This non-annotated bibliography contains references to some of the more significant articles and documents from 1965 to 1972 related to the type of educational program now referred to as career education. The bibliography is divided into four sections. Section One, "Selected References on Career Education," lists 144 key documents dealing with the…

The following objectives of the study are discussed in detail: 1) to determine if a successful experimental field study of incentives could be implemented; 2) to develop and refine the methodology required to carry off a large-scale field study of incentives based on six models; and 3) to obtain a preliminary estimate of the effects of incentives…

This teaching manual covers a 1-year introductory program for Grade 10 for various allied health occupations as part of a 3-phase individualized, integrated curriculum entitled "The Health Care System," which includes work study and optional cooperative education. Field trips, field experiences, and exploratory work experience in health…

This evaluation report presents the details and results of an experimental, compensatory language program designed to improve the standard English language facility of young aboriginal children on the assumption that this would contribute to improvement in reading and other aspects of academic performance. The pilot program was administered during…

A pilot project for three-year-old migrant children was conducted. Its purpose was to design and implement a curriculum for 35 Mexican-American children, ages 3.0 to 3.9, and to evaluate the effect of this curriculum on these children. The program included an extended day care program supervised by two teachers and eight teacher aides. The project…

Pre- and post-tests were administered to three treatment (136 emotionally handicapped, 8 physically handicapped, and 79 trainable mentally retarded students) and two non-treatment groups (11 emotionally handicapped and 70 non-handicapped students) for purposes of assessing teacher, student, and program centered objectives. Administered or…

This is the second in a series of progress reports on the Brookline Early Education Project (BEEP), a program which provides diagnostic and educational services for very young children and their families. The 1972-74 programs are described, and plans for the following 3-year period are reviewed. The purpose of this pilot project of the Brookline…

Technological developments such as groupware and World Wide Web technology have opened up new opportunities for the delivery of information directly to the end-user's desktop. These advances have meant that suppliers are now producing a new breed of current awareness services (CAS), termed alerting services, which automatically filter newswires…

This document explains the use of a model for mapping community capacity and resources that was developed by the community development office of a health group in Edmonton, Alberta, and applied in a collaborative pilot project in preparation for development of a community health plan. A brief discussion of the factors leading to development of the…

This curriculum was designed for teachers in middle grades and for other professionals working with youth. It deals with the extent of hate crime in the United States and strategies that are proving effective in reducing hate crimes among youth. The curriculum was pilot tested in middle schools in Massachusetts and Florida and a Catholic school in…

This document describes a practicum that was conducted to develop a training program appropriate for adult day care program aides that would meet Oklahoma state certification requirements and national standards. The training curriculum for use in delivering onsite competency-based training to students studying to become adult day care program…

SchoolNet is a Canadian national program designed to link electronically 300 schools in order to provide access to communications and information technology. Thirty schools in Alberta were selected as pilot sites to develop projects in science, mathematics, or technology which could use resources that enhance student learning experiences. The…

This paper describes a pilot project in which three teachers served as virtual guest speakers to preservice teachers through an electronic discussion group in the form of a moderated listserv. One goal of the project was to integrate technology into the daily classroom activities of the students. The expected outcome was that teachers and teacher…

Describes the experiences of a teacher participating in a summer workshop held by the Institute for Education That Is Multicultural. Increased parent participation and performance assessment were integral parts of a pilot project that resulted in improved achievement and parent and student attitudes in an urban school. (SLD)

This article reports on findings from "action research" pilot projects in four Tasmanian primary schools. The projects focused on the provision of professional learning to support the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in teaching and learning. These pilot projects used an approach developed from observations of…