The ENCOUNTER program features a nine-week guidance program to help gifted adolescents through group guidance activities and special affective domain units incorporated into the curriculum. A sample weekly plan on self exploration and identity is outlined. (CL)

Sponsored by the Schools Council (an independent national body responsible for curriculum and examinations), the project has been concerned with devising new materials in career education for pupils and teachers. The basic philosophy of careers education is a continuous process that actively involves students in discovering individual…

This is a review of the relevant literature and current practices in the field of occupational guidance. Because it was prepared in connection with the beginning of a seventh grade occupational guidance class in Utah, it deals, in the first part, with the vocational-maturational level of seventh graders. The second part summarizes contemporary…

THE COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL SHOULD PROVIDE A BROAD GENERAL EDUCATION FOR ALL, WITH A PHASED CURRICULUM CENTERED ON MAJOR, SERVICEABLE IDEAS. IT SHOULD ALSO PROVIDE VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND GUIDANCE. IN A COMPREHENSIVE DISTRICT, IT CAN TRULY INDIVIDUALIZE INSTRUCTION. SPECIFIC CONSIDERATIONS ON WHICH THE NEED FOR A COMPREHENSIVE DISTRICT ARE BASED…

The major thesis of this paper is that it is necessary for those people concerned with rural education and small schools to accept 3 challenges--to take full advantage of available rural opportunities, to realize limitations of rural life, and to be aware of responsibilities not only to Rural America but also to an America where there are no…

An important aspect of Japanese schooling is the attention given to class management and student guidance, particularly at the elementary and lower secondary levels. The Japanese school curriculum for the elementary and the lower secondary schools consists of three areas: (1) regular subjects; (2) moral education; and (3) special activities. The…

Career education is a systematic attempt to increase the career options available to individuals and to facilitate more rational and valid career planning and preparation. Four alternative models of career education now exist: (1) comprehensive career education model (the school-based model, (2) the employer-based model, (3) the home-based model,…

A collection of original papers presents an interdisciplinary approach to the education of disadvantaged children. The volume, prepared especially for preservice and inservice teachers, is divided into three sections--poverty and its effects, the children of poverty, and educational implications. The first two parts deal with such areas as…

THIS 1962 REPORT CONTAINS THE FINDINGS OF A 2-YEAR ANALYSIS OF EDUCATIONAL INEQUALITIES IN THE DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS. ALTHOUGH FACTORS ARE EXAMINED WHICH AFFECT THE EDUCATION OF ALL PUPILS, THE REPORT PARTICULARLY FOCUSES ON RACE RELATIONS, DISCRIMINATION, AND THE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR DISADVANTAGED YOUTH. SPECIFICALLY DISCUSSED ARE…

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO BLIND OR PARTIALLY BLIND CHILDREN IN NEW YORK CITY ARE DESCRIBED IN THIS ILLUSTRATED BULLETIN. PROCEDURES FOR SCHOOL PLACEMENT, ORGANIZATION OF SPECIAL CLASSES, AND ENROLLMENT STATISTICS ARE DISCUSSED. THE RESOURCE CLASS PROGRAM AND GUIDELINES FOR BOTH REGULAR AND RESOURCE TEACHERS ARE PRESENTED. OTHER SPECIAL…

An annotated bibliography of studies in agricultural education, the edition contains 47 research studies completed during the calendar years 1973 and 1974 in the Pacific region States and submitted by teacher educators. (Some studies completed in 1972 but not previously reported are also included.) The summaries are arranged alphabetically by…

This bulletin, the fifth in a series, includes brief descriptions of research projects approved by the Cooperative Research Program of the Office of Education during the fiscal year 1961. Most of the projects were negotiated into contract in fiscal year 1961; however, some were contracted in fiscal year 1962. Each description contains a statement…

This paper presents an overview of online student services being used by 19 vocational education and training (VET) and higher education institutions in Australia. Information was gathered though site visits between July and September 2000 about online support services for prospective students, enrolling students, enrolled students, and graduating…

FEDERAL LEGISLATION HAS PROVIDED FOR PUBLIC PROGRAMS OF OCCUPATIONAL AGRICULTURE EDUCATION IN LAND GRANT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. PROGRAM OBJECTIVES SHOULD BE TO DEVELOP KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS, PROVIDE OCCUPATIONAL GUIDANCE AND PLACEMENT, AND DEVELOP ABILITIES IN HUMAN RELATIONS AND…