Constituting the third annual report of the National Advisory Council on Indian Education (NACIE), this document is divided into the following six sections: (1) The Lessons of Title IV of the Indian Education Act: Needs and Achievements (full funding for Title IV; the role of the American Indian Policy Review Commission; direct Federal funding;…

This book contains 30 articles from 20 countries dealing with the substantive and methodological aspects of peace education, from early childhood to the university level and out of school. The articles comprise the Proceedings of the First World Conference of the World Council for Curriculum and Instruction held at the University of Keele, Great…

This Elementary Secondary Education Act Title III Project has been validated as successful, cost-effective, and exportable by the standards and guidelines of the U.S. Office of Education. The Title III Training-Resource Center has developed a systems approach to teacher training and student learning. This is a comprehensive and thorough package…

Intended as a guide for professionals and local administrators in initiating and developing early intervention programs for handicapped children, the volume provides descriptions of 10 models and techniques presently utilized in Pennsylvania. Included are reports with the following titles and authors: "A System of Open Learning" (P.…

Constituting the third progress report on the Bureau of Indian Affairs' School Management Option, Management by Objectives Project, this document presents revisions designed to improve the overall quality, increase activity levels, improve the reporting process, and assure high priority for work of the objective. Specifically, this report…

This report describes the distribution of financial aid to undergraduate students. All sources of funds are included and accounted for on a state-by-state basis. The Federal Office of Education programs are further described by institutional type and student income levels. The distribution of OE programs results in the following conclusions: (1)…

A nongraded educational program of several learning levels and highly individualized instruction, financed by the district and by Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I funds, the Directed Learning Program is in its third year of operation in the Hempstead, New York school system. The program is the district-wide method of instruction for what…

This project, located in a rural community in upstate New York, has, with very limited resources, set itself the task of humanizing and individualizing its total education program. The school district is well on the way toward the achievement of that goal in its elementary school where two special programs have been in operation for six years.…

The report consists of three major sections: a review of the literature on correspondence education in the United States, a report of research at Stanford University on computer-assisted instruction (CAI) in the home, and an extensive cross-referenced annotated bibliography. The literature review is organized under six main subsections: enrollment…

The handbook is designed to provide assistance to school personnel in the development and operation of a cooperative occupational home economics program. It can serve as a guide to the teacher-coordinator as a new program is developed or as a resource for strengthening an existing program. Topics covered in the handbook's 22 chapters are:…

Described are the objectives, activities, and outcomes of a program to provide individualized educational programing to 30 multiply handicapped children from preschool through grade 3 at the Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children in 1970-71. Noted are individualized activities which emphasized task analysis and positive reinforcement in…

A two-week institute was developed to provide librarians and library educators with the opportunity to expand their knowledge of the theory and practice of intercultural communication processes in library environments. The program included verbal and non-verbal behavior, value and perceptual differences among minority cultures, life assumptions,…

The final report of the Wisconsin project, which developed a coordinated and comprehensive placement system for secondary/postsecondary schools, includes a project summary and evaluation. Both providers and receivers of placement services in Grant, Winneabago, and Racine Counties were surveyed regarding barriers and facilitations in securing…

A distributive education program of simulation occupational experiences was established in four rural pilot schools where the normal cooperative education program was not feasible. The plan provided for competency-based instruction by a distributive education teacher-coordinator (in management, merchandising, salespromotion, and control) in the…

The implementation guide is for the Learning Experiences in Technology Project (Project LET), in which teachers utilize the tools, materials, and processes of technology in relating traditional studies in a more concrete manner to the development of career awareness in grades K-6. Learning by doing is the theme ofthe project which seeks to improve…