In 2001, the Australian Government released a report, commissioned by the then Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs, entitled "The Status and Quality of Teaching and Learning of Science in Australian Schools" (Goodrum, Hackling, & Rennie, 2001). Its recommendations included actions to address raising community…

There were 2.7 million incidents of child abuse or neglect reported to authorities in one year. Between 1986 and 1992, the total number of children killed by firearms rose by 144 percent. A 1990 survey of inner-city young people in Baltimore found one in four teenagers had witnessed a murder and three in four knew someone who had been shot. What…

This issue of the "VCCA Journal" contains the following articles: (1) "Dear Andrei--Dear Patricia: International Education in English Composition I," by Robert Kilmer; (2) "The Cultivation of Critical Thinking: Some Tools and Techniques," by Russell Crescimanno; (3) "Assessment Partnership: A Model for Two-Year…

Because it is based on the premise that learning is a lifelong process and that citizen involvement is essential to neighborhood problem solving, community education is particularly attuned to the current needs of cities and can be a major vehicle for cities attempting to provide convenient, comprehensive health services in an efficient,…

Project Engage is an after-school, weekend, and summer educational program geared toward minority and disadvantaged students to increase the number of these students seeking postsecondary education from the Erie, Pennsylvania area. It is funded mainly through Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, whose administration is strongly committed to…

Designed as a forum for the exchange of ideas on teaching and learning in Utah's community colleges, this journal presents a series of essays by college faculty. The September 1988 issue contains: (1) "The Community College Academic Environment--And Me," by Timothy R. Bywater, which highlights the strengths of Dixie College, including…

Designed for students participating in the cooperative education program at Tidewater Community College (Virginia Beach Campus), this handbook includes the following information and guidelines: the philosophy of the college and the broad objectives of its cooperative education program; specific student, employer, and college objectives; a…

The booklet describes the local history component of an interdisciplinary high school course on American Studies. The program involves students over a three-year period in collecting, recording, organizing, interpreting, and disseminating the history, culture, and tradition of Scituate, Rhode Island. The booklet is presented in six chapters.…

A study was conducted to identify the vocational education needs of special populations and to describe the strategies used to meet the needs by public schools, community colleges, and community organizations. The case study method was used to collect data in 15 communities concerning the academically disadvantaged, the handicapped, the…

The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), established by Congress in 1965, is a unique partnership of federal, state, and local government action attempting to provide every person living in the region with the health and skills needed to compete in everyday life and to attract new industry to the region, thus providing more jobs and a more…

This description of career education activities in Akron (Ohio) Public Schools was prepared as part of a study conducted to identify evaluated, exemplary career education activities which represent the best of the current career education programs and practices referred to in Public Law 93-380. (See CE 018 212 for the final report of this study.)…

DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT IS THE MODEL SCHOOL DIVISION (MSD) WHICH SERVES THE INNER-CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF WASHINGTON, D.C. FUNCTIONING AS A SEMI-AUTONOMOUS UNIT WITHIN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, MSD HAS AS ITS BASIC OBJECTIVES IMPROVING EDUCATIONAL QUALITY, SERVING THE SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, STIMULATING SCHOOL-COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT,…

Opened in 1963, the Swaneng Hill School in Serowe, Botswana, was an experiment for its untrained founders whose objectives were to reduce the exclusiveness of secondary education, equip students with skills and knowledge needed for development, make the school a focal point for community development, and instill a sense of social justice in the…

Three units comprise the New Orleans Ethnic Heritage Program developed for students in grade 8. Objectives are to increase student appreciation of New Orleans cultural heritage, help them understand their own racial and ethnic groups, and build analytical and evaluative decision making skills. The units are entitled "The Ethnic Heritage of…

This catalog, consisting of three major sections, is intended primarily for teachers and administrators in Illinois but is also designed to be applicable to educators in other states. The first section (in narrative form) focuses on ideas for using community-based resources, offers guidelines for selecting career education materials, and describes…