After an introductory section describing the rationale behind the adoption of comprehensive educational objectives for public education, the objectives are set out in two parts. Part One, dealing with goals for student development, includes 1) communication and learning skills, 2) citizenship education, 3) occupational interests, 4) mental and…

This document examines the problems and potentials that cable televisions have in public service, with a view toward understanding CATV's growth and how that growth relates to the developmental and educational needs of the Appalachian Region. Six developmental districts in Appalachia were chosen for intensive study. A team of consultants was…

Presented are 59 short, selected convention papers (conference reports) on different aspects of educational needs for handicapped children. Representative topics include the Warren Project on effectiveness and feasibility of early admission to school for mentally advanced children, sheltered workshops for the trainable mentally handicapped, the…

Presented are 48 short, selected convention papers (conference reports) on different aspects of educational needs in various exceptionalities. Five general papers precede two papers on international aspects of special education, two papers on administration, and six papers on auditory impairment, in which representative topics include educational…

This article reviews the current status of accounting requirements in economic programs, highlights the primary areas in which economic analysis is dependent upon accounting, and offers a proposal for integrating accounting into economics curricula. (Author/RM)

Technology is one of the major factors which influence the development of a society. It is, therefore, the responsibility of the technical educator to be concerned with the broader picture of the students' future rather than simply with the specific task of a particular job. (Author/EC)

The education officer for the Irish Congress of Trade Unions writes about the trade union approach to labor education and the provision of comprehensive educational programs for workers. (MF)

University preparation programs must be developed for the instruction of educational support personnel for teachers who are operating in special education instructional programs. (MJB)

Distributive education teachers should heed the development of metrification and make a strenuous effort to prepare the new generation for the conversion to metric measures. (TA)

The Needs Assessment Process consists of four phases; design, data gathering, analysis and summarization, and action-taking. A brief description of some of the key humanistic competencies needed in each phase were presented. (Author/RK)

Reveals Woody Allen's attitudes about childhood, reading, writing, literature, and the movies. (KS)

Asserting that the mission of adult education is to provide leadership in guiding adults who, because of external and/or internal needs, desire further education, this article pleads for acceptance on the part of colleges/universities of the task of preparing teachers for involvement in adult education. (JC)

Knowledge is an integrated whole and we need to avoid the unfortunate lack of communication and interaction that invariably follow compartmentalization. The key to the ideal, a humanistic information scientist, lies in a liberal education of which the humanities are an integral part. (21 references) (MES)

A survey of the dietary habits of 115 elite female runners revealed that some did not eat wisely, pointing out nutrition education needs for these subjects in the areas of sweets, vitamin and mineral supplementation, intake of red meat, body weight and body image, eating disorders, calorie intake, and amenorrhea and stress fractures. (Author/CB)

The article describes aspects of social-sexual education and training for mentally retarded persons. It is noted that, in addition to planned activities, adults should respond naturally to a retarded person's errors, in ways appropriate for any member of society engaging in that same behavior. (Author/CL)