This article suggests a program of vocational education as early as the primary grades with an accurate orientation to the worth of all work and expand with a gradual, long-haul exposure to occupations. (Editor)

Examines a new teacher education program in terms of (1) the academic training, (2) professional training, and (3) development of the teacher's self concept. The specific proposals for the professional aspects of the program and the experimental design are presented. (LC)

An approach used in reflecting industry in the industrial arts shop through preprinted instructions called resource units. (GR)

To educate students about nuclear war, Educators for Social Responsibility sponsored a "Day of Dialogue" in schools October 25, 1982. What some teachers did in their classrooms on this day is described. Also discussed is what social studies courses need to do to help students become peacemakers. (RM)

Describes goals and activities of a high school program for anti-social, disturbed adolescents. Indicates that the program provides effective educational services to such students without removing them from the local school systems, and that the cost is reasonable for the local school district involved. (Author/JN)

Rigorous professional standards and review procedures, appropriateness of program goals and activities, and use of mutually reinforcing pedagogical strategies are seen as typical of experiential learning in established graduate education programs. Twelve programs using experiential learning in graduate and professional education are examined.…

Briefly outlines three major themes of American urban history pertaining to the study of all communities, and describes a program using extensive comparative community field studies which reinforces these themes. Emphasizes readings, discussion, field trips, and a month of field work. (Author/CK)

Describes and identifies problems with criterion referenced programs and criterion referenced tests. Among the problems are criterion referenced programs that often are used incorrectly by teachers, are not accompanied by the necessary support system, and often do not inform teachers of how to set instructional objectives for individual students.…

The staff of the Arthur Morgan School describes and evaluates the nontraditional curriculum at the school, located in the mountains of North Carolina. Objectives are to involve junior high school students in wilderness living experiences, building skills, learning crafts, sports, dance, and music while at the same time providing them with academic…

Summarizes the main landmarks in the development of the Unesco Institute for Education, how it has adapted to changing conditions and its present role in the educational world. (Author/RK)

Intends to identify some of the problems associated with evaluation of a province-wide program, to describe how these problems were dealt with in the particular case under review, and to suggest how evaluators and their clients might approach problems of a similar nature. (Author/RK)

The feeling of insecurity, the lack of self-confidence, and the ability to relate to others that all children experience from time-to-time can be intensified in a deaf child by sensitivity to his or her handicap. A technique designed to deal with these difficulties was discussed. (Author/RK)

Discusses the contribution Dutch universities can make to development cooperation through collaboration in the fields of higher education and research with partners from Third World countries. (Author/RK)

This is another in a series of articles on institutes of international education in the Netherlands. The author, a Director of the Research Institute for Management Science in Delft discusses the work of his institute. Its stress is on industrial development in the Third World. (Editor/RK)

Describes a number of projects supported by grants and contracts from the Office of Education's Metric Education Program which are designed toward preparing school children and adults to "think metric". (Author/RK)