READINGS IN DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION--THE PROJECT PLAN OF INSTRUCTION AND RELATED TEACHER EDUCATION, SELECTED PAPERS FROM THE NATIONAL SEMINAR IN DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION (MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, 1967). PROJECT REPORT NO. 5.

Overview & Synopsis

THE PURPOSE OF THE SEMINAR WAS TO ASSIST TEACHER EDUCATION STAFFS TO IDENTIFY, EVALUATE, AND RESPOND TO THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE VOCATIONAL ACT OF 1963 FROM WHICH SPRANG THE CONCEPT OF THE PROJECT PLAN OF INSTRUCTION. PAPERS DEVELOPED BY PRACTITIONERS AND PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS IN THE FIELD OF MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION ARE PRESENTED--(1) "AN OVERVIEW" BY K.L. ROWE, (2) "PROJECT TRAINING--ITS IMPACT ON PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT" BY E.L. NELSON, (3) "SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES IN PROJECT AND COOPERATIVE TRAINING" BY M.V. MARKS, (4) "PROJECT METHOD IN EDUCATION" BY E.E. BAYLES, (5) "PROJECTS AND PROJECT STRUCTURE" BY H.E. SAMSON, (6) "DESIRED OUTCOMES OF PROJECTS" BY W.G. MEYER, (7) "DEVELOPMENT OF A MATRIX" BY H.E. SAMSON, (8) "VARIATIONS OF TIME AND PLACE PATTERNS IN PROJECT TRAINING" BY E.T. FERGUSON, (9) "USING APPROPRIATE EVALUATION TECHNIQUES" BY C.B. COAKLEY, (10) "USING APPROPRIATE MATERIALS AND MEDIA" BY H.R. CHESHIRE, (11) "THE UTILIZATION OF FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT IN DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION PROJECT METHOD TRAINING" BY W.H. ANTRIM, (12) "A PHILOSOPHY OF TEACHER EDUCATION--TEACHING, RESEARCH OR SERVICE" BY P.G. HAINES, (13) "DISTRIBUTIVE TEACHER EDUCATION--ITS ROLE IN PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT" BY W.G. MEYER, (14) "GEARING THE TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR TEACHING BY THE PROJECT METHOD" BY R.A. RUSH, (15) "RELATIONS OF TEACHER EDUCATION TO STATE STAFF" BY E.L. DORR, (16) "METHODS IN DISTRIBUTIVE TEACHER EDUCATION CLASSROOMS" BY R.D. ASHMUN, (17) "INSERVICE TEACHER EDUCATION" BY L.C. CRAWFORD, (18) "THE ROLE OF THE TEACHER EDUCATOR IN RESEARCH AND MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT" BY V.K. ELY, (19) "TEACHER BEHAVIOR AND TEACHER EDUCATION" BY T. WARD, AND (20) "THE CHANGING NATURE OF VOCATIONAL CHOICE" BY C.G. WRENN. (MM)