Colleges of education need to take an active leadership role in developing programs for education professionals serving in broad areas of community life. Recommendations are made for designing programs for future educators working in a nonschool setting. (JD)

Schools are experiencing difficulty in addressing the needs of the disadvantaged, handicapped, and those with limited English ability. Several preservice and inservice programs and research activities concerning the preparation of vocational and special needs personnel are described. (JD)

The author demonstrates the utility of marketing concepts and techniques as a total strategy designed to overcome resistance to participation and to involve the hard-to-reach adult in continuing education. (SK)

A planning and evaluation model for outreach services is described which includes several elements: state or provincial limitations; college policies and priorities; financial and human resources; demographic indicators of community need; input from program advisory councils; community surveys and learner interest inventories; and program…

The author states that organizations should take on the task of preparing employees for the emotional upheavals that can accompany retirement because doing so pays off for both the company and the employee. He discusses adjustment problems and suggests content for sessions in a preretirement program. (MF)

Problems of implementing a mainstreaming program for exceptional children include lack of staff preparation and inadequate guidelines concerning resource room operation. Four approaches to the problem are recommended: a total integrated effort of all staff, a well-developed plan for teacher education, good public relations, and early involvement…

Describes programs for the gifted: visual and performing arts for secondary students, enrichment for rural elementary students, and a learning center elementary enrichment program. NOTE: includes "INTERARTS: The High School Program for the Talented in the Arts" by Barbara Luehning, "Spice" by Jane V. Salisbury, and "Learning Center Enrichment…

Originally part of a symposium on educational media for the deaf, the paper reports on the Media Development Project for the Hearing-Impaired (MDPHI). The goals and objectives of the project are outlined and include the adaptation of existing materials and field-testing new materials, among others. (PHR)

Presents a conceptualization of an anatomy of continuing medical education. It is suggested that a body of knowledge developed for continuing medical education may be useful with suitable modifications in the continuing education of health professionals other than physicians. (Available from University of California Press, Berkeley, CA 94720.)…

Illustrates how the self-allocative process of pupils can undermine the planning of vocational education in Nigeria. Discusses research conducted on the attitudes of primary school pupils to skilled jobs and craft-based education. (CT)

Risks are taken in establishing alternative school programs but they can be minimized by giving the proper attention to several critical factors. (Author)

Examines how college presidents spend their time and the stress associated with their duties. (Author)

Introduces an experimental educational psychology component developed at the University of California, Berkeley, to provide teaching credential candidates with a useful, practical, and ordered educational psychology course. The course was designed to emphasize acquisition of knowledge, application of this knowledge to the classroom, and synthesis…

The planning of leisure time activities for college students should consider the academic as well as athletic traditions of the institution. It is important that one consider the traditional mission of the institution, involving instruction, research, and service, in determining the role of leisure. (CJ)

A teacher is in a position to identify a child who is the victim of child abuse. An inservice program in workshop form can train teachers to recognize an abused child, and to take steps to halt the practice. (JD)