EXPERIENCE HAS SHOWN THAT MOST PROBLEMS RELATING TO CIVIC LEADERSHIP STEM FROM INADEQUATE UNDERSTANDING OF CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY AMONG LESS AFFLUENT CITIZENS AND FROM THE LACK OF MEANS TO PROJECT CIVIC PRIDE AND LEADERSHIP. IN A PROGRAM FUNDED BY A FEDERAL GRANT, BELLARMINE COLLEGE BROUGHT ITS RESOURCES TO BEAR ON THIS PROBLEM BY ESTABLISHING IN…

THIS STUDY REPORTS THE FIRST PHASE OF A 5-YEAR LONGITUDINAL INVESTIGATION OF THE COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF A HIGHLY STRUCTURED PRESCHOOL PROGRAM AND A TRADITIONAL NURSERY SCHOOL PROGRAM IN AMELIORATING THE LEARNING DEFECTS OF CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN. THE HIGHLY STRUCTURED PROGRAM IS INTENDED TO OVERCOME PARTICULAR WEAKNESSES OF…

WITH PROGRESS IN THEORETICAL AND APPLIED LINGUISTICS, THE APPLICATION OF LINGUISTICS TO LANGUAGE TEACHING HAS COME UNDER INCREASING SCRUTINY. WHILE THE STRUCTURALISTS HAVE FOUND COMPETITION IN THE MORE RECENT CONCEPTS OF THE COMPETENCE-ORIENTED AND THE PERFORMANCE-ORIENTED APPROACHES, AND MENTALISTIC THEORIES SEEM TO PROVIDE MORE EXPLANATIONS THAN…

A SAMPLE OF 363 FULL-TIME ENROLLEES IN FOUR CURRICULUMS (AUTOMOTIVE, DRAFTING, ELECTRICAL, AND MACHINE SHOP) AT WILLIAM HOOD DUNWOODY INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE WAS SELECTED TO TEST THE "PREVOCATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS" OF SENIOR HIGH INDUSTRIAL ARTS. THIRTY-FIVE VARIABLES WERE USED IN MEASURING THE EFFECT OF THE FOLLOWING ON ACADEMIC…

AN ANALYSIS OF CATALOGS AND OTHER PUBLISHED MATERIAL OF MAJOR MIDWEST INSTITUTIONS AND MATERIALS PROVIDED BY STATE DEPARTMENT AGENCY CONTACTS REVEALS THE FOLLOWING ABOUT THE TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION PATTERNS OF THE SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST, GUIDANCE COUNSELOR, SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER, SPEECH CORRECTIONIST-AUDIOLOGIST, PUBLIC HEALTH WORKER, SCHOOL NURSE,…

QUESTIONNAIRES WERE SENT TO 1,201 OF THE 1,540 GRADUATES FROM A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF 52 OF THE 89 HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE AREA WHO HAD COMPLETED 1 OR MORE YEARS IN VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE AND WHO GRADUATED IN 1953, 1954, AND 1955 TO DETERMINE (1) THEIR CURRENT OCCUPATION, (2) FACTORS RELATED TO THEIR OCCUPATIONAL CHOICE, (3) WHETHER THEY HAD…

THIS IS THE REPORT, FROM THE ADULT EDUCATION DIVISION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING, OF A SURVEY MADE IN 1965 OF ADULT EDUCATIONAL NEEDS IN THE STATE. THE PURPOSES OF THE STUDY WERE TO POINT UP POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENTS IN CURRENT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND TO PROVIDE A DESIGN FOR INTELLIGENT PLANNING FOR FUTURE NEEDS. FOUR MAJOR TASKS WERE…

ON THE BASIS OF A 10- TO 15-YEAR PROJECTION OF THE NEED FOR TEACHERS IN CONNECTICUT, A CONSULTANT PANEL RECOMMENDED THAT THE COMMISSION FOR HIGHER EDUCATION WORK TO (1) PROVIDE ALL NEW TEACHERS NEEDED RATHER THAN THE TWO-THIRDS PRESENTLY SUPPLIED, (2) INCREASE THE POOL OF PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS BY ADMITTING ALL QUALIFIED HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES WHO…

This report describes the major aspects of a University of Michigan project, "Competency-Based Teacher Education Focusing on the Directed Teaching Experience," and presents results of the first semester's experience with a newly developed assessment model. The primary goals of the project were: (1) to develop an assessment system which would…

The purpose of the staff development project in Mt. Diablo Unified School District is to personalize management for school improvement. This report describes how the project staff developed both a strong process (individual sites) and product (aggregated data across sites) evaluation component. In the process evaluation section, technical…

This paper is intended to provide data and analysis on three general questions: What are the significant existing programs and agencies related to educational research and development (R&D) in the Northeast and what are key unmet needs for the National Institute of Education (NIE) to consider in planning for a new institution? What are various…

School decision making opportunities available to teachers were identified, and possible reasons for the existence of so little teacher decision making authority in the public schools were explored. While there was some evidence that many teachers may not desire increased involvement, the question was raised of whether or not such involvement…

The Project Concern Program, which sought to promote school desegregation through cooperation among schools in Hartford, Connecticut, and its suburbs, is evaluated in this report. The evaluation addresses the following areas: (1) career patterns of project graduates, dropouts, and non-participants in Hartford; (2) issues of attrition; and (3) the…

Three phenomena are examined in this paper: (1) the segregation inherent in the early stages of bilingual instruction; (2) the Hispanic view of school desegregation; (3) the treatment of Hispanic children by desegregating school systems. Court rulings, Federal guidelines, and other legal mandates concerning the segregation of national origin…

The process called deinstitutionalization, whether of the elderly or mentally disabled, involves complex issues, not the least of which are economic, physical, social, and psychological costs; any attempt to further this process perforce needs a comprehensive, specific plan suited to community needs and to those who are to be served. A workable…