Focuses on three aspects of vocational education vis-a-vis business and industry: the need for strong, innovative, business-responsive programs meeting individual, industrial, and national needs; community college programs related to new teaching/learning experiences and/or new approaches to the traditional flow between education and work; and…

A global futures program offers credit classes, pull-out classes, and seminars that focus on global issues and problem solving techniques for gifted and talented students (grades 5-12). The curriculum applies the methods of futurists to course content. Independent study projects are required of all students. (CL)

A project at the University of Kansas has analyzed, evaluated, and developed guidelines for multicultural emphasis in special education teacher education. The project has progressed from analysis of the department curriculum to development of a workshop model (the format of which is included). (CL)

Describes a program designed to encourage children to write and publish their own books. Explains how the program has improved the writing and storytelling abilities of the children involved. (FL)

Notes that modern advertising and marketing practices are becoming an integral part of Chinese economic planning and are being used to stimulate higher quality and productivity. (FL)

Career education needs of disabled college students must include removing architectural barriers, training career counselors, and developing innovative programs. The career planning approach at California State University, Northridge is described in terms of services for all students as well as those for disabled students. (CL)

The author describes a system using computer technology to organize instructional materials in a school system or regional library so that teachers of learning disabled and other disabled students have help in the selection of appropriate materials. (SW)

Describes the program of the University of South Carolina's college of general studies development center, which was created in order to improve student reading skills. (FL)

This article reviews developments and trends in trade union education in the United Kingdom. Priorities for the eighties constituting a major concern for the Trades Union Congress and the Workers' Educational Association are analyzed. (CT)

Between 1975 and 1980, the Organization for European Cooperation and Development's Centre for Educational Research and Innovation engaged in a project to enable member countries to share innovative approaches to inservice teacher education. Several aspects of the inservice education for teachers (INSET) project are discussed. (CJ)

Describes the development of a program that used fantasy characters and images to improve the spelling of children. (FL)

The article describes a joint competency based training program to enhance cooperation between parents and teachers of handicapped children. Evaluation with 143 participants is noted to support the model's feasibility. (SB)

Absenteeism is seen as perhaps the most pervasive problem in work environments today. Because of expanded and more liberal benefit plans, as well as changing societal values, employees work fewer hours than ever before in history. A decentralized attendance control program developed by the University of Michigan is discussed. (Author/MLW)

Traces the evolution of current definitions of the gifted and talented. Examines a model of assessment, and presents steps in the selection of students for a gifted and talented program. (CT)

Describes the development and implementation of a day care center for children of the nursing and technical staff employed at the Mount Vernon Hospital in Alexandria, Virginia. (RH)