There has been in recent years a growing acceptance of individualized learning concepts. Learning Centers have come to be viewed as an economical and viable strategy for accommodating diverse learning styles and needs. This book provides the educator with an understanding of the learning center concept, its origins, present manifestations, and…

Assisting disseminators to evaluate their efforts at improving education through effective practices and products is the aim of this guide. Offering suggested approaches within a framework, it attempts to work with objectives already defined, rather than helping with writing objectives. Given in five parts: (1) introduction and overview; (2)…

This paper describes strategies for successful management information system (MIS) development, and an application of these strategies to the Benjamin Rose Institute, a community agency serving the frail elderly in Cleveland, Ohio. A definition of MIS is followed by a list of symptoms of systems which indicate a need to review current methods of…

This overview of current trends in radio program design presents program characteristics which should be considered in the design and production of educational radio programs. A variety of descriptive terms are presented and defined as program variables which can be manipulated to create a desired effect. For each term presented a diagnostic…

This Teacher Corps document investigates the nature and function of organizations, and explores the applicability of organizational studies to the field of education. Topics dealt with include: 1) understanding organizations; 2) the structure of organizations; 3) the relationship between individuals and organizations; 4) organizational…

The purpose of this monograph is to aid practitioners in gaining federal Joint Dissemination Review Panel (JDRP) approval of career education projects. It helps them understand the importance of designing and implementing a sound evaluation from the early stages of the program, alerts them to common errors or omissions that weaken or destroy…

This workbook is to be used in conjunction with the Trainer Manual entitled Training Alcoholism Trainers. The program was developed to upgrade training design and delivery skills of inservice trainers in the field of alcoholism. The workbook contains all the handout sheets necessary for participant sessions. (Author/BMW)

Research directed toward combatting the problem of domestic violence involves consideration of certain variables related to implementing treatment regimens for battering males. The various characteristics of this population are discernable; the relationship of these factors has important implications for therapeutic intervention. The design and…

Needs, goals, and characteristics of inservice programs in reading are discussed. Careful planning and organizing are emphasized; roles of various participants are outlined; and suggested criteria for evaluating the program are discussed. A discussion of survey forms for inservice work in reading suggests areas of application, and sample survey…

The handbook details planning and development of a direction service center (DSC), an agency which matches the needs of handicapped persons with appropriate services. A replication sequence, based upon practices of the Jackson County, Missouri, Direction Service Center, is discussed for the following six areas: development of a resource…

The paper proposes an individualized education program for adult learning disabled students at King Edward Campus (Vancouver, Canada). Listed are short-term and long-term perspectives, as well as short-term considerations regarding such aspects as the diagnostician's role, suggested materials, tuition, and curriculum. (CL)

Presented is adopter/facilitator information of Project FAST (Functional Analysis Systems Training) to provide educational and support services to learning disordered children and their regular elementary teachers. Briefly described are the three schools in the Essexville-Hampton (Michigan) school district; objectives of the program; program…

This document contains resumes of more than 100 programs and projects of the National Laboratory on Early Childhood Education during 1968-1969. The information given for each program or project includes the title, principal staff, objectives, justification, design, characteristics of users, expected end products, evaluation procedures,…

The 1975-76 school year is the first year in which the Department of Educational Administration at the State University of New York at Buffalo has in experimental operation its redesigned program for preparing persons for a broad spectrum of positions in educational administration. The program serves as the vehicle for three degree programs and…

This document presents standards developed by the Alabama State Department of Education for reviewing continuing teacher training programs. General directions for visiting review teams, the function of the team, and the format of the team report are provided as an introduction. Chapter 1 describes procedures for program approval in teacher…