Based on ten months of ethnographic fieldwork, including more than 65 in-depth interviews with Chinese university students and higher education administrators, this study examines the roots of an emerging community service learning movement in mainland China. The dissertation focuses on a case study of a pioneering Chinese Party State-sponsored…

The guiding principles and procedures for pupil assessment in Portuguese compulsory education were established by the Implementing Order No. 1/2005, 5th January, with amendments introduced by the Implementing Orders No. 18/2006, 14th March and No. 5/2007, 10th January, and apply to the learning objectives and competencies defined for the various…

Article focused on teacher preparation for the special educator and the art teacher and discussed an art curriculum that will provide the prospective art teacher with the ability to help students to develop their individual capacities. (RK)

Article described a program, Project BACSTOP (Better Acquisition of Cognitive Skills Through Outdoor Programing), which attempted to reduce racial interaction and develop cognitive growth through use of learning in the wilderness. (Author/RK)

This article described the Complementary Schools Project, designed to make it possible for students to enroll in more than one school at once, in order to fulfill student needs while advancing the concept of multiple schooling. (Author/RK)

This article, exploring the degree of our freedom to act, was based on some intriguing hypotheses relating behavior to brain function. (Author/RK)

This handbook describes the full-day kindergarten program implemented by School District 74 in Lincolnwood, Illinois. After statements defining the developmental kindergarten, outlining objectives of the full-day kindergarten, and providing background information, the handbook: (1) lists advantages of the full-day kindergarten; (2) provides the…

Many four-year institutions are offering associate degree programs, a number which is increasing as pressure grows from communities demanding more occupationally-oriented programs. Many older students appreciate the two-year degrees not only for the occupational benefits, but also because of their self-fulfilling goals. (Editor/PG)

Article described the objectives of the Artists-in-the-Schools program, developed by the Hawaii Curriculum Center in 1966. (Author/RK)

The booklet describes procedures for developing and using biyearly goals in the Macomb (Illinois) 0-3 Regional Project for rural handicapped and high risk infants and toddlers. The goals are developed for each child 6 weeks after he/she enters the project, and serve as program guidelines for the child development specialist and the parents. Goals…

The science program of a Florida school system is used as an illustration of one approach to educational accountability. Excerpts from the law, "The Educational Accountability Act of 1971," are presented to provide a feeling for the requirements, impact and implications imposed. The program described is called "The Coordinated-Articulated Science…

The product and process goals for the schools of Kentucky are outlined in this brochure. The product goals relate to learning skills, an appropriate knowledge base, economic productivity and recreational satisfaction, functioning effectively as a citizen, human relations, and physical and mental health. The schools seek to attain process goals…

The Research and Development Center Program of the U. S. Office of Education is described in this document. The program objectives and criteria used in evaluating proposals for the establishment of research and development centers are indicated. Four research and development centers are discussed in relation to their common characteristics and…

Special abilities and special talents mean special problems! Programs and classroom strategies for developing the intellectual abilities for gifted students were discussed. (Editor/RK)