The final report of the project on community-based recreation for the handicapped details training activities, materials and evaluation findings. A chart lists approximately 40 primary training activities with information on date and location, faculty resource person, number attending, number of requests, and number of evaluations. The primary…

The last in a series of reports (EC 114 401-409) on recreation for handicapped persons reviews the history and current role of the National Consortium on Physical Education and Recreation for the Handicapped (NCPERH), a national advocacy organization. Information on advocacy in the national scene covers such aspects as the White House Conference…

An overview of the Mathematical Problem Solving Project, MPSP, is given. The goals, organization, and history of the project are described and the progress toward those goals is discussed. The outcomes of the project are stated, a brief diary of activities given, and a listing of technical reports made. (MP)

This report covers trends in discipline policies and policy-making and alternative and innovative school programs designed to diminsh behavioral problems in the classroom. The programs range from improvements in a school's physical plant to specific action plans for teachers and options in the curriculum designed to stimulate alienated students.…

The author reviews the history, philosophy, and administrative organization of New York City's Mayor's Office for the Handicapped (MOH). The office's bill of rights is set forth and its activities in advocacy, particularly for physically handicapped people are recounted. The beginnings of the MOH are traced from reactions to a 1967 order to ban…

AS PART OF A THREE-PART PROJECT TO INCLUDE (1) A REVIEW OF BIBLIOGRAPHY AVAILABLE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND NEARBY LIBRARIES, (2) A SAMPLE SURVEY OF EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS ORGANIZED AND OPERATED BY INDUSTRY, AND (3) A REVIEW OF EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS ORGANIZED AND OPERATED BY UNIVERSITIES FOR MARKETING TO…

This newsletter is directed at providing assistance in keeping up with curriculum changes at the college level in the biological sciences. Provided are summaries of the biology programs of 47 colleges and universities. The summaries were invited from institutions where curriculum revision was known to be underway. The summaries are arranged…

The population dealt with in this report comprises educationally disadvantaged people 18 years of age or over, who have not completed eight years of formal schooling. These fall in the following categories: illiterate, semi-illiterate, unemployed, and underemployed. The summary of the work done by the Department of Adult Education of Florida State…

The institute was designed to provide intensive exposure to evaluation models and some important new evaluation techniques for persons employed in key administrative, supervisory, consultant, or instructional roles in science education. Seventy-seven persons participated in the Institute. A Semantic-Differential scale in pre- and post-response…

This issue of the Multi-State Consortium for Performance-Based Teacher Education (PBTE) newsletter discusses (1) the evolutionary approach adopted by the state of Minnesota toward the implementation of PBTE, which includes discussion of what is known about PBTE, whether Minnesota ought (or wishes) to adopt the program, and state participation in…

This small booklet describes the Affective Education Program established in Philadelphia in 1967. The program uses various classroom techniques such as the problems, plans, and sharing classroom structure to foster student leadership and cooperation; using group roles, feedback, and processing; and being responsive to student concerns. In…

This report provides an overview of the major program activities for fiscal year 1978 and 1979 of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). It is intended to give readers a clear idea of the structure and functions of NCES and does not present any actual statistical data. The first section summarizes the center's purpose and objectives.…

The author contends that a teacher training program for teachers of gifted should present the historical and philosophical antecedents of education for the gifted and generate within the trainee an awareness of his/her philosophy. Listings of teacher qualifications are given, and various components of a teacher training model (including a plan for…

Described is the rationale and methodology of the Flying Start program, a conditioning program designed to teach good learning skills to 5- to 7-year-old children and the older retarded. It is explained that in playing games with the program's materials the children learn the value of close attention, of taking time to reflect and to draw on their…

The author describes a Swiss special school program for visually handicapped children, briefly comments on the concept of integration, and discusses current endeavors to make practical, appropriate integration work. Considerations for more comprehensive integrated programing are listed. (Author/SBH)