Information on education in Korea indicates that programs and services for the handicapped have not been extensive, serving only 3,271 children in 1968 of the 5,478,167 who were enrolled in schools. Recent developments which are expected to extend special education are discussed, including long-term goals and teacher training programs. (RJ)

Three articles in this newsletter describe investigative laboratory programs; two in marine or coastal biology (Hopkins Marine Station and the Bahamas field station of Earlham College), and the other a botany course at Colorado College. In all cases undergraduate students are expected to plan and conduct biological research, after being presented…

This publication was designed to provide comparative information on programs for those students considering graduate work in physics and related fields. Entries include program data from institutions of higher learning in the United States and Puerto Rico, for a total of 210 doctoral programs and 336 master's degree programs in physics and…

To aid in the search for exemplary environmental education programs, the National Science Teachers Association has developed this inventory of science programs related to the environment. Only those programs which have materials available to other school systems or individuals and who can handle inquiries are included. Sixty programs are listed in…

To aid in the search for exemplary environmental education programs, the National Science Teachers Association has developed this second edition inventory of science programs related to the environment. Only those programs who have materials available to other school systems or individuals and who can handle inquiries are included. One hundred and…

Fifty-two readings on mental retardation, most of which were published between 1965 and 1970, are grouped by topic: general considerations, assessment and diagnosis, learning theory, early childhood education, school programs for the educable and the trainable, secondary school programs, community day care programs, programs for adults,…

One in a series of over 50 similar listings relating to handicapped and gifted children, the bibliography contains 100 references selected from Exceptional Child Education Abstracts concerning programs for the educable mentally retarded. Bibliographic data, availability information, indexing and retrieval descriptors, and an abstract are included…

Five of the seven papers presented at conferences to acquaint school administrators with federally supported elementary school programs (COPES-Conceptually Oriented Program with Elementary Science; ESS-Elementary Science Study; MINNEMAST-Minnesota Mathematics and Science Teaching Project; SCIS-Science Curriculum Improvement Study; and Science--A…

This booklet augments earlier reports describing projects in mathematics for the educationally disadvantaged in New York State. Actual lesson preparation and classroom implementation are stressed. Projects represented include Mathematics Pilot Program, Individually Prescribed Instruction, and Plus Program. Other lessons concern cognition and…

The scope and place of population education in our present educational system, together with current organized activities in this field, are summarized in this pamphlet. Population education is defined as the process by which the student investigates and explores the nature and meaning of population processes, population characteristics, the…

The Gary-Indiana-Moorhead State College Project (GIMSC) in Cooperative Urban Teacher Preparation comprised a mix of professional courses in education with field and clinical experiences in the inner city. This report describes various aspects of the program including travel allowance, tuition, and costs; housing and cooperating schools; rationale…

This publication is the report of the instructional program, "Measure and Find Out, A Quantitative Approach to Science," designed for grades four, five, and six. The basic rationale of the program is not to present any material which a child can not observe, describe, and measure. The report is divided into five parts, each explaining different…

This directory discusses the purpose, organization, and funding of Cooperative College-Science projects. Brief descriptions of the 81 projects for 1973-74 are given; information on location, time, number and level of teachers attending, purpose, and director are provided for each project. (DT)

A program to prepare interdisciplinary research and development specialists in mathematics education and structural learning at the doctoral level is described. Program objectives, course offerings, faculty, information about trainees (educational background, examination records, research, publications, present position), and publications…

The Oklahoma City-Central State University Cooperative Program in Teacher Education is designed to provide student teachers preparing for middle school careers with a more realistic opportunity to integrate educational theories of learning and behavior with day-to-day public school experiences. A maximum of 25 students spend a full semester in an…