The American penal system of placing criminal offenders in institutions has evolved from two major goals: (1) to punish offenders as an example to the rest of the community, and (2) to rehabilitate offenders into the community. Since the mid-1960's there has been a trend toward placing offenders in the community and away from isolating them in…

This document is the last in a series of 12 early childhood program descriptions compiled by the Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development. The program described here is the Primary Education Project (PEP) developed at the Learning Research and Development Center of the University of Pittsburgh. The PEP project is concerned with…

This paper describes status testing conducted by the Southwest Regional Laboratory (SWRL) Composition Skills Program at the primary level. The outcomes of the program range from acquiring letter formation and word spacing proficiencies to writing a composition consistently organized according to a discernible framework and containing varieties of…

The following points are made in discussing the practical and political problems involved in implementing a teaching evaluation system for rewarding and improving instructional effectiveness. (1) We have an obligation to put a higher priority on teaching than we have done so far. (2) Any evaluation system should be tied to a strong system for…

During the year 1973, the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority (KHEAA) conducted a five-phase research program on postsecondary student financial needs and resources in Kentucky. This document deals with phase V of that study. The major objective on phase V is the development of model student assistance programs for Kentucky. KHEAA has…

This paper outlines the concept of "program" and one set of elements that are considered to make up the program planning process in agricultural extension, and an example of practical program planning in Rhodesia is given. Although there is a wide variety of meanings attached to the term "program" in adult education, it has…

Environmental education is a process aimed at producing a citizenry that is knowledgeable concerning the total environment and the role of man, able to participate in activities for maintaining and improving the quality of the environment while meeting human needs and motivated to do so. This guide focuses on the organization and operation of an…

This guide for teacher inservice training is focused on the concept of Ekistics--the study of man in his environment. The strategies presented are based on generic inservice culminating in a management planning model, purposefully generic to all inservice and intended to add support to the personnel who would be designing inservice. The steps to…

Two one-week Life/Career Guidance, Counseling, and Placement Planning Seminars were held for South Dakota school counselors. These seminars were sponsored by SDCE and planned in conjunction with SDSU, Pupil Personnel, and the Division of Vocational-Technical Education. The major thrust of the workshops involved the planning of well-rounded…

This booklet approaches the question of whether competency-based teacher education (CBTE) and performance-based teacher education (PBTE) can foster meaningful change in teacher preparation programs. The following sections are included: (a) CBTE background and definitions of related terms; (b) a differentiation between PBTE and CBTE, with PBTE seen…

The primary purpose of the project was to explore the possibilities of bringing into the Adult Basic Education (ABE) system the systematic and orderly introduction of volunteer use, through a planning mechanism called a Task Force. A secondary purpose was to investigate change strategies applicable to the existing ABE network. The activities of…

This document, containing several papers, reports on the evolution of a workshop model which deals with the development of techniques, principles, and intervention programs for disadvantaged children and youth. School psychologists, teachers, supervisors, and administrators who attended three summer institutes and two followup programs were…

This bibliography was compiled in response to a growing need for the systematic study and implementation of the community service function of the community college. It is designed to provide coverage of both the theoretical and practical aspects of the subject. Most of the items were gathered from a review of the recent literature listed in…

The purpose of this study was to develop guidelines and to construct a model which would show the various facets of a secondary school reading program and which could be followed in the development of such a program. The procedures for research included a review of the literature, the development of a set of guidelines and a model for a reading…

The handbook for teaching gifted children art in grades 1-3 provides guidelines for curriculum development and teaching suggestions. Among topics considered in an overview of the art program are past and present art, the use of environmental design, pupil involvement in art, and identification and selection of gifted children. The art curriculum…