The authors cite adult learning research and their experience with a three-year pilot program conducted by the University of Nebraska and the Nebraska State Department of Education to support their contention that vocational agriculture inservice teacher education should be individualized. Seven principles of individualized inservice teacher…

Discusses problems posed to education by declining enrollments. Major problems are unused school facilities, unemployed teachers, and decline in finances allocated to education. Suggest that declining enrollments should be considered instead as an impetus toward better teacher/student ratios and individualized programs. (DB)

The author describes a resource room program to help junior-senior educable mentally retarded students in a modified open classroom designed to facilitate learner involvement on an individualized basis and to emphasize affective growth. (SBH)

A teacher training model designed to provide teachers with skills to successfully implement individualized programing in at least one academic area at the end of a 6 month instructional period was instigated with 17 second grade teachers. (SBH)

The components of an Individualized Education Program (IEP) are examined as a basis for defining the appropriate education requirements of Public Law 94-142 (Education for All Handicapped Children Act) and procedures for legal compliance, development of useful IEPs, and effective administration, are described. (IM)

Eight guidelines for contract learning-type programs are presented under the headings (1) supplying rationales, (2) focusing on the faculty, (3) assessing faculty performance, (4) assessing student readiness, (5) assessing the costs, (6) students as researchers, (7) how much academic credit, and (8) agents of change. Focus is on the faculty as…

The Institute for Personal and Career Development of Central Michigan University offers external degree programs for adult learners using nontraditional study. The competency-based programs described include credit given for the educational background and relevant career-life experiences of registered nurses in Michigan. (Author/LBH)

Describes Decentralized Individualized Inservice Training (DIIT), a new police training system implemented by the Suffolk Country (New York) police department to reduce training time, increase learning transference, and improve performance. DIIT's minilibraries of video cassettes at each training location provide individualized instruction and…

Problems in implementing the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (PL 94-142) and the Teacher Center Act (PL 94-482) are described. Optimism is expressed over the possibilities of staff development in Teacher Centers to meet the demands of PL 94-142. (MJB)

Self-Paced Learning Activity Guides (SPLAGs), which have been used in typewriting classes at Oklahoma State University for four years, are described in terms of organization, suggestions for classroom procedures, management of paper work, solution booklet utilization, testing procedures, and student reactions. (BM)

Designed to teach special needs students (disadvantaged and handicapped) the vocational terminology and concepts necessary for their chosen vocational or industrial program, the Career Related Instructional (CRI) modules described in this article comprise a set of 1800 student-directed, individualized learning packets which have been developed in…

Research has indicated that gifted children are not always recognized and that when they are, many are underachieving. This research describes the efforts of the Schools Council Project and the participation of eleven schools in Redbridge in identifying and developing the talents of gifted children. (Author/RK)

Los Angeles' International College is a small, private, unaccredited college with 174 students and without classrooms, library or student center. Its chief assets are the intellects and worldwide reputations of many of its tutors who work closely with student apprentices. (LBH)

The second of three articles on the "individualized education program" concept set forth in P.L. 94-142 points out the importance of teacher training in making the idea work. (Editor)

Provides suggestions on how teachers can best manage their classrooms, how they can plan more effective lessons, a few simple procedures for fostering creative thinking and the art of imagining in their students, a look at student behavior, and some tips for keeping track of student skills. (Editor/RK)