In a controlled experiment to determine the effects of intensive and extensive training schedules, it was learned that the former resulted in fewer dropouts and lower rates of absenteeism but the latter achieved higher levels of learning. The trainer must weigh the different advantages in planning his supervisory training program. (AG)

The Delphi Technique, a needs assessment device providing a means for gathering opinions, is described, and its origin and limitations are discussed. Application of the technique in adult education in Massachusetts identified the needs of teachers and administrators in adult learning centers prior to workshop planning. (AG)

The article presents an argument supporting the validity of using sub-standard dialects as a starting point to aid continuing education teachers teaching standard English. The advantages of the dialect approach are considered, and suggestions for distinguishing among dialects, assessing them, and using them are presented in conclusion. (Author/AG)

An inservice program was effective in demonstrating that programs planned by the participants to meet their needs as they perceive them are received with enthusiasm and are effective in positive attitude formation. Questionnaire results are tabulated. (AG)

Four studies are described to demonstrate that low-level expectations of student ability become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Adult educators inherit students whose self-concept may have been formed by oppressive, self-destructive expectations and are cautioned against perpetuating discrimination and destructive labeling practices. (AG)

New River Community College, Dublin, Virginia, has a continuing education philosophy based upon the understanding that education is never complete. They view themselves, and similar institutions, as true community education and cultural centers. (AG)

The parental role in guiding children in vocational choices gives rise to the need for courses for parents about vocational aspects of human growth and development. A project was designed to update, educate, and reeducate parents of elementary and secondary school age children to meet the need. (AG)

Citing reasons for the higher motivation among southern black students than northern black students, Parker examines the influence of the black colleges in the South in that context. He proposes making education and the total northern school system, especially continuing education, relevant to blacks to achieve greater motivation. (AG)

Florida Memorial College's curriculum model of internship and pre-internship programs is the answer to the needs of its constituency and perhaps the answer to the needs of black colleges throughout the United States. Continuing education combines with an intensive field experience program in a departure from the traditional educational patterns.…

The continuing education characteristics, operational model, and preliminary results of the University of Bridgeport's Multiple Alternatives Program (MAP) are considered. MAP is an individualized, competency-based program for the inservice education of elementary teachers consisting of four related aspects: assessment, planning, training, and…

Training bosses to make better use of their support staff is a worthwhile task, but one requiring discretion. Suggestions for accomplishing the job in a participant-centered training session are offered. Three basic exercises are utilized. (AG)

There is a need to supplement skill-oriented training in personnel training programs and career development programs with basic economic education to help an employee understand his roles as consumer, employee, citizen, and entrepreneur. (AG)

Positions in organizations serve as organizational frameworks for the performance of roles. The views of a role vary. Conflicting views leave the position-holder with seven options, only one of which is viable. That one, an open problem-solving confrontation, may require some inservice education in interpersonal relations. (AG)

Using elementary school pupils as an example, the author distinguishes between equal and equivalent knowledge and shows how both relate to individualized learning situations applicable to continuing education. (AG)

The interrelationship between historical events and the Israeli elementary and secondary school structure is established to determine the implications for continuing education at these levels. (A 27-item bibliography accompanies the article.) (Author/AG)