This description of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education's Task Force on Technology covers 10 critical considerations related to technological advancement; suggestions to help schools, colleges, and departments of education plan for the future and assess present program efforts; and selected resources useful in understanding…

Standards are suggested for urban parks and recreation agencies in serving ethnic minorities with limited financial resources. Goals involve (1) recognizing the value of recreation as a social service; (2) seeking feedback from clients; (3) confronting the harsh realities of impoverished neighborhoods; (4) making facilities accessible; and (5)…

A two-week workshop was held by the United Nations Children Fund and the World Health Organization for planners of training in primary health care (PHC) to increase their ability to plan effectively for PHC training. The emphasis was on placing training within the national context and ensuring that people would be trained to meet national goals.…

Identifies six principles which will assist in recruitment activities of students from minority groups. Describes a four-phase framework for action which includes gauging the environment and building a support structure. Concludes ways must be found to reverse trend of declining Black enrollment. (ABL)

This article reviews recent research on successful evaluation, highlights differences between supervision and evaluation, and discusses alternative philosophies regarding supervision, teaching, and change. Suggestions are presented for staff developers to use in helping a school district to clarify what it believes and to select programs congruent…

This article points out that well-defined objectives are essential to developing an articulate community drug abuse prevention program and to evaluating its effectiveness. Discussed are: definitional, program breadth, endpoint, program content, policy, implementation and continuation, and evaluation objectives. (MT)

Racial, ethnic, and sociocultural diversity presents a formidable challenge to substance abuse prevention efforts. An intervention planning model, which addresses these barriers from the perspective of a communication-behavior change theoretical framework, is presented. (Author/MT)

American children are in poor physical shape. Contribution of the National Fitness Coalition and how recreation professional can help youth get and stay fit are explored. (DF)

Questions and answers from the book "Guidelines for Robotics Program Development" are presented, addressing some of the major issues confronted by the person setting the direction for a robotics training program. (CT)

Outlines activities planned by the 69 local development districts in the 11 member states to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Appalachian Regional Commission. Summarizes the results of a questionnaire sent to all local development districts to determine the commission's most important accomplishments and remaining needs. (NEC)

Describes Florida's Impaired Nurse Program, the goals of which are to protect the public from unsafe nursing care, to recognize chemical addiction as a treatable disease (thus conserving the valuable resource nursing represents to society), and to work to solve a problem that affects nurses nationwide. (CT)

The article describes a functional model for assessing family needs, specifying family goals, implementing family services, and evaluating effectiveness. The model draws on the "goodness-of-fit" concept to individualize family services to optimize the "fit" between family, child, and services provided. (Author/CL)

The paper advocates curriculum extension programmes which emanate from the immediate and specific needs and interests of pupils. Meeting the needs of exceptionally able pupils is seen as an aspect of providing opportunities for all pupils to develop this potential, and the extension programme is set within the existing resources (both human and…

The history of educational services for deaf-blind children in Saskatchewan is described, and the development of a program at the Saskatchewan School for the Deaf is reviewed. (CL)

Presents a framework for developing principles to clarify the intellectual problems and materials that constitute the core concerns of Black Studies. Defines two key concepts: "systematicity" (transformation and historical periodism) and "thematicity" (duality and pre-generic quest-myth of freedom and literacy. (Author/KH)