This handbook for kindergarten teachers attempts to provide a foundation on which teachers can build dynamic kindergartens at the community level. The physical, social, and cultural characteristics of 5-year-olds are described. A philosophy for kindergarten is stated, and goals of kindergarten education are listed. Goals involve physical, social,…

A study examined the experience of teachers, students, and college administrators in the following three open learning schemes for adult students in Great Britain: Flexistudy at Abraham Moss Open College, the mathematics and communications workshops at Bradford College, and the Technical Education Council programs at Moston College of Further…

This document reports the findings of a World Health Organization Study Group on training and education in occupational health. The report is organized in 11 sections that cover the following concerns: (1) occupational health care in developing countries; (2) the primary health care approach; (3) current occupational health problems; (4) existing…

The present-day German Fachhochschulen were established following an agreement on standardization of the Fachhochschule system throughout the Federal Republic of Germany in October 1968. The primary mission of Fachhochschulen is to provide short-term, more practice-related courses with a scientific or artistic basis, particularly in the fields of…

A program, Team Approach to Assessment and Programming (TAPP), to provide services to deaf blind and otherwise severely handicapped students in rural areas, is described. The project was designed to increase the number of severely handicapped students being served in integrated, age-appropriate local settings by expanding the capacity of local…

A guide to the planning and implementation of elementary school foreign language (FLES) programs presents statements of opinion and experience in various aspects of program development by a number of experts. An introductory section outlines basic program planning considerations, and a second chapter describes the work of the American Association…

This planning report describes social, demographic, and economic trends that have implications for Washington's community colleges and sets forth goals for responding to the educational needs of students and the state. Following a summary of college goals, anticipated program changes, enrollment projections, and needs in student services, the…

This physical education curriculum guide for kindergarten through twelfth grade has two main components. The first is a program overview that includes information relating to program organization and implementation for early, middle, and senior grades. The second section contains suggested activities and teaching notes for realizing specific…

Developed as a resource to assist in a major revision underway in Georgia area technical schools to change curricula for preparing engineering technicians, this preliminary program-planning guide describes curriculum structures for specialized programs in three major areas--electronics, electromechanics, and mechanics. The handbook, which is…

The book describes the setting, objectives, program, evaluation and achievement of six innovative action-research early childhood education projects for Aboriginal Australian children, traces various previous attempts to provide education, and provides an historical background of the estimated 140,000 Aboriginal people who make up 1% of…

An overview is provided of eight training sessions for teachers of pre-school children who are speakers of English as a second language (ESL). Developed by the Vancouver Preschool ESL Committee and a community college, the course had the following goals: (1) to explore teachers' cultural assumptions and understand how they affect relationships…

This guide for operating the Head Start home-based program option is based on experience gathered in the initial Home Start program and in the decade spanning 1974 through 1984. Its purpose is to offer the tested ideas and procedures gained in those years to organizations wanting to provide home-based child/family development services. The Guide…

Intended to be utilized as an instructional unit in preservice or inservice vocational teacher education or as a part of a total performance-based teacher education program, this module is one of two modules developed to train vocational personnel how to install and manage competency-based instructional (CBI) programs. These two modules were…

Designed to complement and enrich the existing career education program in the Newark (Delaware) School District, the project reported here was an effort to develop a model that was easily transportable and could be implemented with minimal funding. Objectives were to comprehensively define the existing K-12 career education program in the Newark…

A project was conducted to develop a safety-oriented supervisory and management training program for the underground coal mining industry. The first phase of the project involved research to determine relevant training materials that are available and in use, assessment of supervisory and management training needs, and development of objectives…