The paper examines Federal assistance and how it has benefited education in Appalachia. After a discussion of social change, regional education centers and educational cooperatives are considered, as are vocational education and teacher education. Other Federal programs, such as those funded by the Office of Economic Opportunity and Appalachian…

Four panels of 80 experts in learning theory, secondary curriculum, educational technology, and English predicted developments in their fields for the next 30 years, anticipated the effects these developments would have on secondary education, and made recommendations for preservice teacher education programs. The panel of English experts then…

In response to the philosophy of vocational education outlined by the National Advisory Council, the Greenwood Public School Administration drew up this proposal for a new educational structure. Designed to prepare students for the world of work through a comprehensive orientation process involving practical arts, vocational education, and…

The career education concept should replace vocational education so that more of the American people can receive the benefits that are being provided students in vocational education. It is necessary to begin to construct a sound, systematized relationship between education and work, a system which will make it standard practice to teach every…

This bulletin describes a London primary school designed by a team of architects and educators. Information is provided regarding the initial investigation carried out by the group, the organization of the school, the design of buildings and furniture, and the cost analysis. Many photographs, floor prints, illustrations, equipment listings, and…

This is the descriptive and evaluative report of the Garfield Educational Complex, a cooperating group of schools serving a predominantly Mexican-American Area of East Los Angeles, California. The complex is federally funded and conducted a three-year experiment to develop a relevant bicultural and bilingual program. Program components included:…

Education in America is still dominated by anachronisms, including the fixed 8:30 to 3:00 day, the lock-step grade level, the use of grades, the belief that students must learn from adults rather than students, that students and adults learn together, and especially a concern with the quantities of education rather than the qualities of education.…

Designed to assist distributive education teacher-coordinators in developing more comprehensive programs by expanding their resource potential, this manual contains a compilation of the objectives, organizational structure, area of community involvement, and suggested innovations applicable to distributive education for eight local, regional, and…

In order to determine the feasibility of establishing demonstration centers for apprenticeship and skill training, extensive interviews were conducted involving union officers, employer representatives, vocational educators, and officials of federal and state apprenticeship divisions in this country and abroad during the period from 1971 through…

The attitudes of State legislative education committee chairmen concerning possible changes in the financing and governance of education were surveyed. The chairmen provided comments on the deficiencies in federal, State, and local revenue sources; discussed problems of governance; gave their opinions on educational innovations and program…

The major thesis of this paper is that it is necessary for those people concerned with rural education and small schools to accept 3 challenges--to take full advantage of available rural opportunities, to realize limitations of rural life, and to be aware of responsibilities not only to Rural America but also to an America where there are no…

The social studies labs described in this profile are non-classrooms where kids come during study halls or after school. There are no teacher assignments and no required content. Faculty people serve the labs as participants and advisors. Students develop lab carts, work in the Living History Center, review curriculum materials in the Materials…

This document is a slightly revised version of author's Ph.D. Dissertation, "A Forecast of Responsibilities of Secondary Teachers of English 1970-2000 A.D., with Implications for Teacher Education" (ED 049 253). A study in two parts, Part I presents the need for future planning in education; discusses briefly methodologies for forecasting the…

This paper discusses some uses of nonprint media to support the study of novels by education students. The author suggests that students choose a novel that is short, interesting, and not too difficult; that they reach a consensus among themselves as to the theme of the novel; and that they express their interpretation through nonprint media.…

Thirty-nine people from 10 OECD member countries participated at this conference aimed at setting the value-loaded questions of curriculum development in an international context. The conference looked at the relationship between development styles for development enterprises as a whole and the developmental pattern of individual projects.…