This specialized bibliography is intended to fill a definite student need to the scarcity of literature on this topic. Total entries number about 128 and are limited to materials in English available at the University of Pittsburgh. Two main sections of the bibliography are: 1) Education in Korea, and 2) Korean Studies. Cited in the former are…

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro charged a committee with studying the needs of the university for special instructional media, surveying its existing resources in this area, and recommending a plan for coordination of use of instructional media. By and large, departments agreed that maintenance of existing equipment was an immediate…

The failure of State governments to use their unique place in the Federal structure for the relief of urban areas is illustrated by the school lunch program in New Jersey. The cities have a higher share of needy students and yet do not receive a greater share of program funds than the suburbs. The lunch gap--i.e., the number of low income students…

These hearings before the Senate Select Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity focusing on "San Francisco and Berkeley, California" are organized in two parts. The contents of Part 9A include all of the statements by educational administrators, teachers, and students; as well as by representatives of involved minority communities and…

This study is the first statewide effort in California to evaluate the effectiveness of Vital Information for Education and Work (VIEW), which are occupational awareness materials available at 10 designated VIEW centers in the state. To determine factors affecting the utilization of VIEW, to better use VIEW as a guidance tool, and to develop a…

The concept and structure of career education was investigated in order to plan and develop appropriate "real-life" vocational exploration programs for Mississippi. This federally-funded research project was carried out by visiting exemplary programs and five vocational program-planning settings throughout the United States, as well as a…

This report concerning the policy and planning of education in France is a description of the quantitative and qualitative aspects of the development of education in an endeavor to show how each aspect influences the other. Book I of the report recalls the importance of the educational explosion of the last fifteen years and examines the budgetary…

This annotated bibliography provides a guide to books on the theory and practice of language teaching. Instructional materials for classroom use are not included. Eight sections of materials are contained in the work: (1) language, (2) language teaching, (3) English for speakers of other languages, (4) French, (5) German, (6) Italian, (7) Russian…

This report is an evaluation of the attempt of the Boston resource team to improve the physical and educational conditions in the Dearborn school district during the 1970-71 school year. The team identified four goals for its work in the Dearborn annex: (1) improving the physical appearance of the Dearborn school; (2) involving more parents in the…

The social studies resource unit, the first of four in this course, outlines content dealing with the concept of community, helping third grade children to identify basic properties of any community. Specific objectives are described in the areas of culture, social organization, social processes, location, and cultural uses of environmental…

This unit is designed as an overview of the year's course on economics and socio-economic problems. Pupils learn something about economics as a social science and the role of economists in helping people solve economic problems. They examine steps in problem solving and learn to distinguish between questions asking for explanation and prediction…

This study was designed to investigate: (1) the relationship between teacher perceptions of disadvantaged inner-city black youth, and various demographic variables, and (2) the effects of using a self-instructional module on teacher perceptions of the attitudes and values of these same disadvantaged youth. Results of an analysis of variance showed…

This directory contains basic occupational information about 100 career opportunities in business, industry, and the professions in Great Britain. Entry-level employment qualifications, brief job descriptions, salary ranges, employment projections, and resource addresses are provided for each career. Educational and training requirements are…

This interim report covers the first phase of Project CAREER, which is a federally funded exemplary project in vocational education focusing on the career development process for the handicapped. An interdisciplinary career education team for each of three local education agencies (LEA's) was established, composed of a special education teacher, a…

Written by a former governor of Ohio, this book is aimed at both the general public and the educational community who are looking for alternative curriculums in the public schools. The author suggests that public school education should focus more carefully on preparing students for the world of work, and proposes a comprehensive vocational…