Describes a methodology for determining the extent of implementation of instructional innovations. The structural equations model used to measure the interaction among teacher, curriculum, and student, is given. (RAO)

One approach to achieving more particular guidelines for evaluation is to isolate one kind of extended campus program, in this case the extension of academic degree programs to military installations, to focus on its specific problems and then to base evaluation on an individual program's success in surmounting obstacles to academic quality.…

Outlines the major elements involved in a continuing environmental education program based on results of efforts to plan and institute land use education programs in Connecticut: the primary audiences should be local government decision makers, land managers, developers, and owners; programs should be continual and periodically updated; and close…

Presents a framework from which recommendations can be made for the orchestration of vocational education with industrial training. Principles and practices of industry training are outlined which in many cases are radically different from those of vocational education schools programs. (HD)

Describes the development and components of a comprehensive system to make military curriculum materials available to civilian vocational education programs. It is noted that the system is intended to greatly extend the potential benefit of military resources to the educational community on a continuing basis. (SH)

This outline of a comprehensive job placement program, which can be adopted or adapted by school staff members, includes information on the following areas: Service to the students and teachers; promotion of co-op and workstudy programs; meeting the needs of the entire school system; organizing the support of employers, labor, and community…

A model for implementing career education for use by college English majors is presented. The model is based on the awareness, exploration, preparation, and selection phases which would be correlated with particular college years such as freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior. (EC)

The process is recounted by which the U.S. Office of Education (USOE) picked up an NIE-developed innovation (Experience-Based Career Education) for broad demonstration, confirming the viability of a separate research arm, USOE's ability to cooperate with that arm, and the vo-ed community's receptivity to proven educational innovation. (Author/AJ)

The National Institute of Education recently initiated a three-year effort to encourage implementation of the Experience-Based Career Education program and to study the process by which it occurs. Emphasized are: transferring financial support to States and local systems, developing a network of program sites, and diffusing essential technical…

Self-selection appears to be a highly accurate screening device for levels of teaching at the University of Wyoming which offers the opportunity for 384 hours of classroom exposure prior to student teaching. (MM)

The problems of student personnel workers are often compounded by inadequate planning, uncertain outcomes, and lack of accountability. The authors propose that management by objectives may provide a reasonable solution. (Editor)

A discussion of educational philosophies and practices found by teachers in two Texas counties to be pertinent to successful coeducational classes in home economics. (JT)

Reports findings and recommendations from the Tadlock Report, a study designed to gather and analyze information on career education programs and activities supported since 1970 by the Illinois Division of Vocational and Technical Education. Also discusses activities of the Illinois Career Education Steering Committee and the development of a…

This paper argues for an integrated approach to adult education which would require an examination of basic human needs and national development planning each in its own terms. The paper's argument is centered on liberation and participation as ends, not means: Education, development, and planning must be seen and acted on as an integrated whole.…