The intent of this work is to provide a guideline for development of an elementary curriculum on the use of media skills to enhance existing curriculum. The primary focus is upon instructing children on how to use audiovisual equipment and resources available in their school or local library. Suggested activities and an evaluation tool are…

The overall plea in maintaining communication English as a subject in New Zealand technical schools is for "communication" to be recognized as separate from "English." The emphasis, then, is on the use of language, not its analysis; and this shift seems to make the course more appealing than regular English study for vocational…

Some considerations and proposals are introduced to improve the efficiency of information management training based on the results of experiments done in this field. The integration of different parts of the information training program into scientific and technical specialties curricula is discussed. (KR)

Home economics teachers need to know how to obtain occupational information to help students prepare for jobs and to substantiate validity of existing or new programs. Describes and discusses federal occupational information sources and grants, use of advisory committees, private industry information, and state committees. (MF)

A K-12 social studies scope and sequence that is realistically possible to implement is presented. Contents include: mandate for citizenship education; definition and goals of social studies; an illustrative scope and sequence, providing specific grade level examples; examples of applications of democratic beliefs and values; and essential social…