THE RESEARCH REVIEWED INDICATES THE NEED FOR A WELL-DEFINED CONCEPTION OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GUIDANCE PROGRAM AS A UNIQUELY FUNCTIONING ENTITY. EMERGING AGREEMENTS WHICH MAY BECOME PART OF THE BASIC THEORY AND FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GUIDANCE INCLUDE (1) MODIFICATION OF PUPIL, TEACHER, AND PARENT BEHAVIOR WITH OBJECTIVES BASED…

THE MAJOR OBJECTIVE OF THIS PUBLICATION IS TO ORIENT BOARD MEMBERS, ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS, COUNSELORS, AND LAYMEN TO THE EMERGING CONCEPT OF PROGRAMS FOR OFF-FARM AGRICULTURAL OCCUPATIONS AS PART OF A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN AGRICULTURE, IT EXPLAINS THAT A PROGRAM IS DEVELOPING, THE NEED IS ESTABLISHED, CLUSTERING OF…

IN THREE ARTICLES ON THE DESIGN OF CROSS-CULTURAL TRAINING WITH EXAMPLES FROM THE PEACE CORPS, HARRISON POINTED OUT THE INAPPLICABILITY OF THE CURRENT TRAINING FOR OVERSEAS SERVICE, DISSENTING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ITS ENDS AND MEANS. HE ARGUES THAT THE METHODS OF HIGHER EDUCATION ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO THE SITUATION WHICH REQUIRES THE ABILITY…

This report provides guidance in designing and implementing a performance-oriented learning center program, an approach to training which emphasizes the application of instructional technology in helping the individual or individual team to learn more effectively. Although intended for training personnel and instructional technologists in an Air…

This document presents a two-year overview of the University of Alabama/Birmingham First-Year Teacher Pilot Program, designed to share the responsibility for aiding beginning teachers among the teacher training institution, the local educational agency, and the State Department of Education. Objectives of the program were to determine first-year…

Against a background of declining student performance and fragmented programs, the Oakland (California) Unified School District reorganized its reading programs and instructional support personnel. This included reorganization of the central office, new positions, and a new department of curriculum and instruction. An instructional strategy…

This report describes a project designed to provide a cost effective centralized data collection, analysis, and retrieval system to handle all data on adult basic education (ABE) clients and staff personnel for all adult learning sites in Massachusetts for reporting, research, and evaluation purposes at local and State levels. This report is…

Presented are guidelines and requirements of vocational education programs for secondary school handicapped students in Colorado. It is explained that the 1968 amendment to the Vocational Act of 1963 requires that each state spend 15% of its basic federal grant for vocational training for the handicapped. Work Experience and Study (WES) programs…

Goals, objectives, activities, and accomplishments of the guidance component of Project CAREER (Computer Assisted Research for Educational Relevance) are documented in the report. The purpose of the component was to develop a series of transportable models for enhancing career awareness, career exploration, and career-skill development at the…

The New England Consortium criteria of excellence are 26 statements of conditions which describe a quality reading program and which must exist if all children are to learn to read. These statements are grouped under five goal areas, the fifth of which, fostering reading interests, is treated in this position paper. The paper supports attainment…

This report examines the topic of moral education and describes the current trend toward increased adoption of moral education programs for public schools. The author identifies four different approaches to moral education, focusing mainly on the cognitive-developmental approach or Kohlberg model and the affective-relativist or values…

The Architecture Study Planning Group (ASPG) makes 62 recommendations for architecture education in Ontario's universities. Based on these recommendations, the Council of Ontario Universities makes several observations about the state of the discipline: that (1) architecture programs are basically sound, but would benefit from greater…

Three essays on bicultural/bilingual education are compiled in this document. "Linguistic Theory and Bilingual/Bicultural Education", by Timothy F. Regan, briefly discusses the application of linguistic theory to bilingual/bicultural education. "An Operational Model for Bilingual Education", by Gilberto de los Santos, discusses the extent to which…

This practicum report describes the development and implementation of a teacher evaluation system at Eisenhower Elementary School in Pinellas County, Florida. The evaluation system developed was designed to address the goals of team teaching and individualized instruction. The system is intended to evaluate teacher performance in three areas,…

Results and conclusions to date of a program to design, erect, and test a 5,000-square-foot solar energy system are presented in this report. The program described demonstrates the ability of solar collectors to supplement the heating and hot water requirements of North View Junior High School in suburban Minneapolis. The report discusses in…