Assuming no previous experience with computers, this primer is designed to help students, teachers, scientists, and other scholars to learn how to use the NEWBASIC/CATALYST system (NBS). The primer contains nine sections: (1) instructions for establishing contact with the computer (logging on); (2) examples and problems to lead the student through…

Included is information about science organizations which may be of interest to science teachers. The organizations are grouped into five categories: professional and scientific organizations, educational organizations, U.S. government and quasi-governmental agencies, foundations, and other organizations. Included for each organization are name,…

The junior college today faces the challenge of providing quality post-secondary education for its minority and less affluent members. This document contains 24 articles on junior college programs for the disadvantaged. They have previously been published in the Junior College Journal from 1965 through 1970. (CA)

Established in 1948 as a public agency of 15 member states cooperating to improve higher education, the Southern Regional Education Board works with state governments, academic institutions, and other agencies to: do research on the South's problems and needs in higher education; provide consultant services to states and institutions on problems…

The following objectives for the conference are indicated: a) to assist interested leaders from all educational levels and agencies to learn more about performance-based education (PBE) strategy: its nature, promise, and problems and its implications for preservice and in-service educational personnel development; b) to assist leaders from all…

Looking beyond the election, the dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education assesses national needs and goals. (Editor)

This article discusses four ideals commonly held by the progressive and the counseling movements, pointing out some of the destructive effects these ideals have on societal change efforts. The four ideals discussed are: (a) an emphasis on access to opportunity (pluralism); (b) an emphasis on pragmatism; (c) an emphasis on adjustment; and (d) an…

Discusses the growth and development of the Continuing Education in Nursing Department, a part of the School of Nursing at the University of Southern Mississippi. Curriculum development inservice programs, workshops, conferences. (RB)

Draper Correctional Center successfully employed programed instruction in a dual project with 1800 youthful prisoners. Diagnostic testing and careful analysis of test results were used to discover individual needs, for which relevant sections of a program were then prescribed. The role of the teacher in this situation was that of learning-manager.…

This report contains a proposed framework for the subject matter of vocational education that is presented in two sections. Section 1 describes concepts central to the idea and ideal of vocational education. The analysis and interpretation of each concept are summarized as a set of propositions concerning the meaning of vocational education. These…

Career development, life skills, and basic skills were important emphases in the experience-based career education program installed at two Virginia high schools. The program, call ExCEL (Exploring Careers through Experiential Learning), aimed to provide student experience in community learning sites and to integrate this with acquisition of…

THE CONTROVERSY REGARDING THE PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS OF SMALL SCHOOLS HAS BEEN BASED ON NINE INVALID ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS INVOLVED, PROBLEMS OF TEACHING, PROGRAM QUALITY AND TEACHING, SCHOOL REDISTRICTING, EDUCATIONAL FINANCE, CURRICULUM, LEADERSHIP ROLE, INHERENT STRENGTHS, AND QUALITY AS A FUNCTION OF NUMBERS. THE MAJOR…