The purpose of this report is twofold: (1) it describes a study of the feasibility of creating a national organization to stimulate, develop, integrate, and lead a movement for performance-based teacher education and certification; (2) it proposes creating such an organization. Part 1 is entitled, "A Center of National Leadership for the…

The study was designed to identify the factors, priorities, and information needs of vocational educational planners in Minnesota. Questions were formulated which focused on types of vocational programs, number of programs, schedule, and location of programs. Procedures for identifying factors, priorities, and information needs included (1) use of…

The purpose of this practicum was to design, develop, and implement a career guidance program for small high schools. The program description would act as a model for implementation at other high schools desiring a career guidance program. The method of communicating the program to others was the writing of a "how to" book which others would use…

The five speeches contained in this document all address the general problem of productivity in education. Most of the speeches focus on the productivity issue at the state level, but individual speeches also deal with the question of the applicability of the private sector's methods of increasing productivity to the public sector, the research…

The presentation from a conference program provides an overview of the framework and process of a mandated competency based teacher education (CBTE) program for training special education teachers in New York State. The New York State definition for a CBTE program is provided. It is noted that the project coordinates CBTE efforts--particularly at…

Considered are the nature and extent of some of the basic conflicts that arise when two, future-oriented, decision-making processes--institutional program planning/resource allocation and collective bargaining--are both present on the same campus. The identified conflicts come from the experiences of a university that was one of the first in the…

This paper argues that the dynamics of a successful college tutorial program should include the following components: well planned objectives, goals, and standards; enough capable staff; an inservice training program; adequate financing and space; efficient paper management procedures; and an effective means of evaluation including the willingness…

In 1973 a study was made to determine needs and objectives for Continuing Education for Library Staffs in the Southwest (CELS). First background information was gathered on the expressed needs for the study and on activities at the national and regional levels as well as in library schools and other professions. Then a questionnaire was…

This activities book for lower elementary grades is the second book of a series of six books designed to provide developmental K-12 experiences designed to support the basic environmental philosophy of spaceship earth. The aims of the four activity sections of this book are to aid in developing students to make them more sensitive to their…

This activities book for the middle elementary grades is the third book of a series of six books designed to provide developmental K-12 experiences designed to support the basic environmental philosophy of spaceship earth presented in Book 1. The aims of the four activity sections of this book are to aid in developing students to make them more…

This activities book for the upper elementary grades is the fourth book of a series of six books designed to provide developmental K-12 experiences designed to support the basic environmental philosophy of spaceship earth presented in Book 1. The aims of the four activity sections of this book are to aid in developing students to make them more…

This activities book for the senior high school level is the sixth book of a series of six books designed to provide developmental K-12 experiences designed to support the basic environmental philosophy of spaceship earth presented in Book 1. The aims of the four activity sections of this book are to aid in developing students to make them more…

The purpose of this study was to survey the Nuffield Science Teaching Projects' adoption and diffusion into British secondary schools. This report presents a narrative of the three-phase research strategy. The first year was of an exploratory nature aimed at elucidating the various forms that adoption and rejection of innovations could take, the…

A job placement model, integrated into an existing guidance program, was developed, field tested, and evaluated in the Mt. Ararat School, Maine. The project focused on nine priorities related to job placement, job development, job-seeking and keeping skills, and followup services. Objectives, procedures, and methods of evaluation were set up for…

The final report of a project to implement a career education guidance and placement program in the school of North Dakota covers the period of time from February 1972 to November 1973. The goals and objectives of the project include improving the guidance and counseling services to all North Dakota high school students; establishing placement…