Educators and researchers have long equated the term "educated" with number of grades of formal schooling completed, relegating to the ranks of the "undereducated" those persons without higher education, and especially those without at least 12 years of schooling. Recent research by Alan Tough, however, and case studies in…

The goals, services, and administration of North Shore Community College's (NSCC) Center for Alternative Studies (CAS) were the subject of the workshop described in this report, which was conducted by the National Council of Community Services and Continuing Education. After the workshop's agenda is presented, the text is provided of CAS Director…

With 7 adult sponsors, 40 students from 4 Massachusetts high schools participated in a successful 3-week-long summer trip in Maine. Intended to provide students with realistic challenges to help them gain a sense of pride and accomplishment, the program took one group of students down a Maine river and the other group on an 800-mile bicycle trip…

In Summer Learning and the Effects of Schooling, Barabara Heyns found that schooling has a marked impact on achievement. This conclusion is based on analyses that show school-year achievement gains are greater than summer gains, summer being considered a temporary absence of schooling. Heyns' data came from a household survey and…

This booklet presents numerous classroom-tested ideas for learning activities and games to be used in the foreign language class. The ideas for the activities were contributed by teachers in Oklahoma. The games are presented in five sections on the analogy of a football game: (1) "Formations" contains ideas for bulletin board exhibits and…

This publication is an energy curriculum for grades 7 through 9. In each of the six modules a number of activities are provided. The module titles are: (1) Energy: What is it About?; (2) Energy: Where Does it Go?; (3) Energy: Its Present Sources; (4) Energy: Policy and Prospects; (5) Energy: Is There Another Way?; and (6) Energy: How Can I Help?…

This publication contains the energy education materials for middle schools from project ENCORE (Energy Conservation Resources for Education). These modules were originally field tested in Texas schools during the 1976-77 academic year. The revised materials in this publication are organized into four major units and thirteen chapters. The…

Lifelong learning has great political and social implications for formal educational institutions. Imported from Europe, lifelong education stresses education for all ages offered at the time the learner needs the competencies being taught and supplied by the society as a whole rather than just from the schools. The forces that produce the growing…

This teacher's guide contains a complete list of goals, behavioral objectives, activities, materials and equipment, and tests needed for implementing a metric education program in grades K-8. Ten broad goals are listed and each behavioral objective is referenced to one of these. The behavioral objectives are also referenced to grade levels and to…

A review of the history and development of experiential learning in its educational and therapeutic contexts emphasizes the value of self-awareness as a prerequisite to interpersonal and group development. It also serves to underscore the potential of the Self Awareness and Interpersonal Communication (SAIC) program in an American society with…

Four schools in Kentucky were chosen as sites for EBCE (Experience-Based Career Education) program implementation for eleventh and twelfth graders. School staff and over 300 community resource contacts in businesses were given inservice education, students were recruited, and bias-free materials and resources were made available. Credit was…

This paper analyzes the role and competencies needed by teachers or coordinators who supervise experiential education. Guidelines are presented for the selection and preparation of personnel responsible for programs in which students are placed in work settings. Program purposes and goals are discussed for the following divisions: personnel…

A study investigated the retention of mathematical and reading concepts of students enrolled in a learning-in-work environment (Experience-Based Career Education) and a traditional classroom learning environment on a measure of academic achievement using a twelve-month longitudinal design. The performance of twenty-seven students in each…

This document is the first volume in a set of five Career Education Measurement Handbooks intended to help local education personnel in measurement and evaluation. Divided into eight chapters, this handbook provides practical guidelines for assessing experiential learning and includes historical and theoretical information relevant to experiential…

This booklet on the metric system and its presentation in the foreign language class has three main sections: (1) background material, including a brief history of the metric system and a rationale for teaching it in the foreign language class; (2) information for the teacher; and (3) learning activities. The second section includes terminology,…