This booklet is the second in a series that examines community school centers. Because the exact nature of the planning process for a community school center must be developed in context, specific procedures are not prescribed. Rather, the issues that should be considered are outlined, alternative strategies and solutions are analyzed, and common…

The document contains eight lectures addressing a variety of educational trends, issues, and concerns. The objective is to heighten the awareness of educational challenges that must be met and to promote continued professional renewal activities. Lecture I discusses fundamental problems concerning world education, concentrating on hunger and…

Most of the information in this booklet is useful for both formative and summative evaluations. The booklet offers information to help the evaluator develop skills in designing and using instruments to measure affective objectives or attitudes. The chapters cover: (1) an introduction to the measurement of attitudes and attitude change; (2)…

Present and past efforts to enhance school efficiency have failed. Progressive Era reforms of a half-century ago contributed to the creation of a publicly insensitive, professionally dominated education system. Accountability enthusiasts of the '70s failed to understand the fundamental misalignment between the assumptions underlying private sector…

Rural schools have had a traditional role as major vehicles of rural economic development. During the rapid economic changes of the 20th century rural schools supplied the literate migrants who flocked to the cities to become the human capital for urban based expansion. Rural schools also provided the literate farmers who stayed at home and…

THE FIRST OF FOUR STEPS IN A STUDY TO DETERMINE THE LEARNING EXPERIENCES THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN A DISTRIBUTIVE TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM WAS TO CONSTRUCT A PHILOSOPHY OF DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION CONSISTENT WITH THE PHILOSOPHY OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, THE GOALS OF SECONDARY EDUCATION, AND THE IDEALS OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. STATEMENTS OF BASIC…

A PREINSTITUTE SEMINAR, FINANCED BY A GRANT FROM THE ADULT EDUCATION DIVISION OF THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION TO THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY EXTENSION ASSOCIATION AND HELD AT WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY IN MAY 1967, FOCUSED ON PLANS FOR THE 20 ADULT BASIC EDUCATION TEACHER TRAINING INSTITUTES HELD DURING THE SUMMER OF 1967. LEADERS IN ADULT BASIC EDUCATION AND…

Second language study in the Soviet Union's General Education School (compulsory public education) is described in detail with briefer explanations of teacher training institutes and inservice teacher education. Both positive and negative aspects of Russia's language programs are presented, with primacy given to teaching methods, objectives,…

The California Plan for the Education of Migrant Children was an innovative approach designed to provide supplementary educational services to migrant children. The two major programs were (1) supplemental assistance to school districts and county offices to establish new and strengthen existing programs, and (2) interstate programs to coodinate…

THE LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY (ENGLAND) EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM PROVIDES A LEARNING ATMOSPHERE IN WHICH EACH PUPIL CHOOSES HIS OWN ACTIVITIES AND WORKS IN A GIVEN SUBJECT AREA UNTIL HE IS READY TO CHANGE ACTIVITIES. THE SCHOOL SYSTEM HAS DROPPED THE TRADITIONAL ELEVEN-PLUS EXAMINATION, DESIGNED TO SELECT HIGHLY ABLE STUDENTS (ABOUT 1/5) FOR ACADEMIC…

RURAL ADULTS IN 38 LOCALITIES IN WISCONSIN WHO WERE STUDIED IN 1953 TO DETERMINE ATTITUDES AND ACTIONS TOWARD EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES, FARMING PRACTICES, AND ORGANIZATIONAL PARTICIPATION, WERE RESTUDIED IN 1963. ELEVEN OF THE 19 LOCALITIES CONSIDERED HOMOGENEOUS IN ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS COMPOSITION IN 1953 HAD BECOME HETEROGENEOUS AND WERE TREATED IN…

Based on interview response data collected in 1965 in 11 representative New Jersey communities, a social integration study sought to determine the extent of consensus regarding educational goals as perceived by parents, teachers, and students. Communities were selected to permit comparisons with respect to size, relative isolation, growth rate,…

Recent educational developments in Nigeria reflect an attempt to replace British colonial influences with a system more suited to the needs of the Nigerian people. In accordance with the objectives of redefining educational values and practices, a new national educational policy was established in 1973 to emphasize lifelong learning, community…

An independent, external evaluation of the compensatory component of the Educational Opportunities Fund of Alberta, Canada covered the period from July 1973 to June 1976 and focused on twenty-one northern Alberta school districts. Results revealed that pupil mastery of basic skills has improved and pupil selfconfidence has increased since the…

Three final reports on a competency-based computer-assisted nursing education program at Mt. Hood Community College include the following: (1) the examination and refinement of curricular outcomes; (2) cost analysis of the program relative to nursing education, learner benefits, and effectiveness; and (3) an examination of the relationship between…