An instrument for future planning and policy formation for adult basic education (ABE) staff development at national/regional levels, the assessment determined which current objectives, processes, and products proved most effective and offered the greatest potential. The basic evaluation design was established by the Center for Resource…

Aimed at local program directors, the handbook provides fundamental information, procedures, and strategies regarding the implementation and development of career education programs, K-10, in Ohio. An overview provides information on the purposes, history, administration, and educational components of the Ohio Career Education Program. Chapters…

Tutoring programs are viewed as being among the most successful of the several programs designed to provide academic support in postsecondary educational institutions for students who have weak formal educational backgrounds. Peer-tutoring programs designed specifically to serve students from educationally deficient backgrounds in postsecondary…

Designed to assist those responsible for the planning of media and learning centers, this publication gives a straightforward, checklist covering how to get started, analyze instructional needs, determine alternatives, develop specifications, and communicate with the architect. Within these topics, explicit organizational, spatial, and…

This study attempts to examine and document the implementation pattern of Individually Guided Education (IGE) across 30 Wisconsin school districts operating IGE programs in their schools. Using these results, the data were then analyzed to determine which of the seven IGE components examined, contributed most to a favorable overall or Total IGE…

In response to growing needs of older citizens, the University of Pennsylvania and the Office of Aging of the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare developed a three-year gerontological program. A series of faculty seminars was planned as part of the first-year program, after an initial survey of all Pennsylvania institutions of higher…

This booklet is intended to aid local school district administrators by providing guidelines for implementing programs on school bus evacuation and safe riding practices. Included are general guidelines for developing and implementing classroom instruction in safe riding practices, detailed guidelines for familiarizing bus drivers and students…

The instructor of an adapted physical education program describes his experiences and suggests guidelines for implementing other programs. Reviewed are such aspects as program orientation, class procedures, identification of student participants, and grading procedures. Objectives, lesson plans and evaluations are presented for the following units…

The report deals with the needs of all children as well as emotionally disturbed children. It outlines problem areas and makes some recommendations. Criteria and guidelines for proposals dealing with services for emotionally disturbed children and adolescents also appear. Symptoms often seen in children and adolescents are described in…

This study examines programs for improving science teaching in the schools of Argentina, Brazil, Lebanon, the Philippines, and Turkey. Appearing in two parts, the first contains five case histories--descriptive and uninterpreted accounts of the events as they have unfolded over time in the programs. The second part of the study compares, analyzes,…

The booklet serves as a step-by-step guide to assist career education teachers and administrators in setting up a program of utilizing the resources in the community. It provides specific procedures, forms, and suggestions to help the school in surveying the community. Nine steps involved in surveying the community are discussed in detail: (1)…

This document presents speeches on topics of broad interest and concern to all those working in the field of international educational exchange. Speeches include discussions of (1) the law permitting foreign students to come to the United States to pursue an education and how the law applies to foreign student programs; (2) the American…

The role of community education is to provide educational, recreational, cultural, and other related community services in accordance with the needs, interests, and concerns of the public. Cooperation between community schools and community colleges in community education efforts should result in less duplication of effort, expanded use of…

This booklet is one of a series of publications designed to present a complete system for planning, organizing, and directing the development and operation of individual volunteer programs, as well as the management of a comprehensive volunteer system consisting of many individual programs. This particular booklet leads the reader through a series…

Central Massachusetts Library Administration Simulation Project (CLASP) was a research project funded under Title II-B to develop and test a simulation model that would enable public library personnel to learn and practice skills of negotiation, decision making, budgeting, and program planning. A simulation model was developed and tested in a…