This is a teacher's guide to a 20-minute color videocassette program that teaches high school students about the history of the U.S. monetary system and events leading to the establishment of the Federal Reserve System. The video program portrays episodes in U.S. history when the country was faced with problems of too much or too little money.…

This booklet, presenting a discussion of five experimental preschool programs, resulted from an international forum sponsored by the Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) for the leaders of these programs. The forum developed from a concern for the long range effectiveness of preschool education or intervention. The five programs…

This 1974 report describes the history of the Commission on College Geography, which was supported by the National Science Foundation. There are four major parts to the paper. Part I deals with the objectives of the commission. It was established in 1963 as an outgrowth of the work of the Liberal Education Committee appointed by the Council of the…

A brief description of the development, implementation, and evaluation of the Outdoor Primary Education project in Bangladesh is presented in this booklet. A description of the development of the current primary education system in Bangladesh along with a description of the reasons that led to the development of the project are briefly provided in…

In this book comprised of six chapters, multiple aspects of competency based education (CBE) are discussed contextually by various authors in terms of the current educational climate wherein the primary emphasis is upon learning outcomes rather than the process of learning itself. To illuminate the notion of competence, Chapter 1 presents:…

The Directions for the Future Conference focused on the roles, responsibilities, and challenges of developing a working relationship among community colleges and community agencies in realizing the total mission of education. The conference was co-sponsored by the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges and the University of Oregon's…

A functional syllabus for post-intermediate study of English as a second language (ESL) that was developed for the provincial high schools in Papua New Guinea is described. The framework necessary to analyze student needs and define learning objectives is based on languages uses. A "language use" is a semantic unit identifying the…

The project on which this report focuses is basically a research and development enterprise set up to investigate the possibilities of constructing and introducing core syllabuses and to study problems that emerge in such an undertaking. The project is largely an attempt to test the feasibility and practicability of an approach to curriculum and…

This document contains four papers that examine the issue of program evaluation in the education department of the University of Alberta. The first paper discusses the creation of an office of program evaluation, its purpose, and future. The implementation of a model to guide program evaluation activities is discussed in the second paper. In…

This volume, second in a series of five, focuses on methods to evaluate sex education programs. It is presented in five chapters. Chapter One critically reviews previously used methods of evaluating programs and makes suggestions for improving those evaluations. Problems of experimental designs which incorporate an experimental/control group and…

A PILOT PROJECT (JULY 1959-DECEMBER 1961), AIMED AT NEW WAYS TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND LEADERSHIP IN THE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE, WAS CONDUCTED IN 12 COUNTIES OF SIX STATES. PROGRAM CONSULTANTS RECEIVED TEN WEEKS TRAINING BUILT AROUND A SEMINAR ON CURRENT ISSUES AND ACTIVITIES, AND FOLLOWED BY ORIENTATION CONFERENCES.…

This curriculum guide is designed to offer a flexible worldwide business education curriculum for Department of Defense Dependent Schools (DoDDS). The guide begins by describing the four business clusters included in the curriculum: (1) clerical, (2) secretarial/stenographic, (3) information processing, and (4) business administration. These…

Proceedings and recommendations of the Rhode Island Arts Education Planning Institute are reported. The conference involved 127 participants including educators, artists, and personnel from arts organizations. A brief summary of the presentations of model programs includes exploration in sound, photography, and publication in the high school, a…

The document presents the draft of the state of South Carolina's amended annual program plan for the fiscal year 1980, which describes how South Carolina plans to comply with the regulations mandated by the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (P.L. 94-142). Information is provided regarding how the 1980 annual program plan was made public.…

THIS ADULT LEARNING SEMINAR, OUTGROWTH OF MEETINGS SPONSORED BY THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES, FOCUSED UPON NEEDS OF MINISTERS, OBJECTIVES OF PROGRAM OF CONTINUING EDUCATION, AND PROCESSES BY WHICH PROGRAMS ARE EVALUATED. THE CHANGING WORLD IN WHICH MINISTRY FUNCTIONS WAS DISCUSSED IN PAPERS ON MINISTRY AS EDUCATION OF PUBLIC, IMPLICATIONS OF…