The 4-H Goat Extravaganza maximizes limited resources to help youth and adults develop knowledge and skills in goat care and management. It capitalizes on the talents and interests of volunteers to efficiently combine a goat-themed art show, team presentation contest, quiz bowl, skillathon, and adult workshop into 1 day. This article outlines the…

The Pre-service Technology Teacher Education Resource (PTTER) was developed as a cross-institutional resource to support the development of initial technology teacher education programmes in New Zealand. The PTTER was developed through collaboration involving representatives from each of the six New Zealand university teacher education providers,…

While health care providers are knowledgeable of health conditions and of the information patients need to make appropriate health decisions and follow health providers' recommendations, they lack information about adult teaching and learning and appropriate curriculum design. Adult educators can contribute more sophisticated skills in program…

Discussed the needs of gifted students and appropriate programs designed to satisfy those needs. (RK)

Special abilities and special talents mean special problems! Programs and classroom strategies for developing the intellectual abilities for gifted students were discussed. (Editor/RK)

Describes a program designed to step up activities that can help women and girls achieve equal educational opportunity. (Author/RK)

Article described the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, designed for the purpose of assisting postsecondary educational institutions and agencies in a broad range of reforms and innovations to improve the efficiency and quality of their programs and operations. (Author/RK)

International studies are still underdeveloped on most college and university campuses, and present levels of activity are jeopardized by financial, organizational, and other problems. This book identifies the weaknesses of existing programs, points out where improvements are most needed, and recommends steps for carrying out changes. (MJM)

Author presented the criteria that he and his fellow art teachers discovered for suggesting the direction education has to take in order to develop a comprehensive program of the arts in the interests of overall good sound education. (Author/RK)

In an attempt to solve the problem of having a distressing number of poor readers approaching graduation, Highland Park High School, Highland Park, Michigan, has put forth positive efforts in alleviating reading deficiencies in its students. The Random House High Intensity Training System, an instructional management system utilizing different…

In order to help high school students obtain a working knowledge of law, a course was designed at the William A. Wirt High School, in Gary, Indiana that provided not only an awareness of the law but also a positive view of law in general. (Author/RK)

So that geographers may recognize their achievements and comprehend the present as evolution from the past, there is a need for a history of geography. Study of the past provides a sense of accomplishment. Examples of how geographers are attempting to record their past are provided. (RM)

Examines 14 home-based preschool educational programs from six different countries. Data reveals a variety of program objectives, target populations, methods of operation, staffing patterns and facility requirements in addition to the cost of the programs and the methods for evaluating program effectiveness. (RJC)