The rationale for pupil personnel services includes the following: (1) universal education as an ideal is an American phenomenon, (2) trends relevant today are toward personal worth and development, (3) basic factors such as advanced technology and automation, recent gains in knowledge, holding power of schools, and the widening range of pupil…

Outlines the following information regarding the new National Endowment for the Arts Arts-in-Education Program: (1) background, (2) themes, (3) structures, (4) immediate next steps for members of the arts education community, (5) important principles for a particular group of arts educators, and (6) initial comprehensive planning questions. (JD)

A design method for information retrieval systems, based on a modelling technique, and derived from the general objectives and tasks set for the system is described. (12 references) (SJ)

A look at the major concern of the Lincoln Leadership Conference which was to report the results of attempting to use a procedural manual in the design of instruction for television.'' (Author/AK)

A review of Strategies for Success in Compensatory Education: An Appraisal of Evaluation Research by Edward L. McDill and others. (DS)

The author discusses a technique for analyzing affective goals and specifying them in terms of suitable measuring procedures." The article also outlines three approaches available for the design, development and validation of programmed instruction in the affective domain." (Author/AK)

Discusses the design and development of training programs that take advantage of the capabilities of computers and/or computer-driven video systems and the capabilities of interactive training. (JOW)

Task analysis can be applied to the design of computer assisted instruction programs for handicapped students through determining the task specification, identifying decisions and steps, classifying the task according to learning skill, identifying the enabling objectives, identifying entry behaviors, and evaluating achievement of the objectives.…

Examines the steps involved in the development of publications used to promote continuing education programs. It looks at two primary elements: programing (delivering what the public wants) and promotion (telling the public where it is) and how they can work together to produce effective promotional publications. (CT)

Teenagers face the greatest risk of criminal victimization; yet they are ignored as a target group by current victim-assistance programs. Proposes the provision of such services to juvenile victims as a means of reinforcing conventional standards of behavior. (Author)

Addresses three issues which confront educators involved with individualizing education. The first section defines individualized education, the second describes the advantages of an individualized program, and the third section details some approaches to individualizing vocational education. (Author/CT)