The purpose of this manual is to provide practical help in designing and improving educational components of family planning programs. It discusses methods and techniques which may be used to assist couples in developing positive attitudes and behavior with regard to family planning--activities which influence how they act, how they feel, and what they know about the subject. It is written for the educational specialist or person responsible for the educational services of a family planning...
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This publication is intended to help administrators, board members, and citizen groups plan facilities for the education of very young children. Parameters are set within which planners may explore a variety of flexible ideas to enhance learning experiences for young children as they embark on their first school experiences. Some of the basic considerations in planning facilities that are treated in the manual are: indoor spaces, outdoor spaces, ancillary spaces, transportation, size of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Program Development
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Topics: Recreational therapy, Rehabilitation -- methods, Recreation, Program Development
"Last but not least, we would like to thank the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention whose funding support made this manual possible." - page 2
Topics: HIV INFECTION, AIDS, PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
Topics: CULTURAL COMPETENCE, NEEDS ASSESSMENT, PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, OMH
Topics: COMMUNITY COALITIONS, PUBLIC HEALTH, HEALTH PROMOTION, PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
Topics: CONFERENCE PLANNING, CULTURAL AWARENESS, CULTURAL COMPETENCE, PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
This report presents a comprehensive description of the computing methods used for testing ANACONDA (Analysis of Concepts by Data processing). Of special importance is the program developed for identification of words in the text with words in the dictionary. In the form of an appendix some background information to the ANACONDA method is given.
Topics: computer language, program development, word identification, matching procedure
Today, the recognition of guidance and counseling activities in school become more urgent in some part of the country like Bongao, Tawi-Tawi in southern part of the Philippines. The rapid increase of students in the secondary schools upon the implementation of R.A. # 6655 otherwise known as the Free Public Secondary Act of 1988, implementation of K-12 curriculum, diversity of educational, socio-cultural, economic background, variety of instructional access brought by the advancement in...
Topics: Organization, Management, Program Development, General Curriculum & Specialized Curriculum
In this digest identification and development of leadership skills in gifted and talented students are examined. Leadership is analyzed and its scope expanded from qualities of one who leads to a more complex view of how a person exerts influence. Conceptions of task-oriented versus relationship-oriented leaders are considered. Ways in which teachers can identify leadership among gifted and talented students are noted, including interviews, leadership styles instruments, and nomination and/or...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Gifted, Leadership Training, Program Development, Talent
Topics: PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, HIV INFECTION, AIDS, DISEASE PREVENTION, COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
Team teaching, which provides added professionalism, increased teaching skill and specialization, and individualized learning, can be incorporated into schools by developing a firm philosophical rationale and commitment and by proceeding with sound planning and action. This involves considering the need for the understanding and support of the principal and teachers, open and honest criticism between teachers, expert help in planning a program, acceptance of educational change, and space for a...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Program Development, Team Teaching, Boren, William R.
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Topics: Tuberculosis -- Prevention, Tuberculosis -- prevention & control, Program Development, Program...
"Funding for this program is made possible by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention." - page 3
Topics: HIV INFECTION, AIDS, FUNDING SOURCES, PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
This booklet presents reactions, opinions, and recommendations of the 52 teachers representing 37 states at a conference designed to make them aware of the whole spectrum of problems of education in the big cities and to stimulate them to think creatively about them. Introductory sections present the background of the conference and describe the design, which included a day of visitation in inner-city schools of the District of Columbia, small work group discussions, and presentation and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Conferences, Program Design, Program Development, Urban Education
Topics: SUBSTANCE ABUSE, TREATMENT, CULTURAL COMPETENCE, ASSESSMENT, EVALUATION, PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
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The New England Consortium criteria of excellence are 26 statements of conditions which describe a quality reading program and which must exist if all children are to learn to read. These statements are grouped under five goal areas, the fourth of which, selecting and utilizing materials, is treated in this position paper. The paper supports attainment of the following criteria for this goal area: the school media center meets the ALA-NEA standards; all textbooks and other materials are...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Program Development, Reading, Reading Instruction, Reading Programs
Amid the uniformly low physical activity rates among children in the United State, practical solutions for increasing physical activity (PA) are needed. Whether interventions to increase PA need to account for individual demographic characteristics or safety context is unknown.Methods:Study Design:This community based participatory research project used mixed methods, including secondary data analyses and concept mapping.Setting:Five demographically diverse, geographically contiguous, urban...
Topics: Exercise, Program development, Safety, Health and Behavioral Sciences, Children
Plans for the American Chemical Society's (ACS) information-oriented activities for the next five years (1971-1975) are summarized. Although the Society is concerned with a great variety of matters, only those programs closely related to chemical information are included in this document. It brings together thinking from all parts of the Society--membership, management, and staff--on how to deal with problems of scientific and technical information transfer in the near future. This Plan is...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Chemistry, Information Dissemination, Information Systems, Program Development,...
The first of three reports on a North Carolina project to help counties plan community based status offender programs describes a statewide needs assessment to collect information about the needs of status offenders and youth at risk of entering the juvenile justice system. A questionnaire covered situational and behavioral problems experienced along with questions on the intervention that would meet the specified needs. Data are reported in terms of problems experienced and program...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Community Programs, Intervention, Needs Assessment, Prevention, Program Development
PREPARED FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL PERSONNEL, THIS BOOKLET USES A QUESTION-ANSWER FORMAT TO EXPLAIN PUBLIC SCHOOL SPEECH AND HEARING SERVICES. SPEECH DISORDERS AND SPEECH THERAPY ARE DEFINED. THE NEED FOR THE SERVICES OF THE SPEECH AND HEARING SPECIALIST AND CLASSROOM SPEECH IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS DISCUSSED. AN OUTLINE SUGGESTS HOW A PROGRAM MIGHT FUNCTION, INCLUDING INFORMATION ON THE CASE LOAD, PARENTAL ROLE, SCHEDULING, AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE SPEECH ROOM. THIS...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Program Development, Speech Therapy, Therapists, FEARON, ROSS E.
The digest considers the operation and function of mentorships in gifted and talented education. Defined as learning partnerships between two or more individuals regarding a mutual interest, mentorships are designed to differentiate the curriculum through such means as creating opportunities for learner access to professional expertise in the community, offering real-life experiences, establising a network of community resource people, and providing leadership opportunities through tutoring...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Mentors, Program Development, Talent
This report reviews California's Child Support Enforcement program (CCSEP) and prospects for increasing support payments. Chapter I describes the structure of the CCSEP, recent collection experience, and prospects for growth in collections under current practices. Chapter II describes recent revisions in federal law concerning the program and the expected effect of the changes on collections of support payments in California. Chapter III presents an analysis of county collections in 1982-83 and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Federal Legislation, Program Development, Program Effectiveness, State Programs
Forms and activities used in planning, developing, and conducting a career education conference are offered in this guide for any individual or agency planning to conduct a similar activity. The basic format was to provide twenty small group sessions in which successful practitioners demonstrated methods and/or materials with a keynote speaker of national prominence in the study of career education concept and implementation. Activities, dates of completion, and sample forms are included for...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Career Education, Conferences, Models, Program Development, Resource Materials
The document presents the Nevada State Plan for Gifted and Talented adopted by the Nevada State Board of Education, May 16, 1974. The first section gives a position statement. A section on planning includes a table of the estimated number of academically talented students in Nevada school districts. Other sections outline State Board of Education goals, specific objectives for completion of the goals, programs, budgetary considerations, and strategies to attract support for education of the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Exceptional Child Education, Gifted, Program Development, State Programs
This booklet is a simplified guide for program planning and is intended to complement a somewhat lengthier companion booklet on program evaluation. It spells out in outline fashion the basic elements and steps involved in the planning process. Brief sections focus in turn on different phases of the planning process, including problem identification, program goals and objectives, program strategy, program implementation, program monitoring, program evaluation, and budget preparation. (Author/JG)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Guidelines, Objectives, Program Budgeting, Program Development, Program Evaluation
Despite years of research and endless theorizing, little is known of what leadership really is. A distinction is made between leadership and the related constructs of creativity, management and group dynamics. A useful definition of leadership is provided, and a four-stage program for actually providing for the emergence of leadership is described. The program is drawn from theories and models in many disciplines, developed over 6 years, tested and found to enable gifted children to become...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Creativity, Gifted, Group Dynamics, Leadership Training, Program Development
This document provides guidelines for workshop planning. The first section, "Getting Started," discusses identifying needs, choosing the workshop format, setting goals, and forming a planning committee. The second section, "Procedure for the Planning Committee," lists seven main tasks. The third section, "Duties of the Personnel," outlines the responsibilities of the Chair, Treasurer, Registrar, Local Arrangements committee, Exhibits committee, Publicity committee,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Committees, Planning, Program Development, Workshops, Lewis, Dorothy G.
The purpose of the study was to consider the viability of expanding the medical school within existing resources such as personnel, hospitals and clinics, in North Dakota. Questionnaires were used to obtain information about existing health education programs, the facilities for training physicians, and the willingness of area physicians to teach medical students, and also to discover the response of medical schools across the country to the possibility of entering into a contractual...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Demand, Financial Support, Labor Needs, Medical Education, Medical...
The November, 1970 general conference of UNESCO proclaimed calendar year 1972 as International Book Year. The general theme is books for all, and the goal is to focus attention on the role of books and related materials in the lives and affairs of the individual and society. The overall objectives are the encouragement of authorship and translation; improved circulation and production of books; promotion of the reading habit; and strengthening the usefulness of books in education, international...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Books, Guidelines, Guides, International Programs, Objectives, Organization, Program...
This guide outlines some considerations relevant to planning quality educational programs. "Observations on the Writing of Educational Specifications" discusses the importance and effectiveness of educational specifications and the planning procedure in the development of educational specifications. "Characteristics Which Help to Identify the Needs of Middle School Students" looks at the physical, social, emotional, and intellectual characteristics of middle school students....
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Secondary Education, Middle Schools, Program Development, Program Guides
This document contains summary reports from 15 pilot centers participating in a project, whose aim is "to discover and develop ways and means to teach the reciprocal relation between religion and other elements in the human culture in order that the prospective teacher, whether he teaches literature, history, the arts, science, or other subjects, be prepared to understand, appreciate, and to convey to his students the significance of religion in human affairs." The participating...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Curriculum Development, Educational Programs, Program Development, Religion, Teacher...
The second of three documents of a project designed to help North Carolina counties plan community based status offender programs presents a general planning model. An overview traces five steps of the planning decision process, from determining the importance of status offender needs to the county to making program funding decisions based on evaluation data. Details of the 16 step planning decision model are given in two tracks--for the full task force and for a technical committee. The...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Community Programs, Models, Program Costs, Program Development, Program Evaluation
The administrator's manual is designed to help Minnesota's school districts to implement their new surrogate parent programs. The first section explains what must occur according to federal and state rules and regulations on the topic. Three steps are identified: (1) identifying students who need surrogate parents; (2) recruiting and naming surrogate parents; and (3) understanding the duties of, and training for, surrogate parents. The second section contains answers to commonly asked questions...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Administration, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Development,...
Specified in this master plan are many facets of the environmental problem-solving process which help depict Florida's concern for its environment. This concern to preserve the riches of its natural resources and beauty has resulted from rapid growth and development necessitating the need to control and improve the quality of the environment. Components of the plan are spelled out under the following topics: (1) The Present Status of Environmental Education in Florida, (2) Statement of Goals...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Environmental Education, Guidelines, Master Plans, Program Development, Resource...
The report notes the existence of secondary programing for learning disabled students of widely divergent goals, emphases, organization, and intervention strategies. They propose seven major programing goals which constitute a holistic approach. Each goal is considered in terms of obstacles to its implementation and suggestions for intervention: (1) awareness, development and acceptance of personal strengths and limitations; (2) development of personal control and goal setting skills; (3)...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Needs, Intervention, Learning Disabilities, Program Development,...
As a result of an intramural questionnaire developed by the National Intramural Sports Council (NISC) in May 1977, many participants requested that NISC sponsor a means of sharing ideas. This booklet has been compiled so that ideas pertaining to a specific area in intramurals can easily be located. The contents are divided into general categories including all intramural sports and related activities such as awards, funding, promotion, sports clubs, Title IX, tournaments, etc. In each section,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Intramural Athletics, Program...
Topics: PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, ELDERLY PERSONS, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS, MIGRANT HEALTH CENTERS, GERONTOLOGY
This document, replacing a 1992 edition, offers administrative guidelines to assist in the implementation of Regent policy on academic planning and program review in the University of Wisconsin (UW) System. These guidelines provide information on the UW System: (1) planning in academic programs and academic support programs; (2) planning and review principles; (3) joint UW System administration/institutional planning and review; (4) institutional review processes; (5) reporting procedures; and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Planning, Guidelines, Higher Education, Program Development, Program...
This document reports on the activities of educational consultants involved in the appraisal of the Evaluator Development Program. Included are (1) consultant suggestions for program improvement, (2) a tabulation of consultant responses to task items on the consultant form, (3) a list of consultants, and (4) materials used during the evaluation process. (LLR)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Consultants, Program Development, Program Evaluation, Program Improvement, Task...
A user-oriented coding of knowledge, which is disseminated through titles to scientific work requires information systems,which build on cognitive models . A computer program with comments to conceptual coding of titles is presented in this report. The cognitive model, which has governed the program development, is described briefly. The functioning of the program is illustrated with some computer outputs from a data base, which is representative of Swedish educational research .
Topics: computer linguistics, program development, pattern generation, register, information, intermediate,...
New guidelines for administrator preparation drafted for the American Association of School Administrators (AASA) are presented, and, though subject to further AASA scrutiny, they are suggested for inclusion in all administrator preparation programs. The basis for the guidelines was a literature search, personal interviews with staff at five professional organizations and institutions, and administrator preparation course content at 75 colleges and universities. Six critical themes emerging...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Administrator Education, Course Objectives, Guidelines, Higher Education, Program...
The role of the professional in society and problems and advantages of professional education are examined. Summarized in the report are some of the literature concerning factors which influence the form and content of continuing education for professionals; and attention is directed to the implications of this literature for program development by the Medical Library Association. The advantages and disadvantages of continuing education programs developed by business and industry, unions,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Organizations (Groups), Professional Associations, Professional Continuing Education,...
The paper suggests a strategy for developing a program for gifted and talented limited English speaking students. Six steps are outlined: (1) identify the gifted and talented student population in the pilot school using at least two acceptable criteria; (2) based on the school study team (SST) assessment process, prepare individual sequential instructional plans for each student; (3) based on the SST assessment process, develop a project profile; (4) using the project needs plan for guidance,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Bilingual Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Program Development,...
This publication provides guidelines for chemistry programs in two-year colleges. Contents include: (1) "Chemistry Program Mission and Review"; (2) "Organizational Structure for Chemistry Programs"; (3) "Financial Support"; (4) "Faculty and Supporting Staff"; (5) "Facilities"; (6) "The Curriculum"; and (7) "Advising, Articulation, and Alliances". (YDS)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Chemistry, Higher Education, Program Development, Science Curriculum, Science...
A program of vocational education for agribusiness and natural resources occupations should be part of the total program available to the youth and adults within a community, suggests the author. Therefore, consideration must be given to the most effective ways and means of providing such an instructional program. The planning process is considered essential and this report deals with elements of planning program perspectives based on first hand experiences of teachers and career education...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Agribusiness, Educational Planning, Natural Resources, Program Development,...
These guidelines are designed for use by the vice chancellor, dean, department chair, and others involved in academic program planning and approval within the University of Wisconsin System. The full policy governing academic program planning and review is contained in another document, "Academic Planning and Program Review." The major focus of these guidelines is on the process for requesting and implementing new academic programs. These guidelines describe the steps involved in this...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Planning, Guidelines, Higher Education, Program Development, Program...
This paper sets forth the aims and policies of the United Campus Christian Fellowship (UCCF). This organization was formed by five Protestant denominations in 1960 to promote and coordinate the campus ministry. Guidelines for administration, financial implementation, personnel matters, and operation of UCCF on the state and local levels are included. (NS)
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Programs, Policy, Program Development, Program Guides, Religious Organizations
