In 1962, following the discovery of valuable natural resources in Northern Quebec, the Government of Quebec decided to commit itself to Eskimo and Indian affairs in the area, preparing these people who were already physiologically and psychologically adapted to the territory so that they could play a personal role in its development. An…

This curriculum guide, one of a series developed to assist those involved in implementing career education programs concerned with public service occupations, contains the basic instructional material recommended for the area of educational services preparation. The units described are: (1) human growth and development, (2) how people learn, (3)…

This guide presents the scheme and direction for personnel training in the Home-Oriented Preschool Education (HOPE) Program, which uses three modes of instruction (televised, mobile classroom, and parent instruction) to educate 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds. The importance of team instruction, the goals and methods of inservice training, and day-by-day…

The Texas Education Agency's teacher and teacher aide guide for programs involving the education of migrant children discusses the following topics in relation to the Texas Child Migrant Program: philosophies of migrant education, instructional programs, and preschool programs; planning and preparation for preschool teachers and aides; nonverbal…

This pamphlet surveys the research and literature concerned with (1) differentiated staffing, (2) paraprofessional school personnel, (3) inservice education, (4) team teaching, (5) teacher selection, (6) interaction analysis, and (7) teacher certification. Extensive bibliographies are presented for each topic. Research for this review was funded…

This selective abstract bibliography cites documents that are concerned with teachers, parents as teachers, and paraprofessionals involved with children in early childhood education. Entries selected appear in the ERIC Thesaurus (subject index) under these terms: Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Influence, Teacher Role, Teacher Aides, Preschool…

The first booklet of the series Career Development in Head Start gives an overview of career development in this program. Career development, in which training is built into a job and is designed to lead to more responsible and better-paying jobs, involves task analysis, entry level positions, career ladders, training and education, released time,…

The 33rd annual American Industrial Arts Association (AIAA) convention was held in Miami in 1971. Topics for the AIAA general session addresses were: (1) "Technology--and a Time of Crisis-II," and (2) "Goals, Accountability, and Action for the Industrial Arts." Twenty-four addresses from sessions of the American Council of…

The NEA reports that a gross oversupply of teachers currently exists and is likely to become worse in the future. This publication attempts to (1) assess the teacher supply and demand situation, (2) look at related conditions that have influenced this situation, and (3) make suggestions for changes. Many qualified teachers are without jobs --…

The National Parent Teacher Association (PTA) provides a planning guide insert to help PTA's strengthen parent and community involvement in schools. Includes discussion of improving parent involvement in schools, activities that help parents help their children, development of parents as volunteers, steps to increase parent involvement in school…

Programs for learning-disabled students should: minimize the use of self-contained classes; organize one-to-one remediation for the severely learning disabled; organize teacher assistance teams; identify and remediate learning disabilities at the preschool level; and educate regular teachers to deal with minor handicaps in the classroom. (CB)

Reforms to Australia's vocational education and training (VET) sector over the past few years have brought about significant changes to the work of VET staff and the focus of their roles. This publication summarizes recent research into the changing roles of VET leaders, managers, teaching and support staff, and the way they work. The role of…

Survey of 121 regular education teachers in rural British Columbia about inclusion of special education students in their classrooms revealed the need to provide additional resources to assist teachers, particularly the addition of trained assistants, parents, and community volunteers. Suggests that teacher education focus on how teachers can use…

A critical ethnography of three Mexican American bilingual interns examines the barriers that minority individuals face in gaining licensure to teach. These include a salary reduction, a stressful workload, teacher exams, inability to use their bilingual education skills, and mentors with no experience in bilingual education or at the interns'…

Views of 110 English school nursery nurses were studied to discover how the caregivers assess the nature and demands of their jobs. Findings confirm a need to eliminate nursery nurses' role-confusion, and to halt present trends toward de-professionalization through a public valuing and clarification of the nature of the nursery nurses' role in…