The simulation scenario for a two-day problem-solving workshop proposes: "You have just been appointed to the Instructional Resources Laboratory Planning Committee Plan, organize, and operate the laboratory for two years." The purpose of this workshop was to bring fresh ideas to the problem of assisting faculty members to become better teachers.…

Projects a shortage of engineers that will last until the early 1980's. Proposes a nationwide continuing education program for engineers to combat this shortage and restore individual's expertise. (GS)

On-the-job training with the U. S. Forest Service provides teachers in Kentucky with first hand knowledge of the competencies they will need to pass on to those of their students who are planning on natural resource, recreation, and forestry-related occupations. (SA)

A four-phase scheme for technology education attempts to relate industrial arts activities in the elementary school, contemporary industrial arts thinking for secondary schools, and vocational-technical education, consistent with major guidelines for career education. (Technical specialization is the fourth phase.) (Author)

A postsecondary marketing or distributive education program should attempt to (1) provide basic concepts of business and industry, (2) provide specialized learning situations to qualify students for specific jobs and/or advanced degrees, and (3) assist the student in his personal development. (Author/MW)

Reporting on the Consortium approach to identifying and resolving the general and specific transfer and credit problems among the many and diverse educational institutions, the article describes methodology, general problems relative to selected programs, specific problems relative to individual courses, and recommendations. (MW)

The article describes the origins and development of the Allfarthing Workshop, London, which is one example of a shared learning experience, where the participants have been freed from the traditional roles of teacher as leader imposing his choice of knowledge and skill and the student as the unquestioning consumer. (Author/MW)

A discussion of school planning--program and facilities--includes some guidelines and self-tests. Emphasis is placed on program strategies as they lead to facilities development, with applications for vocational-technical schools. (BP)

In a presentation at the 1974 New York State Conference on Competence Based Teacher Education (CBTE) for Teachers of the Deaf, the author discussed issues from the state level related to the new CBTE requirements for elementary and special education teacher preparation programs in New York. (LS)

A group report to an International Council for Adult Education workshop in New Delhi offers broad guidelines to assist national or individual organizations prepare manuals for adult educators; guidelines are offered in the areas of scope and objectives, functionaries, language, problem-identification, assessment and evaluation, follow-up,…

Relating learning processes to the implementation of a career education program, the article summarizes four learning models for career awareness: the curriculum model, the guidance model, the conceptualized model, and the process model. Suggested teacher competencies and questions for program administrators are offered. (MW)

Describes a program to interest American Indians in careers in the earth sciences. (BR)

The development of minicourses in the junior high schools at Crystal Lake in the spring of 1973 is considered. (BP)