The monograph presents a series of essays written by well known educators sharing their perceptions, problems, and projects and documenting some of the practical, philosophical, situational, and theoretical aspects of career education. The essays include: The Case for Career Education, by Kenneth B. Hoyt; Basic Constructs of the School-Based…

The Choctaw Adult Education Project is described in this annual report by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. The report presents the following: (1) Summary of Class Sites and Staffing; (2) Curriculum (basic literacy, health education, menu planning, budgeting, income tax preparation, food stamp program, nutrition, and the Tribal…

This feasibility study is divided into sections presenting a brief history of the extended school year concept, an extensive survey of recent efforts at implementing the concept, the planning and implementation of the Hartford study, reports of five committees, final recommendations, and an evaluation of the study. Also included are a number of…

Described are preschool and school programs offered by North Dakota's Southeast Mental Health/Retarded Center for normal and handicapped children and their families. The preschool program includes the following services: an educational program for parents of normal children, a home program for parents of children with developmental delays, an…

Described is a regional program in post secondary vocational training for deaf students established at the St. Paul Vocational Technical Institute (TVI) to demonstrate that deaf students can be successfully trained in an environment normally serving the hearing. Included is background information on the problem of providing post secondary…

This second volume of a two volume annual report provides details on the research, teaching, and communication activities of the Program on Information Technologies and Public Policy from September 1974 through September 1975. Projects included a census of the communications industry, the composition of a bibliography of informational science…

In 1974, the Ethnic Heritage Studies Branch of the Office of Education granted awards to 42 institutions throughout the United States. A questionnaire was developed and completed by all projects to detail the component activity and goals of each individual project. This report summarizes those questionnaires, providing ready reference to the…

Described are the philosophy, goals, and objectives of a secondary special education class for educable mentally retarded students. Listed are unit titles and suggested methods and materials for the following eight program objectives: vocational and occupational development, economic independence, interpersonal relationship, health, leisure…

This booklet presents papers and discussion group reports from a workshop convened by the Council of Europe to investigate research problems concerned with compensatory education for the socioculturally disadvantaged at the preschool and primary levels. Researchers from 11 countries participated in the workshop. The papers and reports, written in…

Covering the period July 1, 1974-June 30, 1975, this annual report briefly describes the programs and activities of the Nebraska Indian Commission, a commission established under the 1971 Nebraska Revised Statutes Supplement for purposes of joining "representatives of all Indians in nebraska to do all things which it may determine to enhance…

Three case studies are presented which describe new approaches to agricultural education and training of Asian rural farm youth on their own small farms in Ceylon, the Philippines, and Indonesia. Providing an initial summary, each case study is discussed in terms of its background; planning stages; objectives; course of events; problems; results;…

Florida View is an information system developed to provide career and training information for students, counselors, occupational specialists, and teachers. The information is contained on two card decks designed to be read on microfilm readers or reader-printers. Presented in the document are the goals and objectives, advantages, cost and…

The goals of the workshop were (1) to provide an overview of the population problem in the world today as it affects the survival and quality of life of people throughout the world; (2) to explore the meaning of population education within the context of the Catholic educational community; (3) to provide methodologies for the development and…

In creating an early retirement incentive program for the Marin County (California) schools, the author examined the early retirement ethic, other early retirement plans in the public and private sectors, the impact of early retirement on Social Security benefits, opposition to such programs, and the factors in the California school districts that…

The report describes a Gateway Technical Institute (Wisconsin) project to provide more effective counseling and career information to disadvantaged students in the institute's vocational, technical, and adult education district. Interviews with graduates of 46 different programs were taped as a technique for providing occupational information for…