Project TETE (Total Education in the Total Environment, a multidisciplinary approach to environmental education utilizing existing curricula, is described in this booklet. It is a community-wide strategy to enable all members of the community to discover the connecting processes which fashion the total environment, stressing that every community…

In addition to providing a detailed description of the method in which the Des Moines project operates, this handbook explores the key elements in a community-based corrections approach. It presents evaluation data, describes the experience of several communities which undertook to replicate this approach, and discusses the process by which other…

Individualized instruction presents great potential for language teachers to meet their students' needs. At Raymond Walters General and Technical College, an individualized instruction program in French was developed and implemented. A conventional class was concurrently conducted to provide a basis from which the success of the individualized…

Article suggested the establishment of a Speaker's Bureau, an educational program designed to foster communication between the school and its community by providing local citizens first-hand information about the schools on a variety of interesting educational issues. (Author/RK)

The efforts of engineering colleges to serve small local industries are described. (DE)

This article describes a program which reduced the number of elderly needing hospitalization. A team screening referrals for admission to a state hospital evaluated 434 consecutive cases. Over 51 percent were diagnosed depressed. By treating patients in the community, including brief local hospitalization where indicated, total geriatric…

A description of the Telescundaria program designed to offer secondary education to Mexican youth in small, scattered villages via television. (JY)

A 10-week paid summer internship for a rehabilitation counseling faculty in a state vocational rehabilitation agency is described. The benefits of the internship in relation to increasing faculty relevance in and outside the classroom are discussed, and recommendations for improving the internship are presented. (Author)

This article briefly outlines the objectives and approaches to be instituted in establishing an environmental studies program for the San Francisco Bay area. The project incorporates community and school resources. The approach will be interdisciplinary combining ecologic concepts with socioeconomic concepts in analyzing the past and present…

Describes the Creative Experiences program at Glastonbury, Connecticut, a program designed to 1) encourage artistic self-expression and promote community interaction among all age groups, and 2) dispel the labeling of children in trouble and reduce juvenile delinquency by eliminating the causes of adolescent alienation. (CM)

The first Asian Community Library in the U.S. offers a popular collection of print and audiovisual materials in five Asian languages, as well as a special collection in English on Asian Americans and Asian history and culture. Acquisition, cataloging, and political difficulties are also discussed. (Author/JPF)

Indigenous homemakers were employed in this Arkansas program as health education aides. They provided participant families with information on: (1) healthy daily living habits; (2) preventive health practices; (3) self-care/professional care needs; (4) home environment influences in health; and (5) local health services. (MJB)

An interview describing steps the Philippine government has recently taken to expand and diversify nonformal education among adults through the School-on-the-Air program designed to bring the classroom to rural people through radio and community followup classes. Extracts from the government orders setting up the program and its pilot centers are…

Looks at community work publications in England and suggests that a multidisciplinary approach would bring great benefits all round. (Editor)

The article presents experiences of Catonsville Community College (Maryland) in implementing programs for the hearing impaired at minimal costs but maximum benefit. After a description of the setting and regular, developmental, and continuing education programs for the hearing impaired, a cost comparison of each program is provided. (DB)