This is an account of the first two years' operation of a national experiment in language instruction in England, jointly sponsored by the Schools Council and the Nuffield Foundation for teaching French in primary schools. The report discusses: (1) origins of the experiment, (2) planning the pilot project, (3) "Why French?," (4) the…

This paper presents an overview of a project concerned with the design and development of a comprehensive career education curriculum with sufficient detail and flexibility to be used in the majority of elementary and junior high schools throughout the nation. The principal products to be developed include a catalog of instructional objectives, a…

The Toledo Public Schools and the Toledo Diocesan Schools have both been involved in the implementation of competency-based instructional systems in the past three years. Each system has achieved implementation in varying degrees and by contrasting methodologies. The objectives of this paper are to (1) examine the theoretical framework, the social…