The history of the Capital District Humanities Program (CDHP) at the State University of New York, Albany, is reviewed and eight reports on the program are presented. The program was designed to determine how the humanities can be adapted to accommodate the different interests and requirements of adult students. In cooperation with cultural and…

Addressing acute problems in delivery of services to rural handicapped students, the document emphasizes the need for relevant preservice training for special education teachers who will work in rural areas. A list of specific elements for inclusion in a rural-focused curriculum philosophy includes: training students possessing appropriate skills…

The activities of the Secondary Curriculum Improvement Program (SCIP) of the New Orleans Public Schools from August 1977 to January 1981 are described in this report. Part 1 presents the organization process of the program, including the development of goals and objectives for the program, the organizational structure of the SCIP Centralized…

Developed to assist managers of adult and continuing education programs, this management guide contains thirteen chapters written by several authors selected for their expertise in their respective areas. These chapters are divided into three major sections. The first section includes three introductory chapters providing (1) an overview of this…

Conditions affecting the moral and intellectual integrity of American colleges and universities are discussed in a series of papers collected from the 56th American Assembly on "The Integrity of Higher Education." An erosion of public confidence in higher education is noted and it is suggested that the expectations of higher education have not…

IN AN ANALYSIS OF CONTEMPORARY ADOLESCENT EDUCATION BY SEVEN MEMBERS OF A YEARBOOK COMMITTEE, FIVE PERSPECTIVES--SOCIAL-PHILOSOPHICAL, PSYCHOPHYSICAL, LITERARY, CURRICULAR, AND METHODOLOGICAL--ARE CONSIDERED, AND CONSTRUCTIVE PROPOSALS FOR SOLVING RELATED PROBLEMS ARE SUGGESTED. AN INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER DISCUSSES THE BASIC TEEN-AGE PROBLEM AREAS OF…

The purposes of this Unesco workshop were to: (1) share experience gathered during national level workshops and identify problems, growth points, and methodologies of innovative projects, particularly those with focus on the use of locally available resources and environment as an alternative to and complement of laboratories; (2) based on the…

This book provides proven teaching methods, coupled with the best of instructional theory, and is intended for use in undergraduate courses that teach instructional methods or techniques. A brief introduction to schooling and broad educational goals is offered in the first chapter. The following four chapters present the basic "tools" for…

The Northern Illinois University (NIU) bilingual/bicultural program is incorporated into an established elementary education program and provides teacher candidates with an integration of extensive practical field experiences and theoretical course work. NIU offers three program options. The Baccalaureate in elementary education with a…

This report provides a brief review of Beginning Teacher Evaluation Study (BTES) documents from Phase II and Phase III-A, including responses from researchers suggesting variables for future BTES research. Seven basic observable classroom variable domains have been found to receive support from several of the BTES sources reviewed. These seven…

Four broad questions are addressed in this consideration of foreign language study in the total school setting. The first part deals with the broad perspective that is needed in order to integrate the educational enterprise and to form a community of educators each with a special contribution to make. Some considerations relevant to this question…

As part of an effort to design and implement staff development and instructional improvement opportunities for personnel at the College of Alameda (California), questionnaires were distributed to all 250 staff members (105 responded--24 classified and 81 faculty). Additionally, the concerns of the college president and the staff development…

THIS PUBLICATION SUMMARIZES 9 PROPOSED DESIGNS, SCREENED FROM 80 SUBMITTED, FOR MODEL ELEMENTARY TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS. A GENERAL INTRODUCTION DESCRIBES THE PURPOSES AND BACKGROUND OF THE 2-PHASE PROJECT DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE EDUCATION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN LIGHT OF THE BEST THINKING AND RESEARCH NOW AVAILABLE. GENERAL…

The final report on the 1967-68 design phase of the Elementary Teacher Education Development Program analyzes 71 unfunded proposals for teacher education models. (See ED 018 677 for funded models.) The report emphasizes the innovative and unique elements of the proposals, first through illustrating with proposal excerpts the nine required program…

Part 1 of this report is a general introduction summarizing the 3-year Teacher Education and Media (TEAM) project (ED 003 156) which prompted this effort to (1) suggest a way of reconstituting the objectives and programs of teacher education and (2) show how media can be used to heighten the effectiveness of the program. Part 2 presents the…