The handbook on education in the arts and humanities for gifted and talented students includes a state-by-state directory of resources (especially councils and committees) and 20 articles exploring aspects of arts and humanities education, financial support, the education of gifted students, and community resources. Eleven articles address such…

Abraham Flexner wrote a report in 1910 summarizing the results of his survey of medical schools in which the state of medical education was found to be deplorable. Contemporary opinion holds the report as the stimulus for reform in medical education; however, the report was a documentation of a priori assumptions and a polemic on the philosophy of…

Scheduled for January 5-10, 1969, in Newark, New Jersey, this national training program is designed for 27 trainers community action workers from Office of Economic Opportunity funded multipurpose and urban training centers. Program content and objectives have been outlined for the following sessions: introduction (1 1/2 hours); establishing a…

Since the Kentucky community college network has been in operation for several years, it was felt that a study of the current status and dimensions of that network would be useful in developing guidelines for future development. After visits to each of the schools and study of related data, it was noted that the community colleges are closely…

The Vocational Education Act of 1963 was an apparent outgrowth of economic conditions and societal needs which existed in the United States in the late 1950's and early 1960's. The nation's most urgent domestic problem was unemployment while paradoxically millions of jobs which required skilled workers continued unfilled. This study was concerned…

In this paper the importance of improving the understanding of the change process is stressed, and some of the relevant literature on the innovation process in education is summarized. The change agent role and innovative techniques in education and training are described. (Author/RA)

Folk stories have been published in Spanish to provide the Spanish-speaking child with reading materials in his native language. Series of materials are available for instruction in numbers and letters and beginning and intermediate vocabulary development. Series are Abecedarios (13 vols.), Mis Animalitos (6 vols.), Coleccion Oficios y Animales (6…

The science curriculum reforms of the 1960's have not been effective in increasing student interest in science nor in forming an appreciation of how science relates to the intellectual progress of mankind. The goals of science education need now be reexamined so that science teaching in the 1970's may go "beyond the restrictive context of special…

Based on a work paper on adult and continuing education policy formation for Quebec, this document modifies and supplements recommendations on the unemployed and other high priority clientele groups, adult education content and methodology, the training of adult educators, responsibilities of sponsoring bodies (including the mass media), Federal…

Seven speakers consider gifted and talented students. George Welsh defines the relationship of personality and classroom performance; Marvin Gold describes differential education; and C. Douglas Carter discusses special programs at the elementary level. Also treated are the nature and identification of creativity, by Betty Stovall, advanced…

The author recounts the family and school life of an exceptionally gifted child - her son, Michael Grost - from birth to his graduation from Michigan State University at the age of 15 years. She has chronicled the development of Mike (IQ 200+) with many humorous, frustrating, desparing, triumphant, and incredible personal experiences of Mike and…

A management study of the existing statewide educational radio network and of a proposed stationwide network with regard to five basic areas of concern--(1) the administrative structure, (2) educational needs, (3) legal considerations, (4) fiscal data, and (5) technical requirements. Various alternatives and supporting data are developed from…

In May 1968, 10 leaders of Southwestern minority groups--Amerindians, Blacks, and Spanish-speaking--gathered to share their educational problems and discuss collective solutions. From their thoughts on assimilation and integration, on living conditions, curriculum, local school board control, and teacher education, two ambivalences emerged: (1)…

This is a report of the first of three phases of a project to develop an education component for new careers within the Administration of Justice field. During this phase, four agencies agreed to participate: the Los Angeles County Probation Department, the Alameda County Probation Department, and the California State Departments of Corrections…

Bracketing is defined as a procedure whereby individual decisionmaking team members sharpen their perceptions of organizational need prior to administrative action. Like the Delphi technique, the procedure eliminates major detriments of group activity planning and includes sequential interrogations and feedback procedures. Unlike the Delphi…