This report, in addition to being a final report for an NIE grant awarded to the Wisconsin Research and Development Center for Cognitive Learning, summarizes the strategies, efforts, and results of implementing Individually Guided Education (IGE) nationally since 1971. Chapter 2 of this report (Chapter 1 is an introduction.) briefly describes the…

This document summarizes the preparations made by the Scholarship, Education and Defense Fund for Racial Equality (SEDFRE) for a January 1969 National Conference of Black School Board Members. A brief introductory section overviews the four-month planning period, which developed broad Conference objectives (helping Negro members better understand…

The "organic curriculum" of the Educational System of the Seventies Project (ES '70) is one which integrates academic training, occupational training, and personal development in grades nine through 12 and which draws heavily on research dealing with individualized instruction. The program held at Kingsley Inn, Bloomfield Hills,…

The Junior College Leadership Program, originally meant to supply administrative and research leadership for the growing number of colleges, has expanded its scope to include continuing development of administrators, a doctoral program for administrators and research-oriented educators, and a cooperative internship for instructors. Visits to…

This guide on group discussion leader training provides for a four session course structured to enable each trainee to practice and be evaluated. Session 1 stresses the nature and uses of discussion, and introduces trainees to role playing. Other sessions concentrate on summarizing and decision making; on group satisfaction or problem solving and…

This training manual is designed to help prepare for advancement to Yeoman First Class and Chief Yeoman. Chapters cover introductory information, captain's office, "making things easier for you," drafting correspondence, ship's organization, officer separations, general courts-martial, fact finding bodies and casualty reporting, and…

This paper discusses the experience of living and what that means to the development of leadership. The author feels that although childhood is a critical time for the development of leadership qualities, the developmental process is lifelong and does not end with adolescence. Therefore, to raise the leadership potential in society we must work…

The Western Region AMIDS Evaluation Team examined a variety of approaches to leadership development which would make it possible for adult, business, technical and vocational educators to become knowledgeable in evaluation. The following three intents were specified for the leadership development project: (1) to provide participants with an…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of U.S. Army Engineer Officer Candidate training and the stability of this training when measured again years after departure from Officer Candidate School. A self-description inventory was administered at the beginning of a 6-month training program, again near the end of the program, and…

Effective ways to lead a discussion, developed in the OEO Trade Union Leadership Training Program for New England, are presented in this guide. General suggestions are followed by specific discussion outlines for these topics: what is poverty and why, the poor and the welfare system, rural poverty, the community power structure, the Kerner Report…

A Basic Management Course for Effective Supervision is presented. It contains the following sessions: (1) What is a Supervisor? (2) Principles and Functions of Management, (3) The Supervisor at Work, and (4) Leadership on the Job. (CK)

A complete step-by-step format for using film to enhance discussion groups is presented in this guide. The selection of film and its subsequent incorporation into the discussion are described in detail. Tips on handling discussion problems, working out mechanical details with the projectionist, and making the appropriate physical arrangements are…

A supervision analogue was used to determine whether counselor trainees' preference for supervision method affects the outcome of supervision. Subjects were enrolled in a counselor education master's program. Two treatment groups of 8 subjects received supervision according to their preference; 2 groups of 8 did not. A control group of 8 subjects…

This guide defines and shows the need for leadership; its types and qualities are discussed. Indicators of poor leadership are listed, and suggestions for improvement are given. Synopses of l6mm movie films on "The Challenge of Leadership" and "Styles of Leadership" are presented. Current data conclude that an effective manager…

Leadership behavior derives from the different ways in which leaders respond to different situations. Problems arise when only one type of behavior is utilized in a variety of different situations. A list of variables to be considered by leaders in making appropriate behavioral decisions is provided. (EC)