This curriculum guide and training manual has been developed for social services personnel working with older adults. This curriculum provides content material in the basic concepts of gerontology and service delivery and attempts to generate self-awareness of attitudes toward the aged and the aging process. The manual contains training modules in…

This manuscript reports the results of the work of a committee appointed by the Council of Educational Facility Planners International (CEFPI) to deal with ways of providing opportunities for the orientation and training of school administrators, facility planning specialists, facility managers, educational planners, and education oriented groups…

A growing movement to improve the quality of teaching has been called "faculty development." It is based on three assumptions: the primary professional activity of most faculty is teaching; instructional behaviors are learned skills, attitudes, and goals; and faculty can be taught how to improve their classroom performance. Interest in faculty…

In its annual report, the Commission recounts the activities, hearings, and studies related to the future establishment of a National Program for Library and Information Services. A brief synopsis cites the needs, objectives, and standards for the suggested program. The act establishing the Commission (Public Law 91-345), lists of Commission…

The report on postsecondary education in New York State is a general survey of general education, technical education, and professional education programs in the State's postsecondary educational institutions. The report's introductory sections present current and projected statistics on numbers of colleges and students and discuss the basic…

Colleges that have prepared students for entry-level school positions are now turning their attention to the development of continuing professional education programs. If educational needs and expectations of employed school personnel are to be satisfied. program development will require a new kind of interaction between schools and colleges. For…

Administrator renewal is a broad and complex topic with numerous subtopics. This report is limited to procedures and processes many school districts and their administrators use to develop professional growth opportunities for educational leaders. It also describes the activities, goals, and objectives of the Colorado Department of Education in…

The document reviews the literature pertaining to university graduates and professional continuing education and discusses principal administrative problems in the organization of continuing education programs. Chapter 1 examines the university graduate's need for continuing education, new conceptions of continuing education for the university…

Developed by the University of Maryland for the Maryland-D.C. Nursing Home Association, these two series, each containing 84 hours of instruction in four three-day seminars, were designed to meet nursing home administrators' need for managerial skills and to prepare them for licensing. (Based on experiences with the first series, course materials…

Continuing education of the clergy includes, in addition to theological education, sociocultural disciplines, training in professional skills, and personal development. Institutional provisions are many and varied--theological schools, universities and colleges, conference and study centers, institutes, interseminary centers, denominational…

For the 1968-69 school year, the School of Divinity at Metropolitan College of the St. Louis University initiated a systematic continuing education program for priests consisting of four courses: Current Moral Problems; Modern Priestly Spirituality; Institutionalism and Conscience; and Liturgical Celebration. In autumn 30 priests provided 35…

The "Exercise Future" questionnaire, which covers individual preferences and expectations about conditions in one's future sphere of work, was completed by 143 research and development scientists, engineers, and managers as part of an experiment to test effects on subsequent self-development activities. Three fourths saw the importance of…

Conducted for 67 city officials from 21 municipalities, these 1969-70 evening sessions were designed to promote an exchange of ideas and programs, stimulate professionalization and academic progress among local officials, and upgrade the practice of local government. Each participant was charged a $20 fee. Most major felt needs pertained to…

This 1968 national survey on ministerial continuing education dealt with educational leadership in the United States, analyzed participation, and assembled information on evaluation. Of the 766 organizations contacted, 299 (39%) responded. Educators were asked about role concepts, years of service, training and prior experience, proportion of time…

This study involving 76 English teachers in Illinois high schools with enrollments of less than 350 was undertaken to investigate the use of professional readings for correcting weakness in teacher preparation and for bringing new information to the teacher, to evaluate the effectiveness of these readings on the thinking and teaching procedures of…