FROM OTHER INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES AND TRACES THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPANTS AND THEIR ORGANIZATIONS TO THE TRAINING PROCESS. PART 2 DISCUSSES ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS…

A SERIES OF REGIONAL CONFERENCES WAS HELD IN EIGHT CITIES ACROSS THE NATION IN 1965-66 AS THE THIRD PHASE OF A MAJOR EFFORT BY THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON TEACHER EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS TO IMPROVE CONTINUING EDUCATION AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHERS. NEW WAYS WERE SOUGHT TO SOLVE OLD PROBLEMS, INCLUDING LACK OF TIME TO PLAN AND…

This is the teacher's edition of the Record Book for the unit "Investigating Variation" of the Intermediate Science Curriculum Study (ISCS) for level III students (grade 9). The correct answers to the questions from the text are recorded. An introductory note to the teacher explains how to use the book. Answers are included for the…

Three speeches and nine clinic summaries from a workshop on the four-year college and career education are presented. In Daniel Behring's speech, "Career Education: Creative Program Opportunities for the College Administrator," the importance of career education on the college campus is discussed. Behring offers four suggestions for…

This collection of articles deals with various aspects of the role of the language laboratory in language teaching, concentrating on laboratory teaching methods and materials. Topics range from evaluation of existing materials to the planning of courses and self-instruction systems, and include suggestions for the building up of a sound-library…

TO STIMULATE DISCUSSION ABOUT SUPPORT FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, A PRESENTATION WAS MADE AT A PROFESSIONAL MEETING IN OCTOBER 1967, DESCRIBING THE NATURE OF SUCH ACTIVITIES, DISCUSSING SOME OF THE ISSUES RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF RESEARCH, AND REVIEWING THE EXPERIENCE OF THE UNITED STATES. DIVIDED INTO THREE MAIN SECTIONS,…

THE FEASIBILITY AND METHODS OF USING MOBILE FACILITIES IN UPGRADING THE WORK SKILLS OF RURAL LOW INCOME WAGE EARNERS ARE EXPLORED. SUCH MOBILE FACILITIES WOULD BE DIRECTED TOWARD 3 SPECIFIC GROUPS OF PEOPLE--SMALL ACREAGE FARMERS WHO PRODUCED ONLY A MINIMAL INCOME, THE RURAL LOW-INCOME NEGRO POPULATION, AND YOUNG RURAL SCHOOL DROPOUTS WITH LITTLE…

NDEA summer institutes at the Universities of Florida and Massachusetts, and at Arcachon, France during 1963 made use of parts of the Audio-Lingual Language Program (ALLP) French Program. Near native pronunciation and intonation habits and a command of the basic speech structures were the goals. Each institute used the Program differently and…

This curriculum guide sets forth the objectives, content, methods, and scope of Latin instruction for each level of a four-level sequence in the secondary schools of New York City. It is a revision of experimental bulletins in use since 1962. Suggestions are made for the teaching of vocabulary and idiom, grammar and forms, derivation, drill,…

Instructional Systems in Teacher Education (Insite), a 5-year study for the improvement of teacher education, has kept pace with the first 4 years of its schedule for innovation, experimentation, and research. Many phases of the study are related to the program that permits students to obtain a master's degree in 4 full years of study, including…

The North Carolina Allied Health Articulation Project was launched to develop procedures which would enable an individual to transfer credit from an allied health education program in one setting to some program in higher education. In 1972-73, study committees were appointed to deal with the allied health professions of physical therapy,…

With the goal of bringing relevancy to the learning process, the Blue Hills Regional Technical Education Center in Canton, Massachusetts has developed an integrated curriculum relating career development laboratory instruction to theoretical instruction and applying the process to a health services cluster. The health services program provides an…

In order to fulfill the requirements of the Ohio State Department of Vocational Education, Lakeland Community College (LCC) conducted a telephone followup survey to determine the employment activities of students who graduated from selected technology programs in 1974. Information regarding type of employment, job titles, and salaries was sought.…

This national study was conducted to determine the problems of the elementary school principal; the types of assistance available to principals from the U.S. Office of Education, State departments of education, colleges and universities, State elementary school principal associations, and regional educational laboratories; and the relevance of…

This is one unit of the series described in SO 000 378. The essential ingredients are not the problems of American society themselves but the ability to recognize them, to view these problems in historical perspective, to mitigate or bring out effective change, to assign priorities, to investigate satisfactory problem-solving methods, and above…