This report details the Scientific Programming Course that is a part of "Project SOUL." The course is intended for underprivileged high school juniors and seniors having an interest in mathematics or science and aspirations to attend college. The report is divided into three sections. In section I, the administration and operation of the…

The teaching of foreign languages in the elementary school (FLES) as an integral part of the elementary curriculum has met with varied success in the U.S., despite increasing evidence that young children are capable of learning to speak a foreign language with less effort and more success than any other age group. The earliest FLES programs date…

This report delineates the step-by-step process of planning, holding, and following-up the 1978 Summer Invitational Workshop on Teaching Writing held by the Southeast Center for the Teaching of Writing (SCTW) for teachers at the elementary through the college level. The various sections of the report contain a description of the SCTW, its…

This report contains a description of a program that sought to develop the fotonovela as an instrument for increasing literacy and consciousness awareness in Ecuador. Following a general introduction to the work of the Nonformal Education Project, the creator of this program, the report presents information about the antecedents and…

Project TRAIN (Training and Reinforcement to Answer Individual Needs) is an inservice training program collaboratively conducted by the University of Hartford and the Hartford Public School System. The project serves a large innercity elementary school populated principally by low income Spanish speaking and black students. The immediate objective…

Thirty-three programs categorized according to their program structure are described. Sixteen programs listed under school within a school category include a bilingual-multicultural program, contemporary learning center, ecology and outdoor education, fine arts academy, career institute, music academy, literature and art, aero-dynamics,…

The available project data for participants in projects for neglected and delinquent in New York State are reviewed in this evaluation report. The data are organized by the State Education Department to present as comprehensive an overview as possible. Emphasis is placed on examining the reported norm-referenced achievement test results in the…

The development of a Doctor of Arts (D.A.) program in history at Illinois State University's Department of History is presented. The program proposal was approved in 1974 and a full complement of graduate students were accepted into the program by summer 1975. The overall objective of the program is the improvement of history instruction and…

This report describes the aesthetic education project, which embraces a conceptual structure, a perceptual approach to learning, and belief that aesthetics can be inculcated into the teaching-learning process. The project's goal was to develop an educational base and requisite expertise so that teachers can organize an aesthetic education…

Discusses the Civil Servant Module, a new component of Global Systems Simulation, a comprehensive person-computer model for investigating international affairs. Its telecommunication capability, logistics, functions, spatial flexibility, and advantages are described and its implications for applying Global Systems Simulation as a research and…

This paper provides an overview of the Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition (CIRC) program, a comprehensive approach to reading and writing instruction for grades K-8, as well as its Spanish adaptation, Bilingual Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition (BCIRC). The program's goal is to improve student achievement in reading,…

Discusses the common characteristics of experiential education programs and administration in public and private elementary, secondary, and alternative high schools in Colorado and New Mexico. Also discusses the attributes of an effective outdoor education leader and how those attributes are acquired, based on interviews with Southwestern outdoor…

Describes a high school interdisciplinary program based on the theories that reading that is related to a student's life is the most meaningful, that students who have vocational reading skills will be more effective in their careers, and that students who have good self-concepts and healthy bodies will learn better. (FL)

This directory presents information on 328 programs in colleges and universities for individuals who already have a bachelor's degree and wish to earn a teaching license, a master's degree in teaching, or both. Information was gathered from a fall 1995 survey of the member institutions of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education;…

This directory presents information on 257 programs in colleges and universities for individuals who already have a bachelor's degree and want to complete requirements to earn a teaching license, a master's degree, or both. Information included in the directory is the result of a survey of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher…