To help State Supervisors of Mathematics develop constructive leadership programs suitable for immediate adoption, under varying State and local conditions, the U.S. Office of Education sponsored a National Conference of State Supervisors of Mathematics at Washington, D.C., from June 19 to 23, 1961. The Conference had four main objectives: (1) To…

This report summarizes the work of a national seminar on the development of primary education. The aim of the meeting was to evaluate the final report of the Innovation in Primary Education Project, a project of the Council of Europe's Council for Cultural Cooperation. The evaluation placed particular emphasis on the process of deciding what areas…

The following papers were delivered at a symposium on improving the nutritional status of a child who is chronically ill or handicapped: (1) "Planning Comprehensive Health Services for the Chronically Ill/Handicapped Child; (2) "Future National Directions in Maternal and Child Health"; (3) "Nutrition Services in a State Crippled Children's…

The papers in this document include the following chapters: "Improving the Collaboration of Vocational and Academic Educators" (Owens); "Subject Matter of Vocational Education: A Look toward the Future" (Copa); "Strengthening Academic Competencies of Vocational Students in West Virginia" (Burdette); "Blueprint…

This document summarizes discussions at an invitational workshop on leadership for development in Nigeria. The following views on the essence of leadership were expressed: (1) the majority of current leaders tend to be selfish, self-centered, and incapable of performing their jobs effectively; (2) most current leaders have impeded the growth of…

This publication provides materials from a hearing to learn about the regional curriculum needs and priorities. Chapter I is an introduction that presents information on the hearing and on the organization of the National Network for Curriculum Coordination in Vocational and Technical Education. Chapter II is a summary of testimony received from…

This publication contains 24 invited papers on leisure, parks and recreation issues. The papers include professional perspectives that range from the hands-on practical issues to innovative research projects and practical program developments that were prepared especially for the symposium. Among the papers included are: (1) "A Professional…

This document contains an introduction by Richard D. Krugman and five papers from the Adolescent Sex Offender Work Group meeting, which provide an overview of the present status of treatment programs for adolescent sexual offenders, methodological and ethical issues in research on etiology and treatment, and perspectives on research from those…

The volume presents proceedings from a 1981 conference on public policy issues in the education of handicapped children. Four major presentations are followed by reactions. Presenters were asked to address issues involving the nature and effectiveness of the current system for serving handicapped students, contributions of public policy to…

The symposium reported in this document was a cooperative project of people interested in parks and recreation, and particularly in the international aspects of the movement known as Sports for Everyone. The following papers were presented: (1) "Overview of the World-Status of Sport for Everyone" (Jurgen Palm); (2) "Development of Leadership and…

This document consists of seven papers about educational improvement resulting from partnerships between public schools and universities. David Williams' paper discusses the Brigham Young University (Utah) Public School Project to answer the question: "Can a Comprehensive Public School-University Partnership Meaningfully Contribute to the Solution…

The four papers in these proceedings provide a comprehensive picture of the rationale, methodology, strengths, and limitations of case studies. In "Doing Justice in Evaluation Research," David Hamilton argues that the application of scientific methods to the study of social systems has given us a false illusion of certainty. He offers an…

These proceedings include four papers on the status of evaluation Michael Scriven ("Evaluation: The State of the Science") examines the general picture of evaluation, identifies a number of trends in the field, and presents several new evaluation concepts. Included are discussions of "responsibility evaluation,""value…

Moral education in boarding schools is the topic of this publication which includes summaries of the proceedings of the Bicentennial Summer Institute sponsored by Phillips Exeter Academy in June 1978. Interspersed throughout are passages from a journal kept by a participant in the Institute. The contextual and didactic approaches to moral…

This report contains the proceedings of a 1978 meeting held in Kathmandu, Nepal to examine major problems and aspirations of Asian youth. Thirty three people from 18 countries participated. There are three parts to the report. Part I summarizes the six main themes of the meeting. They are: concept of youth as viewed by Asian cultures; concepts and…