Described is a summer institute for secondary science teachers designed to integrate interdisciplinary wastewater management units into science courses. (SL)

School administrators should see that their students and graduates are informed of opportunities for technical education; it may be necessary to supplement the training of guidance counselors. (Eight specific suggestions are given to orient counselors to technical education programs. Working in personnel departments acquaints counselors with…

The teacher training program drew on the most effective techniques of special education, condensing them into a course on how to teach. The program, implemented with regular secondary teachers on a voluntary basis, provided on-site practical training with follow-up. Reflections are offered on reasons for the program's success and training models…

This work, part of the Spanish government's National I + D Plan 2004/07, entitled "Observatics: the implementation of free software in ICT centres in Andalusia: an analysis of its effect on the teaching-learning process", aims to describe the most recent impact of online communication technologies on education in Andalusia (Spain),…

Reality Therapy was adopted as the treatment modality to be used with youths at the Maine Youth Center, the only juvenile correctional facility in the state. To evaluate the effectiveness of the program, staff members completed a series of self-report instruments and gathered demographic and attitude data three times during a 2-year period in…

This paper is a product of Project COMPETE, a service demonstration project undertaken for the purpose of developing and validating a model and training sequence to improve transition services for moderately, severely, and profoundly retarded youth. The paper examines the need for cooperative programming across agencies serving this population and…

Two workshops on the preparation of teachers for vocational and technical education in Asia and the Pacific were held in 1981 and 1982 in Bangkok, Thailand. During the two meetings, the following activities were carried out: (1) problems faced by the developing countries in preparing teachers, instructors, and teacher educators for vocational and…

The Netherlands has an effective training system for secondary school administrators, in spite of an outwardly complex and compartmentalized education system. Nearly one-third of the schools are Roman Catholic, one-third Protestant, and one-third run by municipalities and by private boards. There is increasing emphasis on the growing complexity of…

This staff development module is part of one of three groups of career guidance modules developed, field-tested, and revised by a six-state consortium coordinated by the American Institutes for Research. This module is designed for guidance personnel who work in counseling and guidance with students in school settings, grades 7-14. The goal of…

THE FIRST REGIONAL MEETINGS SPONSORED BY THE KENTUCKY COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF ENGLISH (KCTE) FOR APPROXIMATELY 85 HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH DEPARTMENT CHAIRMEN WERE HELD IN HOPKINSVILLE AND LEXINGTON IN NOVEMBER, 1967. PARTICIPANTS RECEIVED COPIES OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF ENGLISH (NCTE) RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENTS OF ENGLISH…

This document is one of twelve individualized performance-based modules, each based on a major competency needed by vocational administrators for effectively administering vocational education in local education agencies. The module focuses on developing competency in establishing and maintaining linkages between vocational and general education…

Nonformal education programs operating in the modern sector in Ethiopia are described in a perspective relevant to the Ethiopian context. The modern sector is defined as those activities concerned with the manufacture of goods, extraction of raw materials, the processing of raw materials, the provision of services, and the creation and maintenance…

The San Francisco Unified School District compensatory education program for the school year 1968-69 offered services to low income students (pre-kindergarten through high school) in both public and non public schools. This evaluation report provides information on the effects of the pre-kindergarten, elementary, secondary, non public school,…

This state-wide survey determined the impact of the Minnesota State Council on Economic Education Programs upon the teachers and curriculum in Minnesota's secondary schools. The first section related the original objectives of the Council and the major findings of the survey in the areas of economics in the curriculum, teacher preparation,…

This book explores the central concerns in the teaching of English at the secondary level in relation to the changes in content emphases and methods during the last decade. It contains six chapters. "Personal Response and Writing" discusses purposes in writing, self-expression, form, roles of the teacher, categories of writing, and audience and…