At the request of the government of the Netherlands Antilles for assistance in the field of workers' education, the United Nations Development Program and the International Labor Office agreed to implement a three months mission in 1972 for an expert to advise and assist the government and the trade unions of the Netherlands Antilles to develop a…

This guide was designed to assist the educator in designing and implementing a program in affective education by introducing him to affective education, attempting to make him feel comfortable with it, and enabling him to improve his skills in the affective domain. The first chapter introduces the affective domain, discusses its importance, and…

Using the premise that one of society's most pressing educational needs is the preparing of personnel to implement and facilitate environmental education programs in schools, teacher preparation institutions, and other educational agencies, the conference focused on identifying "what to do" and "how to do it." Speakers discussed problems to be…

The goal of the Manpower Educational Services Project at the University of Houston was, in the short run, to explore using a university's capability and position in the community to contribute to the understanding and functioning of manpower programs in its geographic area. In the long run, it was hoped that a permanent center could be established…

Written to help educators who are expanding a curriculum, particularly in career education, this resource guide provides a directory of fifteen information agencies, a listing with short descriptions of seven selected publications, and a group of miscellaneous resources. Among the fifteen information agencies are the following organizations: (1)…

This report provides an overall framework for planning the interface between institutions of postsecondary education and the city in or near which they are located. The main thrust of the report suggests: (1) The question of the interface between a postsecondary school and a city can only be answered by those who are "serious" about it; (2) Being…

The Career Opportunities Program (COP) in Richmond, Virginia, which trained teachers from disadvantaged areas to return to the classrooms in these areas, was assessed. Fifty COP aides and 50 control students were administered opinionnaires, semantic differentials, and How I See Myself Self Concept Scale, and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. Five…

This guidebook is based on a 1971 seminar on career education for school executives and is designed to provide practical advice on how the school administrator can use the career education concept in a particular school setting. Career education is a constructive concept that may be adopted by any school system in the country, using its existing…

The role of the curriculum materials center at Northern Arizona University is one of providing materials for students who are working on lesson plans and curriculum planning, and for faculty who wish to utilize instructional materials in their lectures. The center, which is housed in the university library, contains textbooks, courses of study…

This paper was developed by the Liaison Subcommittee of the Traffic Educational and Training Committee to: (1) delineate highway safety manpower and training problems, (2) propose activities to meet these problems, and (3) develop a proposed course of action to initate the activities. Included are: (1) a discussion of areas where manpower…

This handbook is the first of two volumes designed to assist manpower planners in the use of data from the 1970 Decennial Census of Population and Housing. Intended to facilitate data gathering, improve the quality of analysis, and provide suggestions for identifying community needs, the handbook attempts to break down the mass of available census…

This document explores the planning, programming, and budgeting system concept. Emphasis is placed on the establishment of a coding structure, the impact of timing, the impact of course decisions on resource utilization, the impact of course decisions on space utilization, and the 12 College Cost Quality Study. (MJM)

A description of needs and specifications for research and development activities in elementary school science are presented in this paper. Serving as a report from the Project on Prototypic Instructional Systems in Elementary Science, it considers the current and future needs of the child and the society of which he is a member. An overview of…

This monograph provides a perspective to academic institutions, especially the developing institutions, to look at themselves in critical ways in order to: improve their capability in academic planning and development; develop useful techniques that will enable them to allocate limited institutional resources more efficiently into the academic…

This report describes the Minneapolis Auxiliary Personnel Program, 1971-72, which is designed to provide better educational assistance and services to eligible, educationally disadvantaged students. Following a brief description of the city of Minneapolis and its schools, the report describes the students who are eligible for the program--students…