Traditional forms of psychotherapy have dealt with helping the client change in order to better cope with society. This speech suggests that another form of psychotherapy would encourage the therapist to work to change society. The author contends that since social conditions are often the cause of psychosis, social conditions ought to be the…

The environmental quality of a region depends largely upon the environmental education received by the citizenry. The original act creating the TVA provided for involvement in education experimentation, and the agency has been providing some environmental education or related services since its inception. This study validated the need for a…

Learning-teaching philosophies basic to open education are presented, and classroom processes which grow out of these philosophies are described in this booklet. Contents include a summary of the Environmental Studies Project in North Carolina and discussions of several aspects of open education (including interpersonal relationships, individual…

This document contains a series of 12 case studies undertaken in various institutions of higher education in Australia, Canada, France, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. These studies review recent experiments in the training of future environmental specialists and generalists. Information in each of the case studies is organized…

Outlined are special educational programs and supportive services provided for handicapped children in Michigan during the year 1970-1971. Included are goals for serving the estimated 12.5 0/0 of the school age population needing special services; a listing of incidence rates by handicapping condition; federal and state sources of funds; the…

Provided are 15 papers originally presented at a 1971 national conference on the education of mentally retarded persons. Papers deal with the following topics: current issues in the education of the mentally retarded, right to education, information and practical politics, a program for improving mealtime behaviors of a severely retarded child,…

A series of recommendations to the Director of the National Institute of Education (NIE) is presented. In the main, these focus upon effecting compliance with Congressional intent by modifying the existing programs of the National Center for Educational Communication (NCEC) to conform with the mission, functions and program thrust of the NIE. The…

The Institute on the Automation of Bibliographical Services was held at the University of Maryland, 10-21 June 1968, conducted by the School of Library and Information Services, assisted by the Library of Congress Information Systems Office and the University Computer Science Center. Thirty-nine participants from academic, special, and public…

This report examines the results of a survey of 110 students enrolled in Ohio University's Extended Learning Program (ELP) in Cleveland. The questionnaire was designed to provoke comments and criticisms concerning student preferences for scheduling, types of courses to be offered and student recommendations for improving ELP. Results are…

Economic pressures, technological changes and political decisions will affect the structure of information systems. There will be a need for the provision of more accessible, more comprehensive, faster and more standardized statistical information systems coordinated on interdisciplinary and international bases. A staff will be required to…

The Library Directors of Santa Clara County in July, 1972, organized the Cooperative Information Network (CIN), funded under the Library Services and Construction Act. The present CIN covers only information and reference services. CIN is composed of 83 libraries of six types: public, school, commercial organization, junior college, university,…

A program in Jewish Studies is being offered by the Los Angeles Valley College, Van Nuys, California. Courses are offered in elementary and intermediate Hebrew, Contemporary Hebrew Literature in Translation, History of the Jewish People, Hebrew Civilization I and II, Israel: The Theory and Practice of Zionism, Jewish Religious Heritage, The Jew in…

This report describes the Work-Study Project--Services to the Aging at the University of Denver. The project was designed to sensitize students in their understanding of the role and functioning of older people in a changing social structure and through a field work and academic program, to acquaint students with the occupational and professional…

In many schools throughout the United States, teachers are baffled by the child who does not know enough English to participate in the classroom, who "just sits there." In some localities the language he hears and speaks at home is an American Indian tongue; in others it is Spanish or Italian or Polish. The Choctaw Bilingual Education…

New simulations for teaching quantitative biological techniques are now used at Michigan Technological University. Traditionally, such techniques work within a particular system and have the student assume certain initial conditions and employ appropriate constants. The computer generates time dependent data which are plotted. The student then…