THE ORGANIZATION, MANAGEMENT, FORM, AND CONTENT OF THE UNIQUE STANDARD NATIONAL TRAINING SYSTEM FOR ADULT EDUCATORS IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND THE ROLE OF THE ADULT EDUCATOR IN THE COMMUNIST STATE ARE EXAMINED IN THIS STUDY. FULL-TIME ADULT EDUCATORS ARE TRAINED AT BOTH THE UNIVERSITY AND SECONDARY TECHNICAL LEVELS. THREE UNIVERSITIES AND THREE…

THE INTERMEDIATE OR COUNTY AREA OF EDUCATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY PROVIDES DIRECT SERVICES TO SMALL LOCAL DISTRICTS AND CONSULTATIVE SERVICES TO LARGER DISTRICTS, WHILE PERFORMING REPORTING FUNCTIONS TO STATE DEPARTMENTS OF EDUCATION. SINCE GROWTH IN POPULATION AND DISTRICT CONSOLIDATION AND REORGANIZATION ARE GREATLY REDUCING THE NEED FOR DIRECT…

EDUCATIONAL FLAWS ARE MAGNIFIED IN BIG CITY SCHOOL SYSTEMS BECAUSE (1) THE SIZE OF URBAN SYSTEMS CREATES BUREAUCRACIES WHICH CAUSE A PHILOSOPHICAL AND PROCEDURAL RIGIDITY, AND (2) URBAN SYSTEM PUPILS ARE UNABLE OR UNWILLING TO CONFORM TO EDUCATORS' COMPLACENT NOTIONS OF WHAT CHILDREN AND SCHOOLS SHOULD BE. PROGRAMS AIMED AT THE CULTURALLY…

This manual is designed for trainers of social service aides in New Careers training programs. In these programs, (1) persons from disadvantaged backgrounds are prepared through on-the-job training and other methods for entry-level positions in human service agencies; (2) employing agencies are motivated to make corresponding changes in their…

This study was done to ascertain indicators (if any) of leisure as an emergent social institution, the opinions of suburban adults on leisure, and their opinions about the role of the schools and other social institutions in preparing youth for leisure. A literature survey confirmed leisure as a growing social force. Survey respondents (185 heads…

Provided are regulations for establishing the basic program parameters necessary to implement Article 3, Chapter 30 of Alaska Statutes requiring school districts and regional attendance areas to provide special services for exceptional children. Seven chapters cover the following areas (sample subareas are in parentheses): authority and…

The author purports the need to control technology for the well-being of mankind by understanding and cultivating its beneficial features and countering its harmful effects and misuse. The intent of the paper is to alert social studies teachers to the responsibility of bridging the gap between scientific and technological knowledge and civic and…

The governance and management of the community college system in the state of Washington is based upon a division of responsibilities between the 22 district boards of trustees and the State Board. In 1967, a formal division of responsibilities between the district boards and the State Board was enacted by the state legislature. Later reports of…

The fundamental structure of American society is made up of the family unit, the home, and the neighborhood community. If we are going to make any dramatic improvements in learning, we must regain a commitment to values in the home that will nurture learning and bring stability into the life of children. To build a more viable home-school…

This collection of previously published pieces focuses on some specific problems of contemporary American education. Criticized are such issues as the "tyranny" of testing, the intense pressures for college attendance, the failure of ghetto schools to educate students, compulsory attendance, reading failures, and over-talkative teachers. The…

The paper demonstrated the need for American Indian involvement in the education policies affecting Indian children in Alaska. It analyzed the method that the State of Alaska used to fund schools for native children and the administration of the Johnson-O'Malley (JOM) Program by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). Alaska is in a unique educational…

Initially, the Spanish Emigration Institute (Ministry of Labour) endeavored to meet the educational needs of Spanish emigrants. However, this proved to be inadequate as the number of emigrants rose. Therefore, in 1969 the Ministry of Labour and the Ministry of Education and Science divided the responsibility between them and set up a Schools…

The process of education will be fully understood only by studying it as a process, as a few anthropologists and sociologists have begun to do. The problems of inner city education need more such studies, especially longitudinal investigations of the processes by which exceptional teachers and schools succeed in the education of impoverished…

Career guidance and employment are the focus of this transcript of a radio series broadcast by the National Public Radio System entitled "Can You Get There from Here?" The third of a 4-part series on the relationship between schooling and jobs, this program centers around conversations with William Harwood of New Schools Exchange, and Willard…

The capacity of American institutions to preserve and convey basic values to new generations has substantially diminished, suggests this former U.S. Senator from Oregon. His opinion is that the small private college can help create a moral and spiritual climate in society. The range of topics discussed includes: college preservation of values;…