Discussed the need for new continuing education programs and their connection in filling the community's educational needs. (RK)

Although this paper identifies the various reasons for project failure, it also highlights the principles and practices related to project success. The paper attempts to strike a positive note concerning steps to take to increase the probability of successful project implementation and to suggest more realistic attitudes and expectations toward…

The child development programs of the Pomona Unified School District in California are described. The district's program provides child care and development services to about 1,050 children at 16 locations. Some child care services for children from 6 weeks to 14 years of age are offered from 6 a.m. until midnight, and until 6 p.m. on weekends, 7…

The four phases of developing and implementing a comprehensive guidance program (planning, designing, implementing, and evaluating) as described by Mitchell and Gysbers (1978) are used as the organizers for this book. Chapter 1 traces the evolution of guidance in the schools from the turn of the century. The changing influences, emphases, and…

At the present time the social sciences implicitly or explicitly start from a normative vision which has a dialectical objective: a reasoning that is at once theoretical and practical, or that is both a political and a scientific discourse. A focus on Jurgen Habermas' theory of communicative action provides possibilities of shifting the frontier…

Providing an example of educational practice others may wish to emulate, this bulletin profiles the work of Elga Brown, an extraordinary kindergarten teacher at Edison Elementary School in Eugene, Oregon. The basic educational objective of Brown's classroom is that every one has a good day, and the overriding rule is that everyone allow everyone…

This issue of the bi-yearly publication contains 11 articles grouped under three headings: Developmental Cognitive/ Perceptual Studies, Development of Assessment Tools Studies, and Effective Learning Studies. The research was carried out at the Lida Lee Tall Learning Resources Center on the campus of Towson (Md.) State University. This is a…

Faculty development programs should help professionals to encourage in students not only a mastery of a body of knowledge but also a familiarity with various modes of knowing. (Author/KE)

The purpose of this document is to highlight the major technical issues of interconnection within a broad based, multi-function, multi-user bibliographic data interchange network in Canada, and to indicate specific areas where development work of a technical nature needs to be undertaken. Recent systems development in the U.S. and Canada is…

The importance that a study of the humanities plays in preparing educational administrators has been recognized by many, but remains an elusive concept. There are several reasons for including the humanities in administrator preparation programs: they provide time-tested examples of appropriate relationships, they deal with enduring concerns and…

A developmental English program for a liberal arts college should be individualized and intellectually challenging to students entering a four-year baccalaureate program. Such a program must emphasize motivation, flexibility, and a well-conceived progression for acquiring skills. It should view writing as a holistic process and should use such…

Intended for use by local school districts to facilitate the implementation of kindergarten through grade 12 developmental reading programs for all students in Wisconsin, this booklet explains the legislation that mandates such programs. Divided into four parts, the booklet discusses the purpose and intent of a developmental reading program,…

These guidelines provide general advice on major issues and factors to be considered in formulating an information manpower development policy, especially as concerns education and training of information personnel. The changing information environment and social needs will dictate modifications of these guidelines and the formulation of new ones.…

RESEARCH OBJECTIVES WERE (A) TO DEVELOP A BATTERY OF INSIGHT-PROBLEMS FOR USE IN PROBLEM-SOLVING RESEARCH, (B) TO REPLICATE A TRAINING EXPERIMENT IN ORDER TO DETERMINE WHAT A SUBJECT MIGHT HAVE LEARNED IN A SPECIFIC SITUATION WHICH COULD INFLUENCE NONSPECIFIC SITUATIONS, AND (C) TO ATTEMPT TO TEACH SUBJECTS STRATEGY WHICH WILL ALLOW THEM TO…

THE PROCESS OF TRANSLATING EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH INTO IMPROVED EDUCATIONAL PRACTICE IS DEFINED IN A FOUR-PHASE LINEAR TAXONOMY OF RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, DIFFUSION, AND ADOPTION. A SCHEMA DEVELOPING THESE PHASES OF THE CHANGE CONTINUUM DEFINES SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES, CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION, AND RELATION TO CHANGE. RESEARCH ACTIVITY IS LIMITED TO…