Discusses technical education and the junior college in terms of growth, vitality, and change with selected comments about California junior colleges. (GR)

Bimonthly Supplement to Ind Arts Vocat Educ; v58 n9 Nov 1969

The best teachers of computer science are computer specialists, but they need training in teaching methods. (SE)

Article described lifelong learning and three major interacting elements currently contributing to public awareness and acceptance of education beyond high school and colleges. (Author/RK)

Assessed the perceived managerial preparedness of word processing managers in selected Ohio businesses and compared the findings with current literature, word processing curricula in two-and four-year colleges and universities, and the curricular elements in the IBM Word Processing Managers' Seminar. Developed specific training topics for word…

The Committee on the Present Danger, Inc., the Committee of Atomic Bomb Survivors in the United States, the World Friendship Center in Hiroshima, two authors, physics and education professors, an English and history teacher, and a high school student comment on nuclear education. (RM)

Reviews the literature on distance learning. Devotes particular attention to the telecourse and the role two-way communication plays in distance learning effectiveness. Concludes that a broad theoretical framework that can be applied to distance learning is lacking and needed. Suggests needed research. (JOW)

With health care costs rising rapidly and medical technology expanding, health education has become increasingly important to patients and health care providers. This article provides a brief reminder that health education programs must continue to be a priority and should be evaluated with potential benefits in mind. (Author)

Contains the charter for the Unesco Intergovernmental Committee for Physical Education and Sport. The charter stresses the importance of physical education as a human right and as an essential part of lifelong education. It also cites the need for qualified coaching, adequate facilities, research and evaluation, and information dissemination. (AM)

Reviews needs assessment history and extant techniques and offers a model for generating needs assessments based upon five general purposes of front-end analysis and their corresponding types of items--problem finding; problem selecting; knowledge/skill proving; finding feelings; and cause finding. Thirty-three sources are appended. (EJS)

Discusses the nature and importance of the American Nurses' Association (ANA) Standards for Nursing Services and the problems encountered in assessing implementation of professional standards. Presents a questionnaire to assess learning needs of nursing service administrators in terms of competencies needed to implement ANA standards. (JOW)

Questioned therapists concerning their training and experience in death and dying. A significant number reported little or no training in death and dying, and favor having courses on the subject as a part of formal training. Experience working with the dying and bereaved families is also analyzed. (Author)

The Education Commission of the States' Interstate Migrant Education Project hosted a seminar in Phoenix in 1980. Participants identified eight information needs (including a need for accurate counts of eligible migrant children) and four major problems (such as access to and availability of services, and continuity of services). (CL)