Prepared by participants in the 1968 National Defense Education Act Institute on Wood Technology, this syllabus is one of a series of basic outlines designed to aid college level industrial arts instructors in improving and broadening the scope and content of their programs. This booklet is concerned largely with the physical composition and…

The failure of a property tax levy, submitted to Cincinnati voters in November and December of 1966, resulted in an announced reduction within the school district's summer school, kindergarten, and interscholastic athletic programs. To determine the effect of this reduction on voter support for the schools, a stratified sample of 520 registered…

A 6-week experimental demonstration program was provided for 90 neurologically impaired children with severe learning problems to bridge the gap between school terms and to provide learning experiences for teachers, teacher-trainees, and parents. The staff at each of three host schools consisted of five master teachers, five college students, plus…

This report on the 1960 National Defense Education Act Summer Language Institutes for elementary and secondary school teachers is the second such evaluation prepared under the direction of Dr. Stephen A. Freeman. Descriptions and general objectives of the Language Development Program in the 37 NDEA Institutes for some 2,000 teachers are reviewed…

This independent evaluation, prepared for the United States Office of Education, of the first National Defense Education Act Summer Institutes for elementary and secondary school teachers of foreign languages describes general objectives of National Defense Education Act Institutes and procedures for evaluation. Mention is made of experimentation…

The purpose of this manual is to assist nurses and teachers in providing health care and education for migratory farm workers and their children. Common health beliefs among the Mexican American migrant workers are discussed in order to assist nurses and teachers at being more effective in teaching the migrant about health. Guidelines are…

The Springfield Trajectory Occupational Program (STOP), designed to provide a 23-day residential occupational exploration program for 90 11th grade students from small South Dakota high schools, utilizes industrial field trips, self-evaluation, group and individual counseling, laboratory projects and dormitory activities in a multi-media approach…

In February, 1971, the Milwaukee Public Schools approved the establishment of "Urban Studies" as a one year elective social studies course. A program Improvement Proposal (PIP) was then formulated to solve implementation problems for this program, stressing use of the city as a learning laboratory. Objectives of the proposal were that teachers in…

This report provides a broad overview of previous NDEA institute evaluation reports on summer institutes two or more summers ago. Emphasis is on how to make the institutes more effective. Primary purposes of the summer institutes are to: 1) change what and how students learn in elementary and secondary school classrooms; and, 2) change college and…

This study constitutes the promised product of an institute on "Puerto Rican Pupils in Mainland Schools," sponsored by the Educational Leadership Institute and the University of Hartford during the Summer of 1971. The stated purposes of the Institute were: (1) to stimulate communications and understanding between school and community…

This document consists of nine issues (covering January through December 1999) of the newsletter "Community Update," containing articles on community and family involvement in education. Article topics include: new programs to help students prepare for college early; Vice President Al Gore announced the first-ever national Hispanic…

In June 2002, the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) adopted a new set of goals for the 21st century. Those goals included reaching every student, from preschool to high school, to ensure that achievement exceeds national averages and that performance gaps are closed. According to this brief report, research clearly shows that quality summer…

Intended to encourage children of all ages to read over the summer, this manual presents library-based programs, crafts, displays, and events with a medieval theme. The chapters of the manual are: (1) Introductory Materials; (2) Goals, Objectives and Evaluation; (3) Getting Started; (4) Common Program Structures; (5) Planning Timeline; (6)…

In discussing agencies for the improvement of teachers in service, one's mind naturally turns first to those periodical meetings of teachers, such as institutes, that are established by law. The data pertaining to meetings of this nature that have been collected are summarized in this paper. These were gathered primarily from State and Territorial…

The dialogical relationship between Confucianism and Taoism serves as a framework for examining the interplay between learning as socioculturally mediated activity and critical reflection in preservice teacher education. Article highlights a summer elementary school science program that involves preservice teachers, university faculty, and a local…