Group vocational counseling has been criticized as being individual counseling in a group setting. All counseling has been criticized when goals are not set in the initial stages of counseling. The present investigation superimposed a group discussion process over a typical vocational counseling process in which the primary focus was on test…

Covering Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland in turn, this comparative survey of mass adult education in Scandinavia provides a historical and descriptive background on each country, followed by the development and present situation of folk high schools, cooperatives, university extension, correspondence study, labor education, mass media, and…

This manual has been prepared for the use of program directors who will assume the overall responsibility for planning and conducting the Valleybrook Elementary School-Lakemont High School Simulation Game. The game is created to give professional school personnel and prospective teachers opportunities to come to grips with typical problems of…

Three Liberal Arts Centers in Los Angeles, Pasadena, and Whittier, California, sponsored by The Fund for Adult Education, were evaluated on the effectiveness of discussion groups in World Affairs Are Your Affairs; An Introduction to Humanities; Ways of Mankind; and World Politics. Data were collected from personal interviews with a random…

A two-part guide to facilitate the work of citizens' advisory committees for ESEA Title I programs presents procedures for both members of advisory committees and members of school district staffs. Procedures for advisory committee members cover selection of members and officers, responsibilities of the committee, relationship to the board of…

This book provides information on the selection of educational tools, methods of presenting them to the public, and modern techniques used by public health educators in working with adults. The author first discusses educational methods, including the learning process, communication, and motivation of adults to act. Establishing effective…

The Oklahomans for Indian Opportunity (OIO) Youth Council Manual is divided into 5 parts. The first gives some basic information about the OIO Youth Councils, covering what a Youth Council is, who can join, the organization of the Councils, who runs them and how they work, the sponsor's role, recognition by local schools, initiating new Councils,…

To determine the effect of different amounts of parental involvement, 80 4-year-old children from lower class homes, enrolled in a compensatory preschool program (class for one-half day, four days per week for a full year) were divided into three groups. Group I received supplementary bi-weekly tutoring from teachers with no parental involvement.…

Six groups of disadvantaged, unemployed adults in vocational training centers were measured for cognitive performance gain, attitude change, and self-reported behavior change after a televised course in consumer information. The course consisted of 16 half hour programs which used a non-classroom format followed by discussions. General conclusions…

Describes a graduate seminar for in-service elementary school teachers which provided opportunities for meeting and observing peer teachers and deliberating on their teaching. (CM)

The Structured Activity Model for designing group learning activities enhances generation of relevant data for group exploration in a nonthreatening way when the content area is personally threatening or controversial. This model is flexible and readily adaptable to a variety of group learning contexts, content areas, and age levels. (Author)

Describes a program for involving parents of emotionally disturbed children and adolescents at a state mental hospital. Information is presented on the goals of the program, parent discussion groups, family activity groups, and the role of the coordinator. (JMB)

This paper introduces the Connecticut Community Conversations project and discusses the origins of the partnership between Public Agenda and the Graustien Memorial Fund in Connecticut. It describes Public Agenda's model of community dialogue and engagement and how it was specifically applied in the project. It then looks closely at the experience…

This paper describes unique opportunities offered by the Internet for Japanese college students learning to write in English. It focuses on tasks that students were assigned using discussion forums on the Internet. It begins by describing the Web site, which is <http://www.esljapan.com>, looking at software considerations, privacy issues,…

A study circle is a group of diverse members of a community who meet with a facilitator to find common ground for solutions and actions. The Study Circles Resource Center proposes a program of Community-Wide Study Circles to talk about student success and develop ideas for action in the community and schools. This brochure provides a rational for…