The historical and current status of information dissemination centers and the problem of user interface are reviewed. During the past decade, the problems of technical data processing have been conquered; information dissemination has evolved from a loosely knit group of experimental centers to an organization of established centers, many…

The new guidelines constitute a supplement to the New York State Syllabus for a Comprehensive Program: Home Economics Education. This new approach provides guidelines for reorganizing the program for Grades 5 and 6 into four basic subject areas and six content emphases. The four subject areas are: human development; housing, furnishing and…

The book is intended for college seniors and graduate students seeking an understanding of adult education and for practitioners who are conducting some aspect of an adult program. Its focus is on education for home and family life, one of the important objectives of adult education. Part One introduces the nature of adult education, giving…

In this publication, the committee reports on a study made of teacher education programs and makes a number of comments and recommendations concerning the number of new graduates from the teacher education institutions required to meet the staffing needs of the elementary and secondary schools; the number, suitability, and adequacy of the…

This material developed as a resource in Los Angeles, California, is designed to assist teachers in the planning of social studies programs for grades one, two, and three. The ideas and suggestions are related directly to the two State textbooks which were adopted in 1971--"The Social Sciences: Concepts and Values," and "Voices of Life." The…

This publication is aimed at assisting countries as they respond to the problem of organizing a continuing process of change in the schools. The seven case studies contributed to this volume illustrate ways of balancing organizational processes and the free initiative of individual schools and teachers, within the varying traditions of each…

The Los Angeles Section, National Council of Jewish Women, has developed an innovative pilot program in day care geared to the changing life style of child rearing by single parents. Home-SAFE provides children a warm, secure environment in supervised, subsidized, licensed day care homes, and includes enrichment activities by trained volunteers;…

Educational technology, new materials and methods, and a growing realization that each person learns in an individually unique way has opened up new potentials in correctional education. The delivery of education and training services is very difficult in a prison setting. However, the creative program manager can develop and implement an…

The focus of the Project on Asian Studies in Education (PASE) is assistance to teachers in secondary schools and two and four year colleges in the Midwest to improve their instruction of Asian Studies through better teacher training and guidance in selecting educational materials. This is to be accomplished by: 1) providing a Resource Center with…

The current status of the Lincoln Training System (LTS) is reported. This document describes LTS as a computer supported microfiche system which: 1) provides random access to voice quality audio and to graphics; 2) supports student-controlled interactive processes; and 3) functions in a variety of environments. The report offers a detailed…

The study determined the relation between specific social factors and situational conditions of poverty and non-poverty heads of households and their orientation toward work. The major hypotheses tested was that respondents affected more by adverse social factors and situational conditions will develop less positive work orientations. Data were…

The means and advantages of incorporating participation experiences into an instructional program to promote the development of effective student participant roles are presented in this paper. Several alternative approaches are reviewed historically and three types--observer, action, and competency--are discussed. A rationale for a…

A need exists for the assessment of all Federal education programs--to modify, discard, and enlarge present programs and to create new ones where needed. Two new approaches mentioned are the consolidation of 30 Federal programs in elementary-secondary education (Better Schools Act of 1973) and increased emphasis on the Federal role in higher…

Electronically paced materials for teaching blind students to typewrite were written and taped. The effectiveness of the materials was tested, and a teacher's manual prepared. A control group was taught by conventional methods, while an experimental group used the electronically paced materials. These consisted of ten audio-taped programs for…

The Committee for general and technical education of the Council of Europe has initiated several projects to study, compare, and evaluate curriculum materials used in the member nations. The present study in economics attempts to summarize the status of various facets of economics teaching in Western Europe in the early 1970's. It was compiled…