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Download full textHowe, Robert W.; Disinger, John F. – 1988
Goals and objectives of many state and local environmental education programs have included developing students with knowledge, skills, positive attitudes and motivation to take action, to prevent and to resolve environmental problems. This digest describes variables involved in developing responsible environmental behavior and some teaching…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavior Change, Concept Formation, Curriculum
Helgeson, Stanley L.; Howe, Robert W. – 1989
Many school staff and their client communities are concerned about pupil achievement, skills, and attitudes related to science. To respond to these concerns, staff need to determine how they can improve their science programs by modifying the content and skills emphasized in the curriculum, changing and supplementing instructional materials,…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Improvement, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science
Helgeson, Stanley L.; Howe, Robert W. – 1989
Many school staff and their client communities are concerned about student achievement, skills, and attitudes related to science. To respond to these concerns, staff need to determine how they can improve their science programs by modifying the content and skills emphasized in the curriculum, changing and supplementing instructional materials,…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Improvement, Elementary Education, Information Centers
Howe, Robert W.; Disinger, John F. – 1988
Research related to environmental education has consistently indicated that many students and young adults attribute a large amount of their knowledge of environmental concepts, problems, and issues to out-of-school (non-formal) educational settings and experiences. Data also indicate that students and young adults attribute much of their…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Field Studies
Gordus, Jeanne Prial; And Others – 1987
This report addresses the degree to which retraining has met the challenge of ensuring that the American work force has adequate skills to cope with the changing world of work. Chapter 1 sketches economic, social, and technological changes that help explain why the current reactive approach needs to be more active. In chapter 2, the extensiveness…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business Cycles, Career Education, Corporate Education
Wagner, Judith O. – 1989
How to locate information that can be used in career decision making is the subject of this digest. The first section lists the career/occupational information collections generally found in public libraries, including printed resources, information about associations, information about local sources of job information, information on specific…
Descriptors: Career Change, Career Choice, Career Education, Career Exploration
