Part of the "Comprehensive National Survey of Migrant Programs" series, this directory was prepared for use by agencies working with migrant and seasonal farmworkers in the Southwestern states of Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. The directory lists programs, services, and resources available to migrants in these…

Black newspapers should not go unnoticed by school administrators, as they too often are. Black people have a long and proud history of intraracial communication. More than 200 "black" periodicals work hard at forming, leading, and interpreting for black communities. No black community is totally dependent upon the standard white-owned and…

This yearbook is designed as a comprehensive guide to British Industrial Training. Section 1 describes existing resources, information, and obligations in the light of the Industrial Training Act of 1964. Sections 2-6 cover the scope of training; the Department of Education and Productivity and the Central Training Council; the 30 Industrial…

The study attempts to: (1) inventory the characteristics of all current full time post-high school vocational teachers in Wisconsin, and (2) learn something about the labor market mechanisms of the post-high school vocational teacher labor market. The population to be studied consisted of approximately 1,550 full-time teachers and administrators.…

Two studies were made of part time adult education enrollees in Wisconsin: (1) a Spring 1967 study of relationships between demographic or socioeconomic data and information on reasons for course participation in the vocational system; (2) a study during the 1967-68 school year in which questionnaires were given, to vocational system course…

Based on surveys in 1957 and 1960 in six Georgia counties, this study evaluated an intensive educational program by the University of Georgia, and investigated attitudes and other factors related to farmers' use of fertilizers. Respondents were ranked by amounts of plant nutrients applied per acre in 1957 and by fertility per farm. Findings…

In order for the Governors State University (GSU) to reach its stated objectives, a unique administrative environment was created which supports the creation of instructional materials based on competencies. Performance objectives are used to describe course content and the learning requirements for individual courses within a program, as well as…

A bibliography is presented which covers the areas of library education; library science research; educational research; curriculum planning; teaching methods; various uses of media; school libraries and media centers; social science research; educational societies, associations, and research bureaus; and accreditation. Types of materials cited…

A true library network is the interfacing of more than one kind of system (i.e., public and academic) rather than cooperation between libraries of the same type. Networks may take many forms, such as: cooperative development of resources, with assignment of subject areas to separate facilities; a cooperative storage system, with the libraries…

The subject of this teaching and resource unit for Spanish students or social studies classes is Puerto Rico and the Puerto Ricans. The unit has sections dealing with the present conditions of the Puerto Ricans, their culture, and historical perspectives. The appendixes contain: (1) Demands of the Puerto Ricans, (2) Notable Puerto Ricans, (3)…

This activities manual describes how to utilize the Curriculum Information Network (CIN), a pilot program in the state of Iowa which acquires and disseminates information on new instructional methods and materials designed by Iowa social studies teachers in grades K-12. Part I describes duties of the local representative at the CIN pilot centers,…

The goal of the institute was better library service for the thousands of handicapped children in New York State. Librarians, special educators, and others in allied fields have concern for these children and wish to offer service or improve existing programs. Some do not know where to start and may even be afraid to make the first step. Others do…

This annotated bibliography of more than 150 books and articles covers a wide range of topical areas concerned with the relationship of the young child to his environment. Among the 18 topics included are: child development; health, educational, staff, and community programs; infants and toddlers, handicapped children; Project Head Start; day…

This document is the first part of a 3-part report on the development of a generic State Educational Agency Data Analysis Plan. It contains an overview of the entire effort and the resulting products and discusses how these products can be used by State education agencies (SEAs) as a model for their own development of specific data analysis plans.…

The 18th Allerton Park Institute (1972), sponsored by the University of Illinois Graduate School of Library Science and the Illinois Institute for Environmental Quality, was concerned with "Information Resources in the Environmental Sciences." Attention was directed toward the location, description and use of burgeoning resources in the broad…