The Documentation Center has produced this annotated bibliography on education in India. Some of the many topics covered by the 394 Documents are: 1) educational administration and organization, policy and planning, the brain drain; 2) educational history, educational sociology, educational psychology, research; 3) curriculum, courses of study; 4)…

This report on the Educational Opportunity Grant (EOG) Program is based on data obtained from students receiving grants and from financial aid personnel administering the program at the institutional level. The data cover fiscal year 1970 (academic year 1969-70). An analysis of the data was performed to assess the extent to which the program goal…

A total of 453 titles of filmstrips, slide sets, and sets of transparencies available free of charge to educators are listed in this guide. More than 20,000 separate frames are offered from 95 sources. Twenty of the filmstrips may be retained permanently by the borrower. The films cover topics in the fields of accident prevention, aerospace…

This revision and expansion of the 1966 edition of the student materials, ED 040 101, is comprised of student workbook and text for Unit I. As an introduction to economics, it is designed to provide a frame of reference for the study of contemporary economic problems. It is a careful study of such concepts as scarcity, wants, resources, and…

This revision and expansion of the 1966 edition of the student materials, ED 040 101, is comprised of a student workbook and text for Unit II. It is a careful study of the structure and performance of the United States Market system including the aspects of how market competition between buyers and sellers affects resource allocation, what is…

The discrepancy between a city's financial obligations and its fiscal capacity to meet those obligations with reasonable effort is referred to in this paper as "municipal overburden." The literature concerning the causes and the impact of municipal overburden on school support for essential school services is analyzed. Attempted…

Over the past 30 years, high school driver education has grown from a single-purpose experimental course offered in one public school to a multi-faceted program considered part of the regular curriculum in 14,000 public schools. The driver education curriculum is intended to achieve numerous, sometimes diverse goals. In addition to the obvious…

A number of school divisions have entered year-round education without fully realizing the effects of such a program on the family and the community. Family vacations, child care, and routine living are disrupted by year-round educational programs. Community recreational facilities, church activities, public service programs, police work, and…

This survey includes programs that are designed for elementary and high school students and which (1) refrain from "institutionalized coercion," (2) de-emphasize traditional curriculum, (3) eliminate dependence on competition and encourage authentic self-motivation, (4) emphasize individual abilities and character rather than formal training in…

This document is a summation of a workshop designed to be a planning experience for ABE training personnel. It also contains a sampling of model training designs developed by the participants for inservice work. The object of the seminar was to provide an overview of relevant techniques and procedures for developing and implementing short-term…

This book focuses on two issues: the realization of individual potential and the replacement of narrow specialization in human service institutions by a more general capability. This focus takes into special consideration the position of the elderly. Many questions are raised by these two unresolved basic issues reflected throughout this volume.…

Sporadically, across the country, experimental day care centers for the very young child (eight weeks to three years of age) are coming into existence. Some authorities in the child development and child welfare field advocate this move because they believe that infant day care is the head start deprived children need; and that the present head…

Teacher and administrator feedback about a study on computer-assisted instruction (CAI) is described in this report. The hypotheses, methodology, and conclusions of the overall program are briefly discussed as they pertain to the feedback aspect. (The CAI program dealt with the effects of choice situations upon the students' engagement in…

A five-sided program for helping rural families in Vermont is summarized. Help is being given to agriculture, the home, the young people, the underprivileged, and the community itself. The overall aim is a balanced environment. It is pointed out that change characterizes rural Vermont and that a need for a balanced environment is slowly being…

A project designed to put into practice elements of new and tested concepts in the behavioral sciences is described. It contains elements of humanistic education, systems analysis, group counseling and group guidance, and principles known to improve communication between people and to lead to a better understanding of self. The suggestions within…