This volume supplements the final report of the research and development project in career education. Materials produced by teachers participating in the career education project are listed by elementary, junior high, and high school level and keyed to unit numbers. Non-site produced materials are similarly listed. Career education materials for…

This essay explores many of the theoretical and practical issues involved in the establishment and operation of interdisciplinary educational programs in child development. The discussion does not offer categorical answers, but raises provocative, complex questions about the qualitative and quantitative aspects of interdisciplinary educational…

This report presents the results of a study to design the appropriate evaluation system needed at the Department of Labor for decentralized operation of a comprehensive manpower program. It covers not only the priority evaluations needed and the methods of performing them, but also changes required in planning, reporting, and administration in…

IN THIS COMPILATION OF ABSTRACTS OF 78 DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS AND MASTER'S THESES PREPARED AT FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY IN ADULT EDUCATION AND RELATED FIELDS, 48 PERCENT COME FROM THE FIELD OF EDUCATION (EDUCATION, HOME AND FAMILY LIFE, AND SOCIAL WELFARE), 6 PERCENT FROM PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY, AND THE REMAINDER FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS. RESEARCH…

A pre-planned team approach to educational change is described to maximize the chances that education majors and public school students willfully receive the types of improved learning experiences new curricula and organizational innovations promote. Public school and college change agents participating in an action lab sponsored by the…

The Rand Corporation's Change Agent study suggests institutional and process factors (local materials development, on-line planning, and staff training) that could guide the development of a relevant and useful evaluation model for career education programs. These factors and their implications for evaluation are discussed. (BP)

This report presents results from an experimental comparison of four kinds of Head Start programs (Montessori, Traditional, Bereiter-Engelmann, and Darcee) and a 3-year follow-up through second grade. The four programs are described, and the immediate and stable effects of each program on children's cognitive, motivational and perceptual…

Presents a case study describing a program design model and implementation of a conference to facilitate the personal and professional growth of training and development professionals who have been working in the field for at least five years. (EM)

How can we develop in pupils at all levels a process that will assist them in identifying and developing those values that will be most meaningful to their lives? Describes the Program Development Model summarizing the steps that were taken to implement the values clarification program at Ossining High School in New York. Its intent is to clarify…

The C.A.S.E. model (Conceptualization, Acquisition, Staff Development, and Evaluation) provides a management model for introducing computers into a preschool program for handicapped children over a period of 4 years. Each of the four model components are described and practical applications provided. (Author/DB)

Reviews the initial management development component of an organizational change strategy to "Make General Management Work." Evaluates the success of the workshop in linking management and organizational development. (JOW)

Discusses establishing a climate for adult learning, assumptions about adult learning, and factors for a successful continuing professional education program. Provides a checklist to assist the professional education program manager in creating a satisfactory learning environment. This list includes activities to be performed prior to, during, and…

A program designed to help first-year medical students understand basic medical ethical issues and view these issues as a essential component of their knowledge base in clinical medicine is described. (Author/MLW)

Evaluation, defined as "the systematic collection and analysis of information to aid in decision-making and program planning," must include special considerations when applied to computer-oriented programs. Presents a three-tier classification system for computer programs based on their stage of development and evaluation issues crucial to each…

The author states that the trend toward building faculties with the highest possible proportion of doctorally prepared nurses should help improve the quality of research that faculties do, and, through their education of a second generation of nurse educators, should ensure the future of nursing research. (CT)