Article focused on educational problems in New York...who will be coordinated by whom, how can coordination be separated from control, what are the goals, who is accountable to whom, and how can it all be paid for...these are the major questions. (Editor/RK)

This manual was intended to help community leaders plan and conduct consumer education workshops. The content is in twelve sections as follows: (1) covers the need for consumer education and several consumer education definitions; (2) presents some possible workshop topics; (3) describes methods that can be used to ascertain the consumers' needs,…

Concerned with the general problem of the effectiveness of simulator training, this report reflects information developed during the conduct of aircraft simulator training research projects sponsored by the Air Force, Army, Navy, and Coast Guard. Problems are identified related to simulator design, testing, and use, all of which impact upon…

This paper describes individualized learning, a form of individualized instruction that emphasizes students' self-paced learning progress within a tutorial teaching structure, as it was used in a freshman composition program. The teachers first determined the composition skills that their students should have acquired upon completion of the three…

Following a brief summary of research relating to midlife crisis, a theory of the midlife crisis is presented that is based on the philosophical insights of Plato and Heidegger: The emotional pain at midlife is associated with a collapse of a person's ontic field (relationships with others, to things, and to institutions) or a stagnation of a…

An educational performance contracting project illustrates difficulties of satisfactory implementation as intended when examining climate for the experiment, its design and results, and problems of carrying out the project. (Author/ND)

Researchers analyze the cost effectiveness of educational administrator training programs for Native Americans at four universities: Harvard, Pennsylvania State, Minnesota, and New Mexico. The programs vary in scope, duration, clientele, admissions, and five other characteristics. The programs' average costs per student are computed and are…

The manual provides guidelines for Georgia teachers of children with specific learning disabilities. Sections focus on six major topics (sample subtopics in parentheses): definitions; eligibility criteria; due process (placement, confidentiality, exit criteria); program organization (delivery model, inservice education); instructional programs…

The manual provides information on resources for the education of hospitalized/homebound children in Georgia. Sections touch on the following topics (sample subtopics in parentheses): definitions; eligibility criteria; due process (referral, exit criteria); program organization (delivery model, considerations for instructional settings,…

In response to the customary practice of administrators and faculty designing undergraduate programs only in terms of content and sequence, this book encourages presidents, deans, department heads, curriculum specialists, and faculty to take a broader perspective on program planning. Specifically, it advocates consideration of (1) how time and…

Current theory in community education holds that community education programs should move from a "program" orientation to a "process" orientation--process being defined vaguely as an open democratic structure. Three long-running community education projects in rural communities were studied for evidence of this phenomenon. Data…

While parent education has become popular among educators and reformers, the long-term implications of the emphasis on parent education deserve careful and dispassionate examination. Are exclusively center-based developmental programs for preschool children to be discredited? Should federally-sponsored intervention programs insist on parent…

An experimental interdisciplinary training program was founded at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel to train child care specialists to assume leadership roles in work with the young child and his family. The organization and objectives of the program are described. Follow-up of graduates indicates high rate of employment throughout the…

Intended for state prison administrators and their vocational and educational staff, community-based organizations, and women's employment project seeking better programming for female offenders, this publication covers three aspects of the Women Offender Apprenticeship Program. Part 1 discusses development of this program for women in the federal…

This monograph is one of 12 that address various topics in the area of CETA/education linkages. They were designed to provide those individuals interested in the development and implementation of CETA/education linkages with information that will serve to enhance the quality of existing programs and facilitate the efficient and effective…