Intended for planners of adult education curriculums, this literature review explains the concepts involved in designing an adult education program, provides information about the roles of the people involved in the adult education process, cites some program planning models, and applies the program planning principles to an Adult Basic Education…

This planning guide is intended for use in selecting content from home economics subject matter areas when planning consumer and homemaking education programs for grades 7 through 12. The planning guide is divided into two major parts. The first section focuses on the suggested scope and sequence for each of five home economics subject matter…

This package is the fourth of twelve in the Skills for Adult Guidance Educators (SAGE) system, which provides instruction in a set of necessary competencies specifically designed for adult education counselors, teachers, and paraprofessionals. The materials provide a process for developing and implementing counseling and guidance programs unique…

This monograph contains eight papers and one bibliography resulting from an American Personnel and Guidance Association study of the role of the school counselor in career education. The articles are (1) Contrasts Between the Guidance and the Career Education Movement, discussing their similarities and counselor involvement; (2) The Comprehensive…

High attrition rate and under representation of educationally disadvantaged youth in vocational education programs were the policy issues behind the development and piloting of the Consolidated Services Demonstration Project in seven California high schools. The three-year project sought to integrate the separated programs for compensatory,…

THE NEED FOR A QUALITY CONTROL SYSTEM IN A MILITARY TRAINING PROGRAM AND THE METHODS OF ESTABLISHING SUCH A UNIT ARE DESCRIBED AND EVALUATED IN THIS REPORT. THE PURPOSE OF QUALITY CONTROL IS TO INSURE A SATISFACTORY STANDARD OF COMPETENCE AMONG THE STUDENTS WHO GRADUATE, TO MAINTAIN THIS QUALITY BY A CONTINUOUS MONITORING PROCESS, AND TO IMPROVE…

TWENTY-EIGHT VOCATIONAL HOME ECONOMICS TEACHERS FROM 20 STATES PARTICIPATED IN A 6-WEEK SUMMER WORKSHOP FOR FIVE CREDIT HOURS IN TWO COURSES DEALING WITH CHILD CARE. THE PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED TO PREPARE HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS TO SET UP OCCUPATIONAL CHILD-CARE AIDE TRAINING PROGRAMS AND TO STRENGTHEN THEIR ACADEMIC BACKGROUND IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND…

THE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IS ENGAGED IN REVISING THE STATE STANDARDS FOR TEACHER EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION. IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE REVISION WILL (1) ENCOURAGE HIGHER STANDARDS OF PREPARATION FOR TEACHERS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL SPECIALISTS, (2) INCREASE UTILIZATIONS OF THE GROWING KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNOLOGY OF TEACHING, (3)…

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS COMPARATIVE STUDY WAS TO EVALUATE THE RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF TENNESSEE VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE PROGRAMS IN FOUR CATEGORIES -- (1) PILOT SCHOOLS, (2) LIKE-PILOT SCHOOLS OR SCHOOLS RESEMBLING PILOT SCHOOLS, (3) STUDENT TEACHING CENTERS, AND (4) NEGRO SCHOOLS. THE RANDOM SAMPLE INCLUDED 800 STUDENTS FROM 20 SCHOOLS DIVIDED…

ASSUMING EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION TO BE A FORM OF LIBERAL ADULT EDUCATION, ITS PROGRAMING, PRESENT AND POTENTIAL AUDIENCES, AND THE ATTITUDES OF VARIOUS PUBLICS TOWARD IT WERE INVESTIGATED. TWO VIEWS TOWARD LIBERAL ADULT EDUCATION WERE RECOGNIZED. THE TRADITIONALIST ARGUES THAT CONTENT TRANSCENDS METHOD, THAT THE GOAL OF LIBERAL ADULT EDUCATION IS…

ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX VOCATIONAL EDUCATION SUPERVISORS, ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS, REPRESENTATIVES OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS, AND STAFF MEMBERS OF THE LABOR DEPARTMENT AND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION AND WELFARE ATTENDED A NATIONAL SEMINAR DESIGNED TO ASSIST LEADERS IN THE EDUCATIONAL AND HEALTH COMMUNITIES TO CONSIDER THE CONCEPT OF…

THE BACKGROUND OF THE FAILURE OF RURAL AND URBAN SLUM SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS FOR DISADVANTAGED YOUTH IS REVIEWED. A DISCUSSION OF THE SOCIAL-PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS FOR SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS SHOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE TEACHER, THE PARENT, AND THE COMMUNITY IN THESE PROGRAMS. IT IS FELT THAT ACTIVE TEACHER…

PROJECT UPLIFT WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE SUMMER OF 1965 IN HARLEM IN PART TO AVOID POSSIBLE RIOTS. CONNECTED WITH HARYOU-ACT, AND FUNDED THROUGH THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, THE PROJECT'S ACTIVITIES INCLUDED--CONSTRUCTION OF VEST POCKET PARKS, PLANTING OF TREES IN CENTRAL HARLEM, A REMEDIAL READING PROGRAM, BOOTHS TO GIVE INFORMATION ABOUT…

THE FIRST PART OF THIS DOCUMENT, RELATIVE TO GUIDELINES FOR ORGANIZING LOCAL ADVISORY GROUPS FOR ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMS INVOLVING MEXICAN AMERICANS IN THE SOUTHWEST, SETS FORTH THE OBJECTIVES, COMPOSITIONS, AND OPERATIONS OF LOCAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES, INDICATES STEPS IN CONDUCTING INITIAL MEETINGS EITHER WITHOUT A CURRENT PROJECT OR AFTER A…

STANDARDS FOR THE ORGANIZATION, ADMINISTRATION, AND EVALUATION OF A SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR SPEECH- AND HEARING-HANDICAPPED CHILDREN HAVE BEEN ADOPTED BY THE OHIO STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION. THIS PUBLICATION PRESENTS THESE STANDARDS AND THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE STATE SUPERVISOR, THE COORDINATOR, THE PRINCIPAL, THE CLASSROOM TEACHER, AND THE SPEECH AND…