Investigated were the areas of role modeling and career salience for older female college students, with career salience defined as actively seeking to use education by pursuing a career. A pilot questionnaire was administered to all female students 35 and over in the Department of Psychology (N=40), with a focus upon background factors, career…

A 2-day symposium of historians and archivists prepared a series of 11 specific recommendations for the development of a comprehensive national inventory of historical materials in American education. A pilot project, recommended as the initial step, will focus on three aspects of education: community, formal, and higher education, possibly…

THE PROJECT AIMED TO PREPARE PROFESSIONAL LEADERS TO DEVELOP FUNCTIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR PERSONS HANDICAPPED BY SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS DIFFERENCES. PHASE I, THE PROFESSIONAL LEADER'S RESPONSIBILITIES WERE ANALYZED ACCORDING TO WHAT HE IS CURRENTLY DOING AND WHAT HE SHOULD DO. SUPERVISORS AND LEADERS OF PROGRAMS FOR THE DISADVANTAGED RATED…

AN UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL SOCIAL WORK PROGRAM IN A MULTIVERSITY SETTING (THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA) IS DESCRIBED, AND RESEARCH QUESTIONS RELATED TO THIS EDUCATIONAL MODEL ARE RAISED. THE PROGRAM OFFERS A SINGLE-TRACK SEQUENCE WITH INNER FLEXIBILITY TO MEET THE DIVERSE NEEDS OF A DIVERSE STUDENT BODY. THE INTERDISCIPLINARY CURRICULUM CENTERS AROUND…

TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF USING COUNSELOR-ASSISTANTS (CA) IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS, THIS PROJECT, EVOLVING FROM THE DEVELOPMENTAL COUNSELING PROJECT, WAS SPONSORED BY THE BUREAU OF GUIDANCE, NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WITH NATIONAL DEFENSE EDUCATION ACT TITLE V-A FUNDS, IN COOPERATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER AND THREE CONTRIBUTING…

AS PART OF THE GREAT CITIES PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT, THE BUFFALO PROJECT WAS DESIGNED TO ATTACK THE SOCIAL INERTIA, LOW DEGREE OF INTEREST, ACHIEVEMENT AND PROGRESS, AND UNINSPIRED MOTIVATIONAL PATTERNS CHARACTERISTIC OF CHILDREN FROM A COMMUNITY LOW ON THE SOCIOECONOMIC SCALE. THIS WAS SOUGHT THROUGH AN ENRICHED SCHOOL PROGRAM OF TEACHING,…

AS A RESULT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW MATHEMATICS CURRICULUMS ON ALL LEVELS, THE NEED FOR INSERVICE EDUCATION OF TEACHERS IS CRITICAL. THIS CONFERENCE MET IN ORDER TO STUDY EXISTING PROGRAMS AND TO REPORT PROMISING PRACTICES, TO EXPLORE WAYS OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT, AND TO DEVELOP PLANS FOR PILOT PROGRAMS IN STATES WHERE ASSISTANCE IS NEEDED. IN…

TEN PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS WHO HAD SPENT TWO YEARS TEACHING ABROAD WERE PLACED IN AN URBAN HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOM. THE PURPOSE WAS TO LEARN WHAT SHOULD BE TAUGHT IN THE URBAN CLASSROOM, HOW IT SHOULD BE TAUGHT, AND HOW BEST TO GO ABOUT TRAINING TEACHERS TO DEAL WITH DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN. THE STUDENTS WERE AIDED BY A SPECIAL STAFF OF MASTER…

THIS REPORT PRESENTS IN CHRONOLOGICAL SEQUENCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A GROUP-GUIDANCE PILOT STUDY IN NORMAN HIGH SCHOOL, NORMAN, OKLAHOMA. THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT IN THE 1964-65 SCHOOL YEAR WAS TO USE THE SCHOOL COUNSELING STAFF AND COMMUNITY CONSULTANTS IN A STUDY OF AREAS OF PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS. IT WAS HOPED THAT STUDENTS IN SUCH A GROUP…

IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THEIR EFFECTIVENESS IN PREDICTING OR EXPLAINING STUDENT CHOICE, PERFORMANCE, AND PERSISTENCE IN REPRESENTATIVE CAREER PROGRAMS, A TEST BATTERY WAS ADMINISTERED TO ALL ENTERING FRESHMEN AT BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE, FALL, 1965. GRADE AVERAGES AND SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE TEST SCORES WERE ALSO COMPILED. ANALYSES OF DATA WERE COMPLETED…

THE BACKGROUND, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND COMPETENCE OF A SAMPLE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS WERE REPORTED IN A PILOT STUDY. QUESTIONNAIRES WERE COMPLETED BY 621 TEACHERS IN THE SURVEY SAMPLE. EIGHT TABLES WERE INCLUDED ON--TEACHING LOAD, ACADEMIC TRAINING, LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY, TEACHING EXPERIENCE, CERTIFICATION, CONTINUING PREPARATION, SOURCE SITE…

One phase of the American Industry Project was the development of a pilot program for teacher education. The decision was made to determine what kind of teacher was needed and develop the curriculum to produce this teacher. To make this determination a review of literature and interviews were conducted. Three kinds of criteria were most often used…

A study of the development and effectiveness of the Florida Pilot Program in Civil Defense Adult Education was conducted from the viewpoint of a participant observer and from data gathered from official records. An instrument developed to gauge the extent to which the objectives of the program were achieved was sent to the 66 counties where the…

The purpose of the publication is to provide a listing of the projects supported during FY 1974 in each State through grants and contracts funded by the States under section 142(d) of Part D of the Vocational Education Amendments Act of 1968. The listing, which is arranged alphabetically by State, shows the title of each project, the name of the…

Summarized in the 13-page report are the goals, objectives, procedures, accomplishments, and problems in implementing the Montgomery County (Alabama) three-year career education pilot project. Emphasis has been on integration of career education in the regular classroom as the most effective means of teacher and student involvement. Of career…