A study carried out in an Ohio community of attitudes of parents towards the implementation of a sex education program in school is reviewed. (YG)

Results of this study indicate most child characteristics are considered by teachers to be relevant to learning disabled (LD) or emotionally disturbed (ED) labels. Teachers can treat LD and ED constructs as mutually exclusive when deciding eligibility for special services and as mutually inclusive when making program-planning decisions. (Author)

The role of large universities in developing effective in-service programs for general and special educators is examined. (CL)

Describes a project designed to overcome limitations of finances, staff availability, and parent attitudes while developing mutual respect between home and school and encouraging parents to maintain influence in their children's lives. (HS)

Auditing is an objective examination conducted to determine accountability and the level of management control existing in the operation of an organization. Discusses the different types of commitments required of regional associations for implementing an auditing process in school program evaluation. (Author/RK)

Take younger kids on bigger trips and integrate living and learning skills. (Editor)

Presents a plan for a unit of study on printmaking including the long-range or general goals as well as the more specific aims contained in a daily lesson plan. (Author/RK)

Describes the development and use of learning activity centers in the basic business classroom--an instructional approach which offers an alternative to the traditional approach and which allows maximum student involvement. (TA)

The 17 guidelines and steps presented resulted from a series of four workshops conducted at Purdue University to discuss the integration of FHA/HERO into classroom activities. (SH)

Through committees, students and faculty develop policies which affect student development programs. Results of an attitude survey are reported in which students and faculty identify the amount of authority and involvement various groups should have in a number of major decision areas. Implications for the student personnel administrator are…

PTEP engages both teacher and student in analyzing student needs and forming an educational program based on student choices, using (1) repeated feedback and counseling, (2) assignment of instructional tasks contingent upon student characteristics, and (3) self-observation and feedback on the student's teaching behavior. (MB)

The four steps necessary in evolving a model for a community education program are described as examination of the community, establishment of objectives, utilization of related research, and application of ethical principles. (RW)

Considers the role of the university in fulfilling its responsibility to meet the needs of students interested in pursuing dance, and, as well, the role of the dance educator to help each student discover and have faith in his own potential. (Author/RK)

Provides some suggestions for implementing the metric system including the need to establish a learning motivation for metrication within students. (RK)

Discusses the problem of recognizing adult social and educational needs in developing curriculums for adult education and the necessity to involve the target population in the identification of these needs. Presents methods of accomplishing this involvement, such as community advisory committees and the use of census and other data bases.…