The article describes the Vocational Education Inservice Training (VEIT) Project, a program designed to prepare vocational educators to provide effective learning environments for special needs learners within the regular vocational setting. (PHR)

The planning, design, and construction of a computer-assisted instructional program in pharmaceutical calculations at St. John's University College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions is reported. The program was designed to supplement classroom teaching by concentrating on problem solving. A sample unit of instruction is appended.…

The author describes the development and success of a program designed to allow gifted and talented and learning problem eighth grade students to choose their own courses and course sequence as they pursued mastery of seven critical skills in reading, writing, computation, problem solving, research, and adjustment. (CL)

A carefully designed circuit of various exercise stations is one of the most efficient and effective systems of conditioning available to school physical education staff. (LH)

Describes a program in which nursing home residents make biweekly visits to a near-by day care center, and day care children, on alternate weeks visit the nursing home. (CM)

Briefly reviews the historical involvement of public libraries in adult programing, provides arguments for such service, and resources for background information on it, and then outlines in steps the decision points and components of an adult educational framework. (JD)

Describes the development of the Family Life and Sex Education Project in Los Angeles County and demonstrates that a government agency can provide the leadership necessary to develop a community sex education program. (Author/RK)

A plan that not only expanded the music curriculum, but also brought classroom teachers and music specialists together. (Editor)

The development and implementation of a physical education program adapted to the needs of severely physically disabled students attending the University of Arizona (Tucson) is described. (TA)

Three short articles outline what can be, and is being done in one area to help disabled students to develop their full potential. (Editor/TA)

Development of the placement program in Highland Community Schools included obtaining administrative approval, publicity, slide presentations for business and industrial groups, and resulted in a successful placement service that was not a significant cost factor within the school's budget. (TA)

"Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," the PBS children's television series, has provided a vehicle for death education. This article outlines primary considerations given in producing this series. Presented at the Conference on Death and Dying: Education, Counseling, and Care, December 1-3, 1976, Orlando, Florida. (Author)

In 1989, Florida educational leaders responded to information-age challenges by initiating a four-year project to identify the requirements for measurably improving vocational education. The project eventually identified 38 field-validated pedagogical/instructional goals and 161 related learner competencies in four topical areas: planning and…

A discussion of the developmental path of the Black Studies movement focuses on its struggle for recognition as an independent and dynamic discipline, indicators of progress, and barriers to recognition. The evolution of Black Studies toward departmental status at Pennsylvania State University is chronicled. (MSE)