Through joint efforts that included Federal funds, school staff, and community members, Leflore County schools in rural Mississippi have made advances in education. The uses of instructional materials and media are described in this 1969 document, along with areas where deficiencies are found. One section cites specific findings with respect to…

The Field Studies Program in Elementary Education is the 1973 Distinguished Achievement Award Entry from Lowell State College, Lowell, Massachusetts. This master's degree training program for experienced and inexperienced teachers focuses on the following objectives: a) the coordination of innovative educational programs in public and parochial…

Discusses various aspects of in-service training and the design of self-instruction material. Special reference is given to materials for application in various places but developed at a central location. Results are given of the use of experimental materials in medical laboratories in The Gambia. (Author/SA)

The average teacher-in-training's international background tends to be shallow and narrow, both professionally and personally. Teacher preparation programs, as shown in two teaching scenarios, must be changed to reflect a more global perspective. Administrators play a key role in shaping faculty attitudes and creating a supportive, experimental…

This study explored the characteristics of elementary science teachers who employ reforms-based practices. Particular attention was paid to the consistency of teachers' practices and their beliefs, the impact of professional development experiences on practices, and how teachers mitigated barriers to reforms-based instruction. Understanding how…

From 2004-2007, the University of Memphis carried out the NSF-funded Tri-P-LETS (Three P Learning Environment for Teachers and Students) project to improve local high-school computer science curricula. The project reached a total of 58 classrooms in eleven high schools emphasizing problem solving skills, programming concepts as opposed to syntax,…

The results of the first year of a three-year longitudinal study of the adoption of a new Practical Action Curriculum by Ohio Vocational Home Economics teachers are reported. The purpose of the study was to investigate (1) the teachers' Stages of Concern about adopting the curriculum; (2) the factors that affected the teachers' degree of adoption…

SUPERVISION, BECAUSE IT COVERS A MULTIPLICITY OF TASKS PERFORMED IN NO FIXED LOCUS, ITS ALMOST IMMUNE TO SYSTEMATIC EVALUATION. ELABORATE DESCRIPTIVE STUDIES ARE NEEDED (POSSIBLY REPLICATIONS OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION STUDIES) ON SUCH TOPICS AS RESISTANCE TO CHANGE AND SUPERVISOR-SUPERVISOR RELATIONSHIPS. THEORETICAL MODELS AND CONCEPTS WHICH…

A THREE-YEAR DEMONSTRATION PROJECT TO TRAIN NONPROFESSIONALS FOR LICENSING DAY CARE AND FOSTER HOMES WAS A COOPERATIVE VENTURE BETWEEN A SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK AND TEN STATE DIVISIONS OF CHILD WELFARE, STIMULATED BY CONCERN ABOUT MANPOWER SHORTAGES AND THE NEED FOR NEW APPROACHES TO TRAINING NONPROFESSIONALS IN SOCIAL WORK POSITIONS. FOLLOWING…

The objective of this project was to develop and test a method of offering technical education to individuals employed in the electrical power industry. Representatives from industry were invited to an advisory council meeting where attention was focused on the needs of the industry. This information was used to define an extensive curriculum, and…

The purpose of this study was to assess current supervisory practice and assess the impact of certain factors on supervision: declining enrollments, declining budgets, collective bargaining, management efficiency studies, principals' inability to commit time to supervision, and decentralization. Data were gathered from 16 districts (urban,…

Two nutrition education modules were developed on cardiovascular disease and fat-controlled diet consisting of a self-instruction leader's guide and teaching package to conduct learning sessions for the participants. The sessions consisted of an audio-visual presentation, situations related to the module topic, group discussion, role-playing,…

The impact and effectiveness of various faculty development programs is the focus of this report from the Association of American Colleges. Twenty faculty development programs around the country are examined. Faculty development is defined in this study as all activities designed to improve the performance of faculty as teachers, scholars,…

This paper is a summary of a much longer evaluation report. It contains a discussion of a number of issues in curriculum development and implementation. Eight NSF-supported summer implementation projects focusing on the two programs, Engineering Concepts Curriculum Project, the Man-Made World (TMMW) and Technology People-Environment (TPE) were…

This pamphlet is a directory of projects supported by the Division of Pre-College Education in Science, National Science Foundation (NSF), fiscal year 1970. Programs are listed in four categories: 1) Curriculum Activities: curriculum development projects; 2) Implementation Activites: Resource Personnel Workshops to implement NSF curriculum…