Discusses the Rural Education and Agriculture Program (REAP) in Belize, a program which attempts to develop positive attitudes towards agriculture and influence young people to remain in rural Belize and engage in agricultural work. Examines factors that have contributed to the program's success. (GEA)

A discussion of French teacher training at the University of Saskatchewan includes an outline of innovations in credit courses, especially those taught in French on subjects other than language, literature, or teaching methods. The discussion includes a description of the noncredit programs for professional and linguistic development. (MSE)

In 1987, the Illinois Community College Trustees Association first published a resource directory of outstanding programs and services offered by the state's community colleges. This document presents a 1998 update to the directory, presenting information on 55 programs nominated by 35 colleges. The program descriptions provide the state…

The Education for All: Making It Work series is a major international interagency program designed to collect, analyze, and promote successful basic education projects in the least developed and developing countries. This project report describes the innovative work being undertaken in adolescent girls' camps in Lok Jumbish (Rajasthan, India).…

Describes a center--a highly developed play space--to teach sensory concepts (up, down, in, out, above, below, sweet, sour, hot, cold, loud, soft, and others) to blind children. (Author/JF)

The high school social studies alternatives in New York City are found in a variety of programs, including alternative high schools, work study programs, basic education programs, college prepatory, and a city-based program. (KM)

Describes a college program inaugurated at Yale University in 1972 entitled The Literature Major'' in which literature is studied as a process. (RB)

The article describes a program which fosters the notion that normal children will learn if properly stimulated and taught; the pressure is therefore placed on the teacher to teach. In return the teacher is rewarded with more money and higher status. The author raises serious questions about the plan. (Author/BY)

Describes a program organizing curriculum in modules to train skilled workers in the United Kingdom. (BH)

Contains tabulated results of a study on the similarities and points of divergency of seven contemporary programs in industrial education. Interpretations of the findings are summarized as: (1) identifiable curriculum elements, (2) general agreement between leaders about the programs, and (3) general agreement among programs. (GR)

Describes an innovative program involving sixth grade students in all aspects of archaeology, including an archaeological dig. Individual units on weather, geology, the metric system, and map reading are pursued. Specific archaeological techniques such as compiling site and field records, cataloging, and surveying are studied. (RM)

The author presents methods and materials to be used in courses on death education at the elementary and secondary level. (HLM)

Of more than 1,500 projects funded through Title III funds in fiscal year 1975, 22 involved development of innovative and exemplary programs for the talented and gifted. This study examines the 22 projects in terms of program model categories, program funding, curriculum organization, and program grade levels. (JG)

The BASIC ID framework of multimodal education provides elementary school personnel with a means for expanding their instructional offerings. By using the BASIC ID as a guide, elementary school teachers can identify neglected instructional areas, implement classroom activities to correct the deficiencies, and increase their impact on the lives of…