The purpose of the New Hampshire Vocational English as a Second Language Project was to develop and disseminate a model program to serve limited English speaking individuals in New Hampshire's Vocational Education programs. Phase 1 identified the target population of students in grades K-12 through teacher surveys, and of out-of-school populations…

The effectiveness of institutional, state, and federal efforts to expand educational participation in California is examined in this third of a three-report series on equal opportunity in California postsecondary education. The purposes of this report are to: (1) review the progress made during the past five years, (2) identify the barriers to…

This annotated bibliography on inservice teacher education, part of the Professional Development series, is divided into twelve sections: (1) concepts, perspectives, and trends; (2) developmental process; (3) teacher centers; (4) implementation methods for professional development techniques; (5) implementation methods for specific educational…

This package is the sixth of twelve in the Skills for Adult Guidance Educators (SAGE) system, which provides instruction in a set of necessary competencies specifically designed for adult education counselors, teachers, and paraprofessionals. The materials provide a process for developing and implementing counseling and guidance programs unique to…

This paper reports on the educational status of women and ethnic minorities. The first part of the paper presents a literature review containing overviews of the past and present status of women and minorities in education and briefly discusses the concept of equality of educational opportunity. The second part of the paper, which comprises the…

A STUDY SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT VOTERS WOULD GIVE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS IF THEY WERE FULLY INFORMED OF NEEDS, AND WHETHER CURRENT COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUES WERE ADEQUATE IN EFFECTIVELY INFORMING THE PUBLIC OF SCHOOL NEEDS. SPECIFIC VOTER AND COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTICS WERE EXPLORED AS THEY RELATE TO…

THE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY TEACHER EDUCATION CENTER (SUTEC) IS CONDUCTING A COOPERATIVE PROGRAM TO PREPARE TEACHERS FOR URBAN SCHOOLS. THE 5-YEAR PROJECT IS UNIQUE IN ITS BASING OF COLLEGE PERSONNEL IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL ON A FULL-TIME SCHEDULE. SPONSORED BY THE NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE QUEENS COLLEGE DEPT. OF EDUCATION, IT AIMS TO--(1)…

THIS ANNOTATED REFERENCE LIST IS A COMPANION VOLUME TO "PART 1, TEXTS, READERS, DICTIONARIES, TESTS," AND FOLLOWS THE SAME FORMAT. THE FIRST SECTION, BACKGROUND MATERIALS, COVERS TEXTS IN LINGUISTICS AND THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, BIBLIOGRAPHIES, AND PERIODICALS. THE SECOND SECTION, METHODOLOGY, COVERS LANGUAGE TEACHING IN GENERAL, PREPARATION AND…

A SUMMER PROGRAM FOR TESTING AND EVALUATING MATERIALS DEVELOPED AT THE HAWAII CURRICULUM CENTER WAS CARRIED OUT IN JUNE AND JULY, 1967, AT THE UNIVERSITY LABORATORY SCHOOL IN HONOLULU. THE PRIMARY GRADES LANGUAGE CLASS, USING FIRST-YEAR LANGUAGE MATERIALS WHICH STRESSED AURAL-ORAL SKILLS, READING, AND WRITING, ALSO TRIED OUT NEW METHODS IN…

TO EVALUATE STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS OF SCHOOL-COMMUNITY RELATIONS, 860 VARIABLES WERE DEFINED FROM THE LITERATURE AND GROUPED INTO 26 DIVISIONS FOR ASSESSMENT AGAINST FOUR SUMMARY CRITERION VARIABLES--(1) ACQUIESCENCE, THE DEGREE TO WHICH VOTERS IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT VIEW FINANCIAL ISSUES FAVORABLY, (2) PARTICIPATION, THE DEGREE TO WHICH VOTERS…

THE INTERAMERICAN CONSULTATION ON URBAN DEVELOPMENT WAS ORGANIZED BY THE ADULT EDUCATION ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES, UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (AID). REPRESENTATIVES FROM EIGHT LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES, THE UNITED STATES, AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE PEACE CORPS, UNESCO, UN, AND AID ATTEMPTED…

BUSINESS HAS A MORAL RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE EDUCATION FOR ITS EMPLOYEES SINCE IT PROFITS FROM THE FACT THAT AMERICA HAS BECOME AN EDUCATION STATE, WITH THE INCREASED EDUCATION OF THE LABOR FORCE ACCOUNTING FOR 23 PERCENT OF ECONOMIC GROWTH BETWEEN 1929 AND 1957, AND SINCE BUSINESS ITSELF HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE CRISIS IN EDUCATION BY INSISTING…

THIS BULLETIN, PUBLISHED BIMONTHLY, REPORTS THE CURRENT LITERATURE IN THE AREA OF SCIENCE AND PUBLIC POLICY. THE COVERAGE ENCOMPASSES BOTH "POLICY FOR SCIENCE" AND "SCIENCE FOR POLICY" MATTERS. SCIENCE IS USED TO DENOTE ENGINEERING, TECHNOLOGY, AND SCIENCE. THE BULLETIN IS INTENDED FOR PERSONS ENGAGED IN STUDYING, FORMULATING,…

THIS SPEECH WAS DELIVERED TO THE NEW MEXICO CONFERENCE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND WAS CONCERNED WITH THE PROBLEMS FACING SPANISH AMERICAN VILLAGE SETTLEMENTS IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO. IT WAS STATED THAT THE FUNDAMENTAL REASONS FOR THE DECLINE OF THE SPANISH AMERICAN FARM VILLAGE INVOLVE THE PROCESS OF ACCULTURATION AND SOCIOECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT IN A…

Articles and sample syllabi from courses about intercultural communication are presented in this volume. Because the field of intercultural communication is relatively new, minimal work has been done developing standardized syllabi for courses relating to it. The resources in this book provide a base for building a coherent curriculum in…