Based on an address delivered at the American Industrial Arts Association convention (Las Vegas, April 10, 1969).

Presented is the official mathematics program for all seventh grade students in Belgium, beginning September, 1968. Methods of instruction are suggested for the several curriculum content areas -- sets, relations, integers, and geometry. (RP)

The Gloucester Centre for Environmental Education has developed into a worthwhile and working organization in promoting and encouraging education about and in the environment. Various center activities (including relationships with local schools) are discussed. (Author/JN)

To aid in personnel training and as a complement to its enforcement program, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency implemented an operator assistance program in June 1976. Its principle objective was to train operators in process control to improve their skills and enhance their long-term ability to produce high quality effluent. (Author/JN)

Describes the Bank Ed School Series: (I) for upper elementary, which focuses on basic money management and math skills; (II) for junior high, which emphasizes goal setting, savings, money making, and related math skills; and (III) for high school, which focuses on the family as a mini-society operating with the same economic principles as the…

Reports on the Instructional Television Fixed Service (ITFS) and its use in the United States. Included are highlights of the study, discussion of the technology of modern ITFS systems, description of the National University of the Air, Inc., and some recommendations to the Federal Communications Commission. (JN)

Current training efforts used to prepare students of medical sociology to function in a changing professional environment are described. Crucial to this effort is the internship--that real-world experience where the students can learn the accommodative strategies needed to maximize interdisciplinary ties without loss of their identities as…

At the Center for the Study of Local Issues, at Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, Maryland, students participate in research and development activities dealing with issues that have an impact on the local community. The emergence, structure, and activities of the center are described. (Author/RM)

The At-Risk Parent Child Program is a multidisciplinary network agency designed for the secondary prevention of poor parenting and child abuse and neglect. The model emphasizes coordination of existing community resources, provision of multiple special services in a neutral location, and intensive individual contact with a clinical professional.…

Describes the placement evaluation program developed by Children's Garden, a private nonprofit agency operating a family-model treatment group home for children in kindergarten through seventh grades. (RH)

Development of and activities at an environmental education center in the Rhondda valley are described. The center's location provides opportunities to undertake rural and country-side studies as well as urban/town studies. The center serves the needs of both school and nonschool groups. (JN)

Provides a rationale for women's groups and describes benefits to group members. The seven articles in this special issue deal with using a group approach to deal with anger, rape, lesbianism, sexuality awareness, issues for Black women and overcoming internal barriers to career development. (Author/JAC)