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Seperich, George; And Others – 1986
This curriculum guide is intended for vocational agriculture teachers who deliver agricultural business and management programs at the secondary or postsecondary level. It is based on the Arizona validated occupational competencies and tasks for management and supervisory positions in agricultural business. The competency/skill and task list…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Machinery
US Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1946
The Rural War Production Training Program was inaugurated at the beginning of the war primarily to provide training in elementary skills to farm youth not needed on farms, sufficient to enable them to secure employment in defense industries. Needs changed, however, and the production of food crops throughout the Nation adequate to feed ourselves,…
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Program Administration, Grants, Rural Youth
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House. – 1995
The Subcommittee met to hear testimony on the college student loan process, particularly whether, at a time of devolution of power to state and local levels, it is contradictory to continue with the relatively new Federal Direct Student Loan Program. Chairman Peter Hoekstra outlined how vital higher education has become for access to quality…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Government Role
Smith, Linda I.; And Others – 1973
Presented is the Marshalltown Behavioral Prescription Guide for social development which consists of incremental behavioral objectives and strategies to aid parents in the prescriptive teaching of handicapped and culturally deprived infants and preschool children. The guide is intended for use prior to a weekly home visit, which results in a…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Diagnostic Teaching, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education
Kansas State Univ., Manhattan. – 1979
The second of three volumes included in a secondary agricultural supplies and services curriculum guide, this volume contains units of instruction in three major areas: (1) Animal Science, (2) Supervised Training Programs--Farm Business Management, and (3) Career Selection/Public Relations. Typical of the sixteen units included in the first…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Supplies, Agricultural Supply Occupations
Crowley, David; And Others – 1981
The Third World countries of Botswana and Tanzania have used Radio Learning Group (RLG) campaigns effectively to get a limited amount of important information to a very large group of people at the same time. During campaigns voluntary participants organized in groups of 5-20 meet twice a week for about 5 weeks to listen to radio broadcasts about…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Community Organizations, Developing Nations
Alison, Graham – Visual Education, 1971
Reviews a conference which covered programming through: (a) work-card and assignment systems (b) slide/tape systems (c) feed back systems and their applications in the fields of primary, secondary, and tertiary and further education." (Author/AA)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Conference Reports, Program Descriptions, Programed Instructional Materials
Institute of Educational Research, Washington, DC. – 1962
THE TWO MAJOR TARGET POPULATIONS FOR THESE PROGRAMS ARE CHILDREN ENTERING SCHOOL IN FIRST OR SECOND GRADE WHO ARE IN DELINQUENOGENIC NEIGHBORHOODS AND ADOLESCENT DROPOUTS WHO ATTEND SPECIAL YOUTH COUNSELING CENTERS WHERE SKILLS CAN BE TAUGHT. THE PROGRAM SHOULD DEVELOP READING SKILLS AND ENRICH VOCABULARY PROVIDING A BASIS FOR ACCELERATED…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Delinquency Causes, Delinquency Prevention, Delinquent Rehabilitation
Verona, Mary Ellen; Curtis, David – 2002
When developing curriculum materials for new contexts, designers feed forward work from similar projects. This customization process must attend to various influences to determine how features from previous efforts will be emphasized and combined. This paper discusses resources and ideas that influenced the design of the RiverWeb Water Quality…
Descriptors: Biology, Computer Simulation, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development
Biological Sciences Curriculum Study, Boulder, CO. – 1975
These resource papers encourage the student to discover for himself the contributions to a problem made through original literature. Since some of the papers are controversial or contradict others, the student will need to evaluate these papers to determine his correct approach or position. It is hoped that these papers will also foster an…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Environmental Education, Hunger, Instructional Materials
Phillips, Jim – 1982
Designed for global education at the high school level, this document presents statistics on malnutrition, infant mortality, and illiteracy in developing nations. The statistics are compared with private and government expenditures of wealthy nations. Examples of the statistical information for developing nations are: more than 500 million people…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Expenditures, Global Approach
Ghazalah, I. A. – 1978
A localized system for the evaluation of investment in vocational education in Ohio is described in this four part manual. Following an instruction introduction to the manual, part II provides a description of the analytical framework for this system. Vocational education is analyzed as an investment and an explanation of the criteria used in the…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Economic Factors, Evaluation Criteria
Jepsen, Keith – 1993
This evaluation study developed 29 recommendations concerning the implementation of direct loans in providing financial assistance to postsecondary school students. The investigation included examination of a current Department of Education (ED) pilot program, a video teleconference to discuss direct lending with 23 individuals in education…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Government School Relationship
Department of the Interior, Washington, DC. Federal Water Quality Administration. – 1970
This report describes the past activities and future plans of the Federal Water Quality Administration (FWQA). The first of the four sections in the report provides general discussion about these forms of water pollution: municipal wastes, industrial wastes, thermal pollution, oil and hazardous substances, mine drainage, sedimentation and erosion,…
Descriptors: Environment, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Natural Resources
Brown, Frank E. – 1972
Learning and Action through Social Education and Reading (LASER) is a program for urban community-school leadership and curriculum development. It seeks to break down the walls between schools and the communities they are intended to serve. It consists of seven interrelated components: Community-School Relations, Educational Leadership…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Change
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