This document, one of 12 guides that have been developed to facilitate evaluation by and for local education agency (LEA) personnel in Illinois, covers vocational needs assessment to identify discrepancies between the needs of the community and the school programs available to meet those needs. The guide has been designed to aid the person who has…

This handbook was prepared from presentations made at an inservice workshop for teachers in Nova Scotia, Canada on multicultural education. In an introductory article, Paul Robinson describes his personal experiences in trying to prepare a multicultural curriculum, and the participation of members of Canadian ethnic communities in that activity.…

Developed during a project designed to provide a continuous, competency-based line of vocational training in business and office education programs at the secondary and postsecondary levels, this package consists of an instructor's guide and learning module for a course on office procedures. Various aspects of implementing and articulating…

Intended for use at all levels, this interdisciplinary curriculum guide deals with instructional strategies for serving special populations in vocational education. It consists of four volumes of materials devoted to the needs of handicapped persons, persons in multicultural educational programs, women, and vocational students with reading…

A summary of an in-depth study of the training component of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), this volume consists of a series of findings and recommendations emerging from a national survey of 476 CETA prime sponsors. It provides a comprehensive review of CETA training based on the analysis of longitudinal data on the quality,…

This Unified Sciences and Mathematics for Elementary Schools (USMES) unit challenges students to find ways to overcome difficulties in getting from one place to another. The challenge is general enough to apply to many problem-solving situations in mathematics, science, social science, and language arts at any elementary school level (grades 1-8).…

Collecting and maintaining a variety of animals for study is the challenge of this Unified Sciences and Mathematics for Elementary Schools (USMES) unit. The challenge is general enough to apply to many problem-solving situations in mathematics, science, social science, and language arts at any elementary school level (grades 1-8). The Teacher…

Finding educational, useful, or fun things to do during recess or lunchtime is the challenge of this Unified Sciences and Mathematics for Elementary Schools (USMES) unit. The challenge is general enough to apply to many problem-solving situations in mathematics, science, social science, and language arts at any elementary school level (grades…

Because student activities are often restricted by inclement weather, this Unified Sciences and Mathematics for Elementary Schools (USMES) unit challenges students to predict weather to help them plan activities and schedules. The challenge is general enough to apply to many problem-solving situations in mathematics, science, social science, and…

This self-paced, individualized course, adapted from military curriculum materials for use in vocational and technical education, teaches students about nutrition, food preparation, and food service. This student workbook, one of three parts of the course, contains basic information on menu planning and nutrition; food standards and costs; custom…

As an illustration of competency-based instruction in action, this publication contains a curriculum guide, sample lesson plans, and an explanation of how these materials were derived and implemented in a public school district Comprehensive Employment and Training Act vocational education program in Springfield, Missouri. The model contains a…

The two-volume document provides a pre-career curriculum guide for professionals and teachers working with deaf-blind students. Part 1 contains professionals and teachers working with deaf-blind students. Part I contains introductory information. Pointed out is the void in providing adequate programs for deaf-blind students over the age of 10.…

Research on the effect of small-group instruction on students' second language classroom experience, as well as strategies for teachers, are examined. Eight foreign language teachers observed their student teachers an average of 11 times each on randomly-selected days over an 8-week observation period, generating a total of 5,288 "snapshots" of…

The Fourth Regional Conference of the Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration, held in Nicosia, Cyprus, in January 1980, focused on the possible impact of foreseeable changes in educaiton on the school administrator's role. The 16 papers presented (published in this volume) addressed the development of Cyprus's dual educational system;…

This book presents the results of a study entitled "What Counselors, Educators, Psychologists and Others Should Know About the Hispanic Culture in Order to Work More Effectively with Hispanic Students and Their Parents" funded by the California Department of Education in 1982-83. Approximately 500 people (Hispanics and Non-Hispanics) from 19…