Thirty-five representatives participated in a joint meeting to share information about the Allied Health Professions Projects and paramedical education at League Colleges, and to plan for cooperative work. In an informal summary, B. Lamar Johnson outlined areas of possible cooperation that he believed would emerge from an examination of the…

The State University of New York at Buffalo and the Maryvale School System cooperated in planning and developing an intensive one-year graduate teacher preparation program that provides the total sequence for certification. A clinical team (consisting of university coordinator, "in school" coordinator appointed by the school, and…

OUTDOOR EDUCATION REINFORCES ABSTRACT LEARNING WITH CONCRETE EXPERIENCE. ITS RELATION TO THE CLASSROOM CURRICULUM IS LIMITED ONLY BY THE IMAGINATION OF THE INSTRUCTOR. OUTDOOR EDUCATION LENDS ITSELF TO THE EXPLORATORY OR DISCOVERY APPROACH TO LEARNING, WHEREBY QUESTIONING BY THE TEACHER CAUSES OBSERVATION AND REACTION BY THE STUDENT. THE RESIDENT…

Representative approaches used in programs in special education in the United States are presented. An overview is given of the types, definitions, numbers, and prevailing practices for serving exceptional children in the public schools; various approaches to developing area programs (contracting for service, organizing a special district, and…

A 1966-67 coordinated National Extension College program in Great Britain combined a series of 32 television programs, a handbook, a kit for experiments, and lecture courses and short residential courses to teach 0 level physics. The average audience for the broadcasts was estimated at 25,000 or more. In addition, 8,941 handbooks were sold, 3,970…

Sponsored by the Rehabilitation Counseling Program and the Department of Special Education, both at Mankato State College, and by the Minnesota Council for Exceptional Children, the conference was designed to strengthen communication and cooperation between special education and vocational rehabilitation planners and practitioners, and thus to…

The first annual Aristotle Symposium was held in Washington, D.C., in December 1967 and dealt with the potential collaboration of government, education, and industry in educational development. Task groups were concerned with the following specific areas: (1) Department of Defense programs for training of low aptitude persons (Project 100,000) and…

The aim of an audiovisual program in a school is to facilitate learning by improving instruction. The Guide is planned for the teacher or administrator who is concerned with the task of organizing and administering the audiovisual program at the elementary through high school levels. Principally, it explains how an audiovisual club or any pupil…

To answer the need for more black teachers and administrators in institutions of higher education, Federal City College (FCC) and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VPI & SU) planned and implemented a cooperative program to provide advanced graduate training to faculty and staff at FCC leading to the Doctor of Education…

A study was done to determine the feasibility of using public schools as a delivery system for training the disadvantaged in rural areas, and to identify those factors which have prevented the establishment of meaningful working relationships between manpower training providers and vocational personnel. Utilizing a questionnaire and personal…

In fall 1977, Hagerstown Junior College and the Certain-Teed Corporation initiated a business/industry/college instructional program to upgrade the skills of corporate first-line supervisory personnel and to increase the visibility of the college's associate degree Management program among local business and industry. Fourteen supervisors enrolled…

This booklet is a compilation of articles by educators who are, or have been at one time, coordinators of teacher education centers. The contributions are organized into three sections. The first deals with organizational arrangements in centers. The second section describes innovative ideas that can be used to make centers more effective. In the…

A study of cooperative education in the United States over the period of July 1975 through November 1977 had two purposes: (1) to determine the degree to which it is a viable educational and/or financial aid mechanism for higher education institutions to adopt; and (2) to determine the effectiveness of the federal role in supporting cooperative…

Thirty-three programs categorized according to their program structure are described. Sixteen programs listed under school within a school category include a bilingual-multicultural program, contemporary learning center, ecology and outdoor education, fine arts academy, career institute, music academy, literature and art, aero-dynamics,…

The document presents a teacher directed work education inservice packet that describes programs developed by the Pima County Developmental Career Guidance Project. Information regarding the project and two of its programs is provided: (1) Work Experience, aimed at providing tenth through twelfth grade students with an opportunity to spend…