The objectives of the program outlined in this report were (1) to assist local white and Negro professional organizations to work out the details of their merger and (2) to provide inservice conferences on school desegregation for personnel in various counties of northern Florida public schools. Instruction was given at the institutes and field…

Creative uses of labor training films, documentaries, and full-length feature films in labor education are examined and discussed. A need is seen for more authentic, professional training films. Typical discussion sessions are outlined for "The Shop Steward" and "The Grievance," two outstanding National Film Board of Canada…

Developed for a high school quinmester unit on discussion and debate, this guide is designed to help students learn the elements of good discussion and informal debate in a classroom atmosphere emphasizing the democratic process. Performance objective for the course include compiling information for classroom discussions and informal debates,…

Part of the series "Managing Highway Maintenance," the unit is designed for the training group leader and contains selected highlights and suggested discussion questions from six units of training: maintenance activities, work units, and classifying work; maintenance feature inventories; how to conduct a maintenance feature inventory;…

This study was designed to determine the communication characteristics which group members perceive as constituting the amount of influence of a designated leader, the communication characteristics which designated leaders perceive as consituting their own amount of influence, and the degree of similarity between the leader's and others'…

This study compared two different laboratory programs in a physical science course for nonscience majors. One program, Program X, centered around a continuing experiment where the students themselves attempted to function as a team of scientists. Program Y was a direct examination of scientists and their work by having the students study reports…

The Bibliotherapy Project, originally located at Agnews State Hospital, was transferred to the Santa Clara County Library in 1972 since the state of California announced the closing of the Hospital to the mentally ill. Most patients were returned to the community, where the County would provide the services formerly provided by the state. The new…

A model of inquiry predicted that students would ask more questions and make more declarative statements when the teacher asked questions at a relatively low rate and used questions encouraging students to draw on their own experiences and contribute to a class discussion. The model was tested by observing each of 32 elementary teachers in three…

The purpose of this conference was to explore what is currently being done with computers in medical education, what future goals should be established for computers, and how these goals should be implemented in medical education. Five speeches and four panel discussions dealt with computers in undergraduate medical education, clinical medical…

Entertainment films are being increasingly used as a means of stimulating discussion of contemporary problems, ethical issues, and cross generational dialog. In order to help teachers and organizations deal fully and responsibly with such films, this directory references 100 "entertainment" films under categories such as sex and marriage, justice…

This paper identifies a problem concerning the practice of adult education, and describes one person's response to that problem. The problem is the lack of systematic evaluation of instruction in the field of adult education, and, more particularly, the absence of sufficient evaluation literature that is both useful and practical to those who earn…

Proceedings of a two-day charrette or "brainstorming session" held to explore ideas for the schools generally and for the new high school specifically, are outlined. An initial slide presentation by the planning team of some innovative educational facilities is described in text and sketches. Goals and possible building solutions…

The authors describe a three day symposium held on death. Several movies concerning death were presented. Various people from the community talked about their experience with death and extensive workshop discussions concluded the symposium. All participants indicated that they had benefited from the symposium. (SE)