This report provides statistical and narrative data on innovative projects and methods developed in Fairfax County's Center for Effecting Educational Change. These study activities focused on effecting changes in the kindergarten, child study, fine and performing arts, and educational technology programs. A broad outline provides an overview of…

The project described in this document sought to structure primary source research, basic to the historian's approach to knowledge, into the liberal arts curriculum through the development of a pilot program for training undergraduates in the techniques of oral history research. The subject under investigation, the working woman in Southern…

This report covers the first year of the pilot program described in SO 002 228. The basic objective of the project is exploration of the meaning of environmental education at the community level. It aims at a K-12 environmental curriculum that is sequential, integrated, holistic, process-, field-, problem-, and community-oriented, and initiated…

Briefly described in this document is a pilot project involving 13 internships which were designed to: (1) provide improved leadership training for vocational and technical personnel, (2) provide improved teacher education through full-time, on-the-job experiences in industry, business, or agriculture, (4) initiate an exchange program between…

A SUMMER PILOT PROGRAM WAS CONDUCTED TO VOCATIONALLY TRAIN EDUCABLE MENTALLY RETARDED (EMR) STUDENTS. SPECIAL CLASS STUDENTS (16) IN THE 11TH AND 12TH GRADES WERE ENROLLED AND SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE 6-WEEK COURSE. THE GROUNDSMAN-GARDENER COURSE WAS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS, CLASSROOM STUDY AND WORK EXPERIENCE. THE GOALS TO BE REALIZED WERE (1)…

THE EFFECT OF ART EDUCATION ON IMPROVING THE ATTITUDES AND CULTURAL AWARENESS OF DISADVANTAGED YOUTH WAS STUDIED IN THIS PILOT PROGRAM. THE CALIFORNIA TEST OF PERSONALITY AND THE CHILDREN'S PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE WERE ADMINISTERED BEFORE AND AFTER A SPECIAL, 12-MONTH ART PROGRAM TO 25 CHILDREN (AGES 8-12) FOR DATA ON PERSONAL AND SOCIAL…

The 1-year project, Career Education in Rural Arizona (CERA), was designed to provide a broad career orientation and realistic exploratory experience for students in a rural farming area covering 1,500 to 2,000 square miles. The project used career education instructional units, available through various educational information centers, which were…

The program, described in detail, consists of career assessment and personal planning experiences for management facilitators and employee planners. Also discussed are the results of a generally successful pilot test of the program. (Author/MS)

Examines the challenge faced by Australian Universities and Colleges of Advanced Education following publication of the Report of the Committee on Open University to the Universities Commission in 1974. Considers existing external studies programs, the importance of independence as a learning "mode", an experiment in community education,…

Innovative programs need to address themselves to staff development and organizational change. Teachers need to be involved in continuing education and incorporation of educational personnel into new programs, and also in producing structural transformations in the system. Paper prepared for the Chicago, 1975 Convention of the American…

A pilot summer project under the auspices of the Protective Services Resource Institute has been developed at New Jersey-Rutgers Medical School in which medical students work alongside professional social workers with families in which abuse and neglect are potential or actual problems. (LBH)

Describes a pilot project in which the Alameda County Library system trained volunteers to present book talks at elementary and junior high schools. The objectives, methods, and success of the training program are discussed, and an address for obtaining a manual and training tapes is provided. (CLB)

Provides an overview of the development of the University of North Carolina (UNC)/IBM Courseware Development Project, the difficulties encountered, and their solutions. The use of a team approach to the development of quality computer materials is advocated. (Author/LMO)

This article describes 6 of the 17 school computer projects awarded $600,000 in microcomputer equipment and software in the "Wheels for the Mind" program established by Apple Education Affairs. Apple would provide advanced courses for rural schools, set up an intercultural network, develop reasoning skills, train teachers, and create…

This article describes a successful project to recruit math and science majors into a Master's level secondary school teacher education program. A collaborative effort between the university, public school systems, and industry with paid internships and economic and career incentives were an important element in this program. (DF)