The Kikuyu seminar, third in a series of international meeting on the use of comparative studies as a tool of adult education, focused on the application of the comparative approach to developing countries, particularly Africa. Essential components of the structure of adult education were divided into main sectors, which are individually discussed…

TEPY is a unified approach to the preparation of elementary school teachers which integrates the professional education areas of language arts and reading, mathematics, science, social studies, child development, evaluation, and teaching skills into an instructional format that is team-taught, clinically-oriented, and field-based. The program…

The Macomb Intermediate Career Education (MICE) regional project was designed to provide a network of coordination, technical assistance, and leadership to assist local education agencies in developing career education programs. Twenty school districts participated in the project which utilized inservice training, task forces, and local work…

The New York State industrial arts education bulletin outlines four purposes, four principles, five program characteristics, five grade levels of the program's scope, six steps for designing a program, two instructional objectives, five instructional methods, and five organizations serving the industrial arts education needs of the State. (BP)

The failure of classroom practices to alter to accommodate concepts and concept learning prompted this attempt to identify a strategy for selecting and organizing content and instruction for learning home economics concepts and generalizations. Basic elements of the strategy are: (1) a statement of rationale including the broad goals of the…

This monograph looks into the origins of competency programs in higher education and explores various ideas about educational outcomes as a basis for defining what competency is and is not. These educational outcome ideas relate to behavioral objectives, mastery learning, and testing for specific competencies rather than for an intelligence test…

Presented is the report of a review panel made up of educators, deaf persons, and parents of deaf children on the first five years of the Model Secondary School for the Deaf operated by Gallaudet College. Sections of the report include observations and recommendations in the following areas: the school's mission; the concept of model; the…

This book on materials and methods for physical education at the secondary level emphasizes the relevance of physical education to the needs of today's students. The book is divided into seven sections and an introduction. The introduction discusses the search for the relevance of the secondary school. Part 1 describes the community, the school…

Described is the Technical Assistance Development System (TADS), a component of the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill which offers support services to preschool demonstration centers for handicapped children in the First Chance Network. Discussed are the four types of services offered:…

The third in a series of documents reflecting the development of a comprehensive career education plan for the State of Nevada, the publication provides direction for schools seeking to set up an instructional framework for a sound and comprehensive career education program. It suggests a variety of approaches utilizing the abilities and resources…

Developed along with a tape-slide package, the guide covers evaluation of special educational programs. Robert McIntyre discusses evaluation for decision making; Victor Baldwin considers sources of help and how to use them; and Helmut Hofmann treats objectives as guidelines for action, data collection, and budget planning and evaluation. Wesley…

The widespread feeling that college officials neglect and ignore student needs in the college curriculum, as well as a concern for the alternatives available to students in the area of general education precipitated the development of this program. The program's directions and goals are systematically elaborated in this report. The basic direction…

This paper examines community programs sponsored by institutions of higher education; it attempts to define such programs, describe their elements, clarify inherent problems in their development and execution, and offer some observations on the advantages and disadvantages of the various types. Emphasis is on community service, social reform,…

This study developed basic guidelines for establishing systems of lifelong continuing education based on the concept that different cultures and subcultures make demands on their members, and that these demands or developmental tasks change from time to time. This approach, the "Inside-Outside School," would promote self-directed intellectual…

This study sought to formulate a foundation for a Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) adult education program in "Black Identity." Adult educators may play a unique role in the program, serving as a bridge between the black community and the larger American society. The Danish folk schools and the Opportunities Industrialization Center in…