To motivate students in the study of Asia at a time when interest in the East has declined but interaction increased, the author makes nine specific suggestions to secondary school teachers involving in-class exploration, outside experts, and cultural representatives. (JH)

The Phase Program of the Undergraduate Teacher Preparation Curriculum at the University of Louisville (Kentucky) is described. Developed by the Early and Middle Childhood Education Department, the program incorporates the study of theory and methods with concurrent field experience. The program is divided into four phases covering a period of four…

Describes a kite day at an elementary school which incorporated principles of flight, the history, art and craftsmanship of kite making and flying and provided a fun multidisciplinary approach to a student-oriented activity. (BR)

The paper discusses the provision of biology education to handicapped students in terms of teacher preparation, student instructional materials, and existing science programs. Among the programs available for the teacher who wants to teach science to handicapped students are NUSTEP (Nebraska University Secondary Teacher Education Project) and…

This publication contains materials and activities for a one day consumer education workshop for leaders of community organizations. It is the contention of the developers that consumers should influence the environments in which they make their decisions rather than merely accept the marketplace conditions which confront them. The publication…

This booklet contains ideas and prewriting exercises designed to motivate reluctant writers. The first section of the booklet provides suggestions for helping students become better acquainted so that they will be more receptive to peer evaluation of their work. The second section offers prewriting teaching techniques while the third section…

Detailed is a strategy for teaching the transformation of word problems into equations, equation systems, or inequalities. Classroom experiments using the method are described and are favorable. The underlying philosophy of the method is that the transformation will be accomplished by means of comprehension at first, but in the second stage the…

The contents of this guide have been organized under five major topics: (1) number and operations; (2) sets, functions, relations, systems, and logic; (3) geometry; (4) measurement and estimation; and (5) selected topics. A scope-and-sequence chart is given for each of the topics for grades K-8. Behavioral objectives, teaching aids, and…

The 27 teaching ideas and activities presented in this booklet were developed by Pennsylvania teachers to address four critical experiences in reading and communication arts; responding to literature; sustained silent reading of self-selected books; composing, both orally and in writing; and investigating and mastering language patterns. The entry…

The purpose of this booklet is to aid high school and college instructors in designing and teaching units or courses in the fundamentals of informational and employment interviewing. The theory section of this work provides a definition of related communications principles, and an analysis of the dynamics of informational and employment…

This paper discusses some of the procedures for assessing specific content in books, suggests some ideas for activities which adolescents could select to demonstrate that they can recognize and judge certain elements in books, and lists several cautions which need to be considered when analyzing content. The first procedure in a content analysis…