Techniques and problems involved with the assessment of prior experiential learning are discussed and the assessment techniques of baccalaureate health administration programs are reviewed. Experiential learning is defined as learning that an individual has attained through experience prior to enrollment in an academic program. Broadening access…

This resource guide contains over 300 entries which are available through the Optimum Utilization of Resources (OUR's) exchange system. The entries describe learning materials, such as slides, video tapes, audio tapes, films, print material, and computer assisted instructional programs, which have been developed primarily by faculty of the…

Books, periodicals, recordings, art works, government documents, and bibliographies, dating mostly from 1960, are included in this 1978 addendum to the 1973 edition of "La Raza: A Selective Bibliography of Library Resources". Similar in format to the earlier volume, the addendum contains 1,616 non-annotated entries organized into 31…

The third of three guidelines for teaching sequential skills to handicapped children focuses on prevocatonal and practical life skills. Objectives are listed for the following areas (sample subcategories in parentheses): application forms (driver's permit, social security benefits); banking; buying (supermarket skills); budgeting; food preparation…

Federal statistical services grossly underestimate the size of the farmworker population; as a result, the current federal farmworker programs (CETA, Migrant Education, Migrant Headstart, Farm Labor Housing, and Migrant Health) are unable to identify a total target population in need of services and unable to allocate funds in ways which reflect…

THE UNITED ENDEAVORS OF GOVERNMENTAL AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL GROUPS HAVE RESULTED IN AN INTEGRATED MIGRATORY LABOR PROGRAM IN PENNSYLVANIA. THE EFFORTS OF THESE GROUPS PROVIDE FOR RECRUITMENT, ADEQUATE LIVING ACCOMODATIONS, HEALTH AND WELFARE SERVICES, COUNSELING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, COMMUNITY ADJUSTMENT, AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES. THE RESULT HAS…

Daytime programs recorded 42,008 students, and evening programs 29,217 students enrolled in areas of agriculture, distributive education, health occupations, home economics, office and business, technical education, and trade and industrial education. Fourteen state-operated regional vocational-technical schools, four regional technical…

The 15 educational objectives presented here were arrived at through a process for long-range, continuous effort to improve education in South Carolina. This process included a needs assessment that identified 25 educational needs, examination of those needs by the State Board of Education, reduction of the needs to 15, prioritization of the 15…

One of twelve instructional units in the Native American Career Education (NACE) program, this unit is intended to make Native American junior high school students aware of cooperative skills and of the cultural and economic context within which careers exist. Focus is on the subject areas of social development and health. The activities contained…

This booklet is designed to help British teachers introduce concepts of waste to secondary school students. The document focuses on various types of waste and pollution--air, land, water, and industrial--and suggests activities to help students understand and combat waste of natural and human resources. It is presented in 11 chapters. Six chapters…

This catalog is intended to make successful programs and practices available so that interested school districts may adapt and install their key elements. All programs were approved by program offices within their funding agencies and often by state education agencies. All were then carefully scrutinized for quality by the Joint Dissemination…

The Pre-Postsecondary Program (PPSP) was conducted during the 1974-75 school year at four Ohio secondary schools in order to offer a career exploration program for students in grades 11 and 12 that would be related to the high school content and provide a foundation for careers in the students' areas of interest. The report presents the evaluation…

This document records proceedings of the joint hearings on the Child and Family Services Act, 1974 (bills S.3754 and H.R.15882). The bills would provide for child care, health, nutritional, educational, and other services for children and their families on a voluntary basis. Included are the texts of both bills, a brief section-by-section analysis…

This document records proceedings of the joint hearings on the Child and Family Services Act, 1975 (bills S.626 and H.R.2966). The bills would provide for child care, health, nutritional, educational, and other services for children and their families on a voluntary basis. Included are the texts of both bills, witnesses' testimony of February 20,…

This document records proceedings of the joint hearings on the Child and Family Services Act, 1975 (bills S.626 and H.R.2966). Included are witnesses' testimony of February 21, 1975, statements presented, and additional information (including related publications and communications). (SB)