THE FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THIS DOCUMENT: Each day, the students of James W. Marshall Elementary School, Sacramento City Unified School District, assemble for a flag-salute ceremony in the courtyard in front of the school. Actually, the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance is the closing part of this daily activity, for it is at this…

THE FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THIS DOCUMENT: The Fresno County Office of Education and the Fresno Unified School District hosted the Mock Trial Competition. The state competition is sponsored by the Constitutional Rights Foundation, with cosponsorship from the California State Bar Association and the California Young Lawyer's Association. This…

This paper describes a nurse practitioner directed health center education program for senior citizens in Medford, Massachusetts. The planning process, including needs and location decisions, is defined, and a summary of needs survey data on the population is offered, including health problems (medication problems, lack of exercise, depression,…

Describes the textbooks, the curricular, and co-curricular activities in the AFJROTC program at Hopewell High School. Includes a description of a specialized, fourth-year course extension which includes celestial navigation, communicative techniques, computer systems, meteorology, and Air Force Role in National Defense. (MLH)

Describes a career education program for elementary school children which uses an interdisciplinary approach to integrate science with creative arts in developing career units in each class. Activities include writing and performing playlets which depict what people do in different careers. (MLH)

Describes student involvement in an organization named S.T.O.P. whose prime purpose is to inform and involve the community in environmental concerns. Among projects described are paper recycling, beautification projects, radio announcements and establishment of an ecology library. (BR)

Describes a chemistry curriculum for college freshmen that uses laboratory study of the chemical composition of meals eaten by students as the central activity from which theoretical and practical learning are derived. Presents a meal analysis flow diagram and a table of concepts included in the program. (GS)

Presents an alternative syllabus in A-level chemistry based on the place of chemistry in industry and its effect upon society. (Author/GS)

Describes an environmental simulation exercise conducted at an outdoor camp in Colorado. The two simulations involved the physical, social, political and environmental factors which might influence construction of an airport in the Rocky Mountain National Park and factors associated with a nuclear generating plant. (BR)

Describes the production of a pupil-created documentary in a Toronto school and suggests ways to disseminate children's video tape work through cable television and other channels. (SDH)

This report describes an Education Consolidation and Improvement Act-Chapter 1 program for at-risk kindergarten children in four Bellingham (Washington) elementary schools. Children in the program are included in regular kindergarten classes, which meet two full days each week and every other Friday. The children also attend the Kindergarten for…

A group of consultants conducted a program review to evaluate the quality of social science programs in the state university system of Florida and made recommendations for improvements within the existing resource base and about program needs should new resources become available. An overview of social sciences in the system is followed by…

This directory is designed to provide an introduction to educational information and documentation services for specialists in information and educational documentation as well as educational administrators, planners, and researchers, and teachers. Its basic objective is to promote cooperation between such services, thereby increasing the transfer…

With environmental awareness on the rise in the late 1980's and increasing into the 1990's, higher education is presented with a number of opportunities for environmental education. This paper addresses three ways in which institutions of higher education in Appalachia and elsewhere can respond to the continuing need and present calls for…

Many countries have recently launched massive programs to promote nation-wide adult literacy, but while these efforts have been commendable, it has been observed that neo-literates who acquire literacy through such programs have great difficulty in retaining it; hence an urgent need to develop suitable programs of post-literacy and continuing…