Activities, programs, and recommendations emanating from the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment are reviewed in this report in light of their relationship to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Detailed accounts of the implications of the Conference for UNESCO's activities as a whole were…

This State Plan for Environmental Education, proposed by the Texas Advisory Council on Environmental Education, is designed to promote a greater public awareness and understanding among Texas citizens of their relationships with and dependence upon the natural and man-made environments. Such an awareness should foster an ability to comprehend and…

Procedures for program development, to take place after needs assessment and the establishment of learner goals and objectives, are described. Three phases are involved in program development: (1) program alternatives are explored; (2) the resources necessary to implement a program are compared to the existing school resources; and (3) process…

A procedure is given for determining various concerns for the identification of priority needs or important problems. Chapters deal with procedures for harvesting educational concerns, illustrations of the systematic harvesting of concerns, concerns classification and analysis, and conducting the need assessment. A diagram of the procedure for…

An evaluation of extension education at Haile Sellassie University is presented. It includes the following focal points: (1) extension development, (2) present extension services, (3) the need for a new concept of university extension, (4) extension in a developing country, (5) recommendations, and (6) future research. (CK)

This guide is an aid to trainers of tutors who will work with primary grade children in reading tasks. There are 12 units contained in this program: the tutor's role, human relations, giving an interest inventory, setting instructional objectives, assessing reading difficulty, the lesson plan, evaluation of student success, reading instruction…

The primary purpose of this book is to serve as an overview for teacher aide training. It is an attempt to gather and relate introductory information necessary for the orientation and education of auxiliary personnel in education. Some of the areas given primary consideration are: (1) human growth and development, (2) history of education, (3)…

Discussed is Dakota State College's Experience Oriented Teacher Education Program designed to prepare prospective teachers through experience in addition to theory. This report describes the four major aspects of the program: participation in public school classrooms prior to student teaching, human relations training experience, field seminars,…

The purpose of this psychological training program was twofold--training and service on the assumption that closely and expertly supervised service with accessible and available qualified consultants is the most realistic and thorough research training method known. Interns were recruited, trained, and supported financially and professionally to…

The implementation of the intern program described in this document was based on information collected from superintendents and psychological personnel, the state department of education, and teachers and other school personnel. The activities in which the interns participated included PTA meetings, faculty meetings, in-service days, home visits,…

The city-wide standardized testing program of Madison Public Schools was reviewed by a committee of a cross-section of school system educators as part of a total effort to design a testing program more sensitive to the needs of the system. As a result, standardized testing was reduced to reading (grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 8) and mathematics (grade…

The report concerns the California Mentally Gifted Minor Program, in which the state, through guidelines, consultant service, and extra funds, encourages school districts to provide qualitatively different and appropriate learning experiences for children in the upper 2% of general mental ability. The report outlines the historical roots and…

A complete audio-tutorial course in sophomore-level plant morphology was prepared, using an existing textbook and laboratory manual. Audio scripts, behavioral objectives and unit quizzes were written by the research participants. A pilot study was completed and needed revisions made. Preliminary testing was begun, but the number of students…

This paper reviews guidelines of the Cooperative Extension Service, as set forth in Smith-Lever Act of 1924. It discusses the early educational program, examines the efforts of the present program, pointing out weaknesses and methodology, and sets forth objectives for future program efforts. (NF)

PLATO (programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations) is a computer-based teaching system which was developed in the Coordinated Science Laboratory at the University of Illinois to explore the possibilities of automation in individual instruction. The history of the PLATO program is summarized here, along with a list of courses which used…