Advances in environmental education by professional and science-oriented organizations are enumerated in this newsletter. An effort is made to describe the work being done by large and representative groups whose headquarters are not located in the Nation's capital and whose principle concerns include curriculum planning and preparation of…

Included in this directory are 204 national organizations, agencies, institutes, and/or private groups concerned with the reduction or prevention of land pollution. Arranged in alphabetical order, each annotation gives the complete name of the organization, its address, telephone number, person to contact, and a short description of the scope of…

References selected from Exceptional Child Education Abstracts and pertaining to instructional programs and therapy for speech handicapped children are listed in the bibliography, one in a series of over 50 such listings concerning handicapped and gifted children. For each of the 49 entries, bibliographic data, availability information, indexing…

This paper shows school districts how to establish and operate an individualized continuing education program for their administrators. The focus is on ICE programs designed and operated by schoolmen throughout the nation. The report includes the rationale for the ICE program, several program descriptions, a list of characteristics that…

A general description of all aspects of the Taiwan educational system is given in this booklet. The aims of Chinese education are stated, reforms are discussed, and the school system is described. Data on the number of schools, student enrollment at each level, and educational finances are provided. For an updating of the statistics, see SE 014…

This booklet gives a general description of all aspects of the educational system in Taiwan. The aims of Chinese education are stated, reforms are discussed, and the school system is described. Data on the number of schools, student enrollment at each level, and educational finances are provided. This pamphlet is an updating of the statistics…

This manual is designed for organizers and teachers concerned with training statistical personnel working at the primary and intermediate levels in government offices. It provides outlines of the subject matter for training and indicates teaching methods. The manual devotes a section to each of nine courses and covers principles and methods of…

The secondary teacher preparation program at Wheeling College prepares students to become master teachers. The program emphasizes three themes: person, partnership, and performance. To develop the person, the education department helps the student to define beliefs, state goals, establish plans for reaching set goals, and evaluate progress. To…

Operation CITE (Cooperative Investment in Teacher Education) provided student teachers with a closer and more informal type of supervision, while at the same time furnishing their critic teachers with consultant services to deal with their unique instructional and curricular problems. A classroom teacher was designated by the school administration…

The University of Wyoming elementary teacher education program, Professional Semester I, is designed to relate college theory to classroom practice. Two college instructors and three university school teachers work with students in 4-hour blocks 4 days a week. The students study basic teaching methods relating to the four educative…

Current evaluation activities in the New Jersey school system are surveyed, and recommendations for future evaluation efforts are made. The current activities and future developments of school (or school district), statewide, and project (or program) evaluation are discussed individually. The following program objectives are suggested: to raise…

In this discussion of the systems approach to educational change, the author discusses the programing, planning, budgeting, and evaluation aspects of a system for the management of educational resources. Four common misconceptions about PPBES are considered: (1) that PPBES can make decisions, (2) that costs can be completely quantitifed, (3) that…

This competency-based teacher education program is oriented toward preparing teachers for urban schools. Assuming that student teachers must be knowledgeable about current socioeconomic factors in their working environment, this program aims at developing these competencies using learning modules, learning teams, and teacher education centers. The…

Presented is the first component, Program Organization, of a special day class educational program emphasizing rehabilitation, remedial instruction, and return to regular school programs for drug dependent minors. Included are statistics on drug use in California and the administrative code under which drug dependent minors are eligible for…

Information is provided about approximately 120 recently conducted, career education programs for handicapped adolescents. Programs and projects are presented alphabetically by state, and were selected by state personnel as representative of good vocational education for the handicapped with the potential of replication in other states. Usually…