THE OBJECTIVES OF THE AFRICA INSTITUTE, A 3 1/2-WEEK SUMMER PROGRAM HELD AT A PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOL, WERE TO DEVELOP AN UNDERSTANDING OF A NON-WESTERN CULTURE, OF THE PROBLEMS OF EVOLVING NATIONS, OF THEIR ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTIONS, AND OF ONESELF IN RELATION TO OTHER CULTURES, AND TO IMPROVE RESEARCH SKILLS, CRITICAL THINKING, AND INDEPENDENCE IN…

THESE INSTITUTES CONTINUED THE EMPHASIS OF THE 1964 AND 1965 INSTITUTES ON TRAINING TEACHERS TO TEACH FLUID POWER AND EVOLVING EFFECTIVE TECHNIQUES FOR INTRODUCING NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO EDUCATORS. THEY WERE ADMINISTERED BY THE FLUID POWER SOCIETY WHICH, THROUGH ADVISORY COMMITTEES, ESTABLISHED THE CONTENT, PROCEDURES, AND COORDINATION OF THE…

A STUDY WAS CONDUCTED OF NINE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION SUMMER SCIENCE PROGRAMS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS DURING THE SUMMER OF 1961. THE TYPES OF SUMMER PROGRAMS STUDIED WERE THE ACADEMIC TYPE AND THE RESEARCH-PARTICIPATION TYPE. IN THE ACADEMIC-TYPE PROGRAMS, THE STUDENTS RECEIVED AN ADVANCED TREATMENT OF SUBJECT MATTER AND LABORATORY EXERCISES,…

WESTERN CAROLINA COLLEGE HAS, SINCE THE SUMMER OF 1958, PROVIDED A SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR HIGHLY GIFTED CHILDREN (IQ SCORES 146 TO 210) IN THE 4TH, 5TH, AND 6TH GRADES. THE STUDENTS LIVED IN THE COLLEGE DORMITORIES WITH ADEQUATE SUPERVISION. THE PROGRAM INCLUDED SUPERVISED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY SIMILAR TO A SUMMER CAMP'S. MANY FIELD TRIPS AND…

DURING THE SUMMER OF 1963 A CONCERTED EFFORT WAS MADE TO CURB THE NUMBER OF SCHOOL DROPOUTS AND INCREASE THE NUMBER OF THOSE WHO RETURN TO SCHOOL. THE PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES OF THE CAMPAIGN, WHICH COVERED ONLY TWO SUMMER MONTHS, MIGHT BE CLASSIFIED AS PROMOTIONAL, COUNSELING, REMEDIAL, PREVENTIVE, AND EXPERIMENTAL. METHODS OF IDENTIFYING AND…

THE EARLY TRAINING PROJECT ATTEMPTED TO IMPROVE THE INTELLECTUAL FUNCTIONING AND PERSONAL ADJUSTMENT OF CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN THROUGH SPECIAL EXPERIENCES IN THE 15- OR 24-MONTHS PRECEDING FIRST GRADE AND IN THE FIRST YEAR OF SCHOOL. THE PROCEDURES OF THE PROJECT CONSISTED OF TWO TRAINING SEQUENCES. THE FIRST SEQUENCE INVOLVED TWO…

The integration of educational staff programs with clinical/treatment staff programs and the adjustment of 57 seriously emotionally disturbed children to a centralized school facility were examined. Questionnaires were developed for the teachers/treatment staff and for the students. Among results of the staff responses were that 83% of the…

The paper describes the summer programs offered by Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, a year-round day school for elementary level hearing impaired students in Washington, D.C. The programs are explained to be based on a three-point philosophy: (1) summer programs should be different from those of the rest of the year; (2) summer programs…

Since high school forensics workshops play an important role in the total educational forensics scene, forensics directors and administrators should examine and evaluate their schools' workshops in the light of the changes which should be made. In order to do this, a student-centered philosophical base should be established and four external and…

Students need proper guidelines in their summer programs of reading and writing. In this secondary school summer reading program, at the Holderness School for Boys in Plymouth, New Hampshire, teachers decided to assign 16 books--four books to be read by students in each of the 4 years of English. Two criteria were established for book selection:…

In the summer of 1961 migrant children took part in an experimental education program held in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. The unique factor in this program was the utilization of local school children as catalytic agents in the classrooms. The migrant children were given 2 four-week programs which ran concurrently with the general 8-week summer…

North Carolina has established programs and projects designed to meet the special educational needs of the children of migratory workers and has coordinated them with similar agencies. The State migrant program's priorities are regular school term and summer projects for interstate and intrastate migrants; staff development activities; a migrant…

OBJECTIVES: To provide a matrix of factual information based on research and expert opinion, provide a variety of experiences, provide opportunities for the demonstration of specific techniques, and disseminate findings to the technical education community. DURATION: Summer Institute, August 17 - August 28, 1970; Follow-up Program, August 29, 1970…

Described are the program objectives, rationale, and evaluation of an elective, survival oriented, personal development summer program administered by the Atlanta Public Schools. The evaluation was of a quasi-experimental pretest, posttest design. The 34 students were evaluated by the California Test of Personality and "Operation…

A 1969 summer program under the Region III Migrant Education Project in Merced County, California, brought dental services to migrant children in the northern San Joaquin Valley. The goal was to screen and test as many children of migratory agricultural workers as possible in a set span of time. The University of California School of Dentistry was…