This catalog is intended to assist people reforming or "building their own" places for educating teachers in colleges, schools, and communities by providing a list of places to be contacted for assistance, models, or advice. It includes brief descriptions of experimental teacher education programs throughout the U.S. These programs are…

This annotated bibliography of material from the ERIC database presents 37 annotations on the topic of outcome-based education. The annotated bibliography contains listings for a wide range of materials, including journal articles, books, reports, practica, conference papers, and dissertations. (RS)

Drawing on relevant literature, the author of this paper briefly reviews the progress made by the alternative education movement. He provides descriptions of seven successful alternative schools' programs, including magnet schools, a school-without-walls, community schools, and a school-within-a-school. He concludes that alternative education at…

Parents are the central source of emotional, financial and social support for their children. Many young people also have the benefit of relationships with adults other than parents--including teachers, coaches, grandparents, older siblings, neighbors and employers--who serve as informal mentors. These relationships provide youth with extra…

The core curriculum concept and reasons behind the current momentum for curricular reform are examined, and the issues involved in institutionalizing new core curricular ideas are exemplified. Reform follows from changes in the character of undergraduate education toward less restrictive, more diffuse requirements in the area of general education…

This compilation of articles presents the views of policy makers and administrators about community education. Following the introduction by Larry Decker titled "Community Education: The Basic Tenets," the articles are contained in three sections. Section 1 (The Potential of Community Education) contains articles titled as follows: "Tomorrow's…

This report outlines changes in training and education that have taken place in the 1960s and the first years of the 1970s in three countries of Eastern Europe--the German Democratic Republic, Poland, and the USSR. Compiled in the report is information from legal and assimilated texts, as well as from studies and reports, articles, and…

Citing 1,019 sources particularly relevant to Spanish speaking groups and readily available in most libraries, this bibliography is divided into 3 parts: index categories, topical index with authors, and complete references listed alphabetically. Although emphasis is on the Spanish speaking groups in the United States, studies on other linguistic…

Three abstracts and seventy-five acquisitions related to adult literacy are presented. A few of the acquisition entries are in French. The abstracts are of the following: "Directory of Organizations Offering Literacy Training Courses," by the International Institute of Adult Literacy Methods; "Directory of Universities and Institutes Offering…