This career education handbook for elementary and secondary education teachers in Dayton, Ohio, was developed to provide them with career development and career exploration program information. Following a brief overview of career education and its components, the content is presented in five sections. The first one on curriculum presents a…

Project emphasis during the 1975-76 school year is described in this evaluation report was on implementation, operation, and study of the Far West Laboratory Experience-Based Career Education (FWL-EBCE) program at sites under the control of the respective local education agencies. Three emerging programs designated as pilots for the FWL-EBCE model…

This program overview of experience based career education (EBCE) includes definition of EBCE, comparisons between it and other career/vocational programs, review of program elements and community involvement, and description of its program evaluation and staff training elements. EBCE is described as an alternative to regular high school which…

It is argued that course content should be specified as explicitly as possible in terms of what is expected of the student in the future. Four levels of details are addressed: (1) customary course objectives; (2) behavioral questions; (3) behavioral objectives; and (4) exams. The report described the Statistical Test Item Collection System…

Part of a broad survey of administrator preparation programs in the United States, the study reported here was an analysis of professors' open-ended responses to questions about recent and projected changes in their educational administration programs. Content analysis was used to examine past changes, expected changes, patterns of change, and…

Descriptions of 27 state early childhood education programs are presented in this survey conducted to provide information on which to base program development decisions related to early childhood education in West Virginia. The study surveyed the following areas in each state: definition of early childhood education; administrating agency; laws,…

This curricular framework for the subject area section, Driver Education, is one of eight Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools (MCPS) Programs of Studies. A foreword discusses Curriculum and Instruction, Use of the Program of Studies, Curriculum Change and Modification of the Program of Studies, State and Federal Government in Relation to…

The mathematics education goals for Montgomery County Public Schools are listed in this public policy statement. The basic skills in mathematics that the school system wants each child to attain are the ability to perform computations, solve common problems of mathematics and logic, and understand the structure of mathematics so it can be a useful…

The mathematics education goals for Montgomery County Public Schools are listed in this public policy statement. This is the second of two booklets describing the entire school system's mathematics program, and grades nine through twelve are focused upon. The basic skills in mathematics that the school system wants each child to attain are the…

The Mid-America Program for Global Perspectives in Education (MAP) was developed to prepare global curriculum materials, hold conferences for teachers, cooperate with other educational agencies, and help educational programs adjust to realities of a fast-changing world. Initiated in 1974 with a grant from the Lilly Foundation to the Social Studies…

This booklet presents a description of the Responsive Education Program (REP) by summarizing the book entitled "The Responsive Education Program." Each of the 12 parts of the summary is a two-page abstract of a paper in the book. The papers summarized describe the program's goals, objectives, principles, and application to the classroom…

The School Planning, Evaluation, and Communication System (SPECS) is an overall design for districtwide program assessment and development. It is both a way of interrelating planning evaluation of individual programs and a way of comparing the outcomes of all district programs with the district's community-defined educational goals. Component…

This document proposes, and indicates initial reaction to, a multi-point satellite-based delivery system which will permit expansion of current programs and services of the Association for Media-based Continuing Education for Engineers, Inc. (AMCEE) consortium to a much larger aggregated audience of practicing engineers throughout the country. It…

The document presents the state of South Carolina's amended annual program plan for the fiscal year 1980, which describes how South Carolina plans to comply with the regulations mandated by the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (P.L. 94-142). Sections cover such aspects as policy regarding the right of handicapped students to education,…

A pilot program to meet the needs of mentally retarded deaf children is proposed by two Wisconsin schools. The rationale for the program and the summary statement from a 3-day workshop which met to consider a possible program are given. The purpose of the proposed program is to demonstrate the feasibility of removing, at least for a time, deaf…