The purpose of this chapter is to present a view of the realities facing those playing linking roles and to give direction to renewed efforts to develop training and support mechanisms for linking agents. The first section of the chapter presents the assumptions underlying the paper. The second consists of four principal subsections. The first…

Educational communication materials intended for a professional reference shelf are listed in this bibliography of 284 books, handbooks, catalogs and indexes published from 1949 to 1971. Entries include bibliographic information as well as ED numbers for ERIC documents included, some prices, and some short annotations. Materials are grouped in the…

IN PHASE II OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) SURVEY TO FIND OUT HOW SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS IN GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES ACQUIRE INFORMATION, SCIENTIFIC PERSONNEL IN THE DEFENSE INDUSTRY WERE INTERVIEWED TO DETERMINE THEIR INFORMATION NEEDS AND THE FLOW OF INFORMATION INHERENT IN SATISFYING THESE…

THIS IS A COMPILATION OF EVALUATIONS AND REVIEWS WRITTEN BY TEACHERS, LIBRARIANS, AND CURRICULUM SPECIALISTS WHO HAVE TESTED THE MATERIALS. FROM PRE-KINDERGARTEN TO GRADE 12, BOOKS AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR LANGUAGE ARTS, SOCIAL STUDIES, AND SCIENCE ARE REVIEWED. FOR GRADES 7 TO 12, MATERIALS ARE EVALUATED FOR ART AND MUSIC, HEALTH AND…

This bibliography, containing professional information in agricultural education published in the school years 1964-65 and 1965-66 was prepared by the Professional Information Committee of the Agricultural Division of the American Vocational Association. Respectively they contain 141 and 170 listings with short annotations including availability…

To assist searchers in the acquisition of information related to educational administration, 102 organizations working in the field are listed, including U. S. Office of Education-funded regional laboratories and research centers, university research and service bureaus, and independent organizations. Each listing includes the organization's name…

Over 800 items on citizen participation in educational decision-making, policy development, and school governance in public schools and school systems are described in this annotated bibliography. Major emphasis is on published books, pamphlets, monographs, and articles, although documents obtainable through the Educational Resources Information…

Focusing on food merchandising occupations, this document is one in a series of forty-one reprints from the Occupational Outlook Handbook providing current information and employment projections for individual occupations and industries through 1985. The specific occupations covered in this document include bartenders, cooks and chefs, dining room…

Focusing on mathematics and related occupations, this document is one in a series of forty-one reprints from the Occupational Outlook Handbook providing current information and employment projections for individual occupations and industries through 1985. The specific occupations covered in this document include accountants, actuaries,…

Focusing on performing arts and entertainment-related occupations, this document is one in a series of forty-one reprints from the Occupational Outlook Handbook providing current information and employment projections for individual occupations and industries through 1985. The specific occupations covered in this document include models,…

With help from the Council on Library Resources and the National Endowment for the Humanities, a five-year Library Outreach Orientation Program was instituted at Eastern Michigan University. Through intensive contacts between the orientation librarian and faculty members in the humanities and social sciences, library sessions were set up during…

To discover children's knowledge about computer operation and programing characteristics and its effect on children's perceptions of computer expertise, pre- and posttests were administered to 292 children from 5th, 7th and 9th grades. Children were randomly assigned to see a factual film on computers or to a film on another subject. It was…

Nine high schools selected at random from 62 schools in Northeastern Indiana participated in this study to determine where high school students get their ideas about marriage and family living. Students answered a questionnaire consisting of 24 items ranging in nature from dating and knowledge of the opposite sex through engagement to marriage and…

The guide describes an exemplary project which consisted of establishing and organizing a career education center as part of an existing junior high school media center complex. It provides guidelines to students for obtaining information from the media center regarding self-awareness, job opportunities, and job titles, specific careers, colleges,…

The annotated bibliography provides abstracts of 31 research reports, bibliographies, program reviews, taxonomies, and seminar proceedings, and of 16 journal articles, all published since 1963, dealing with educational personnel serving the vocational education needs of the educationally disadvantaged, the handicapped, and minorities. The cited…