This federal project to improve vocational education in the inner cities in the West, involving 10 inservice institutes with 720 vocational educators from 24 metropolitan areas, aims to formulate career education models which meet the training needs of disadvantaged youth and adults, to evaluate the applicability of vocational education…

As part of a far-reaching research project on educational needs of the rural disadvantaged, this phase of the Rural Education Disadvantaged Youth Project (Project REDY) dealt with the development and evaluation of a vocationally-oriented family-centered educational program. The model program, which was field-tested at a single site, focused upon:…

The primary program objectives were as follows: (1) The students will achieve passing grade in the college preparation program; (2) The students will achieve one year academic growth each year as measured by the SCAT and other standardized measurements; (3) The students will achieve the minimum PSAT percentile rank as anticipated for college…

This final report formulates objectives for literary instruction of a type suitable for inclusion in a central standard curriculum for the Swedish Comprehensive School and a coordination of curricular objectives with instructional procedures and evaluation methods. Based on results of questionnaires sent to literature methods teachers, literary…

The Educational Opportunity programs funded by the Federal and State Governments in response to widespread urban disorder reveal one clear element of built-in self-defeat. Educational programs were created or updated to deal with what whites believed to be the "authentic but forgotten blacks" whom educated blacks and black leadership had…

This handbook, the outcome of the Institute, gives abstracts of the major presentations by Institute contributors intended to be helpful to administrators of adult supplementary vocational-technical education programs in administering, evaluating, and improving such programs. Presentations cover the topics of: Full funding of education, needs…

The external degree movement is raising critical questions for higher education. It is necessary for advocates of new programs to deal with the basic assumptions underlying higher education in America. Faculty governance, the determination of what constitutes worthwhile knowledge, the selection of some subject matters and the rejection of others,…

A survey questionnaire was mailed to all active Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) in the summer of 1975. Based on an internal analysis of the 3,479 respondents (a 66% return), the following findings represent the manner in which PCVs perceive their volunteer experience. Perceived volunteer accomplishments and morale are very high. Volunteers believe…

To provide guidance for geography teachers, this booklet presents information on how to plan and execute aerial field trips. The aerial field trip can be employed as an effective visual aid technique in the teaching of geography, especially for presenting earth generalizations and interrelationships. The benefits of an aerial field trip are…

This paper presents general information about Title I of the Elementary Secondary Education Act on the education of the disadvantaged pertinent to local school districts. From the beginning, the major portion of the Title I program was intended to supplement the education routine provided by local school districts for disadvantaged children. Each…

The Educational Equity Group was established in 1975 within the National Institute of Education (NIE) to bring a renewed focus to several research and developmental activities previously carried out in separate organizational units of the institute. The group's mandate is to investigate and develop ways to provide high quality education for those…

One of a series of nine reports of Project ACTIVE (Attaining Competence for Teaching in Vocational Education), this report focuses on the criteria for assessing mastery of the professional competencies (skills) important to personnel implementing the career education concept into vocational education programs in Florida. An overview of…

One of a series of nine reports of Project ACTIVE (Attaining Competence for Teaching in Vocational Education), this report focuses on criteria for assessing mastery of the professional competencies (skills) important to teacher-coordinators in cooperative vocational education programs. An overview of competency-based vocational teacher education…

This document is a compendium of data relating to the development, content, and periodic review of teacher education programs prepared by the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification (NASDTEC). The first chapter contains procedures designed to assist state education agencies in reviewing, developing, and…

The sixth volume in a 10-volume report on the historical development (1966-1973) of the 8 administrative Area Offices of the Indian Health Service (IHS) Mental Health Programs, this report presents information on the Navajo (Window Rock) Area Office. Included in this document are: (1) The Context (geography and description of the Dine, a tribe and…