The goals of the Indian Education Project were to identify and discuss the involvement of federal, tribal, and state governments in the education of Indian children and to assist states in fulfilling their responsibilities in Indian education. A task force and other interested legislators, educators, and tribal representatives met regularly…

Using a developmental research model, this longitudinal study focused on the academic development throughout secondary education of participants in a Midwestern Upward Bound project. The study attempted to determine whether the participants collectively demonstrated significant gains in achievement as a direct result of involvement in Upward Bound…

Focusing on adult education in Yugoslavia, this book is part of the series on adult education in Europe. The first of eight sections, traces historical development of adult education in Yugoslavia beginning with the second half of the nineteenth century and focusing on promotion of political awareness and socio-political education of the working…

A state survey of Maine industrial arts teachers sought to describe current curriculum attitudes and practices for use in developing teacher training curriculum at the University of Maine and to pursue the impact of Title IX (sex discrimination) legislation, new university faculty, and state and national curriculum efforts. One hundred randomly…

This report examines education in Poland from 1974 to 1976. Part I discusses the organization and structure of the educational system. Topics examined include legal foundations of the system, the nation's educational philosophy, the functions of the educational administration, the financing of education, the structure and organization of the…

This paper discusses social studies practices, objectives, status, and concerns. It also provides recommendations for improving social studies teaching and research. Recommendations and ideas evolved from a two week conference of social studies educators held at Stanford University in summer, 1979. Conference objectives were to review social…

The conference provided a forum where educators, members of public service organizations, and legislators could explore the need for and commitment to citizen education, set citizen education objectives, and generate ideas for creating a citizen education effort. Conference participants explored two major aspects of citizenship…

The document contains a paper on the prosocial theorists' approach to moral/citizenship education and three critiques of the paper. Prosocial theorists focus on specific kinds of behavior which can be associated with moral theory: altruism, guilt, helping, cooperation, resistance to temptation, impulse control, and empathy. The work has been…

Eight papers which discuss rational and nonrational modes of knowing and consciousness and their relevance to educational practice are presented. Richard Jones in "Looking Back and Forth on Consciousness" considers two modes, the rational and the metaphoric, in a discussion of dreams. Alfred Kuhn discusses random variation and selective retention…

The two board aspects of outdoor education considered in this document are education in the outdoors, using the natural environment as a laboratory for learning, and education for the outdoors, with a focus on teaching skills and appreciations for outdoor recreation. Conference procedures, keynote addresses, current practices, contributions to…

This report was prepared in response to the provisions in the 1965 Programme of Work of the Committee for Scientific and Technical Personnel calling for a review of the Committee's past works on curriculum reform and new techniques of teaching. The scope and purpose of the report are (1) to evaluate past operational work on curriculum reform and…

The study attempted to survey the administrative, guidance, and curriculum practices employed by selected junior high schools in the state of Texas, and to compile the findings of the research in such a manner that other teachers confronted with the rapid learner in the junior high school might have a tangible source of provisions and techniques…

The study was designed to encourage home economics teachers to use audiovisual materials for more effective classroom communication, and to provide information which would assist them in developing selected types of audiovisual materials. Seventy-eight vocational home economics teachers were questioned to determine audiovisual practices, equipment…

This bibliography of materials relating to the development and growth of public community and junior colleges consists of more than 200 entries dating between 1924 and 1967, inclusively. Types of materials include books, documents, unpublished periodicals, microfilms, directories, and articles in periodicals. (DG)

This report examines education in Spain during the years 1975 and 1976. The first part of the report evaluates the priority objectives of Spain's education system, examines the quality of teaching at all levels and discusses the system's teaching personnel, administrative, and financial aspects. The development of the school system is treated in…