There are limitations inherent in a competency-based approach to counselor education, beginning with the assumption that it is impossible to specify all the competencies that a counselor needs or should have for any given setting. It follows from these assumptions that the designing of instruction cannot deal operationally with more than a limited…

The use of microfiche as a means of programed self-instruction was examined in this study. Lessons adapted from a one-hour lecture on the slide rule were typed in large print in order to allow easy reading at distances normally used with microfiche readers. The 58 pages of the course were reproduced on microfilm, strips of which were then inserted…

The use of hard data and software equipment in an introductory comparative politics and/or international relations course provides a change from a standard lecture course. Through the use of data and machines, theoretical/conceptual frameworks can be experientially assimilated, taking on greater significance in the learning process. For example,…

Described are projected educational programs for children aged 6 and under, with implications for handicapped child education. The author's premise is that all children need to understand themselves and their world in order to understand those similar and dissimilar to them; how different children gain this understanding may differ. Educational…

A self-study program for training postsecondary vocational education teachers using 15 instructional modules is described. (EC)

How can the content teacher improve his student's learning of history or math and give them practice in writing at the same time? SSSW (Sustained Student Summary Writing) is one resolution of this issue. (Author)

Describes ways to develop a strategy for using activity stations in reading and language arts. (RB)

Discusses a training program created by the National Minority Purchasing Council to help minority business people understand and use sophisticated sales training methods to sell their products to large industries. Available from: Educational Broadcasting, Barrington Publications, Inc., 825 S. Barrington Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90049. Subscription…

Because of the difficulty in instructing students in pediatric physical examination and because of the previously proven usefulness of simulators in medical education, Indiana University School of Medicine has developed a family of infant simulators for use in their pediatric education program. Four models are discribed. (LBH)

Describes an art museum program that attempts to test and evaluate various tour techniques, to involve schools in preparation and follow-up activities for museum visits, and to prepare and evaluate materials for the schools which could be incorporated into their curriculum. (Author/RK)

A description of an immersion program for 6-year-old anglophone children modeled on "les classes d'accueil" for immigrant children. The program of intensive instruction in oral and written French is outlined. This school district has found this type of immersion superior to the usual kind. (The text is in French.) (AMH)

For the last five years, sixth graders at the Theodore Roosevelt School, an elementary school in Long Island, New York, have been doing ninth-grade algebra, while third graders have been doing long division. They are taking part in an experimental mathematics program developed by Everard Barrett, an associate professor at the State University at…

The author describes a method of individualizing instruction in fifth-and sixth-grade arithmetic classes without extra staff, materials, or expensive facilities. (MN)

Objectives of training in referral counseling of dropout students are diagnosis and training. Diagnosis is to familiarize teachers and counselors with the innovative techniques that measure capability, interests, and aptitudes. Placement is to acquaint teachers and counselors with opportunities available for ongoing schooling for dropout students.…

The 1967 Amendments to the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 provided for the establishment of Follow Through, a program that literally "followed through" on the educational gains made by children in preschool programs, particularly Head Start. Describes the characteristics of Follow Through and its variety of approaches as it was…