This guide to implementation is intended to support the Japanese Language and Culture 10-3Y, 20-3Y, 30-3Y Program of Studies. It was developed primarily for teachers, yet it includes information that may be useful for administrators and other stakeholders in their efforts to plan for and implement the new Japanese program of studies. Familiarity…

This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the holistic approach to Turkish grammar instruction in the first stage of primary education from the opinions and experiences of Turkish primary school teachers. This study is a qualitative research designed as a phenomenological study. The study participants were selected using maximum variation…

Information and recommendations concerning foreign language in the elementary school (FLES) center about a set of criteria for examining proposals and programs made in 1954. Included among the criteria are the importance of goals and their cooperative development, provision for the mental health of teachers and children, sound teaching-learning…

This manual describes procedures for conducting a program to train personnel for educational research and development (R & D). It is intended as a guide for any institution planning to administer such a training program. The program may be utilized in several ways. They are: (1) for training various types of personnel for educational R & D; (2) as…

AN INSTITUTE TRAINING PROGRAM WAS DEVELOPED TO AID IN TEACHING METHODS AND CURRICULUMS DEVELOPMENT IN BUSINESS DATA PROCESSING. THIS PROGRAM OFFERED RETRAINING FOR 17 TEACHERS DURING AN 8-WEEK PERIOD. FURTHER DEVELOPMENT WAS INCLUDED FOR COURSE MATERIAL TO USE AS PATTERNS AND GUIDELINES FOR FUTURE PROGRAMS. CLASS OUTLINES WERE DEVELOPED TO BE USED…

Designed for use by California educators responsible for reading instruction, this booklet (1) provides the basis for development of criteria for materials selection, (2) serves as a resource for inservice training, (3) furnishes guidance for developing reading curricula, and (4) establishes guidelines for aiding program and personnel evaluation.…

This program guide for physical education program improvement and development is designed to offer options for organization, program content, resources, teaching methodologies, and evaluation, consistent with efforts of individualizing and humanizing education. Topics considered include: legal mandates and philosophy; public relations;…

THE CALASANCTIUS PREPARATORY SCHOOL ATTEMPTS TO IMPROVE TEACHING METHODS AND CURRICULA FOR GIFTED CHILDREN THROUGH RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTATION. THROUGH A CHALLENGING PROGRAM, ACADEMICALLY TALENTED CHILDREN ARE ASSISTED IN DEVELOPING THEIR TALENTS, PREPARING FOR ADVANCED PLACEMENT IN COLLEGE, AND DEVELOPING MORAL RESPONSIBILITY. COURSES INCLUDE…

THIS STUDY PROVIDED INFORMATION ON PROCEDURES AND METHODS FOR ESTABLISHING LEARNING STATIONS TO PROVIDE THE MENTALLY RETARDED WITH WORK-EXPERIENCE ACTIVITIES. SUBJECTS WERE 14 STUDENTS, AGE RANGE 16.2 TO 19 YEARS, WITH IQ SCORES OF 50 TO 79. PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FACILITIES WERE USED AS LEARNING STATIONS. THE SUBJECTS PARTICIPATED IN COURSE…

This article describes one teacher's efforts at creating a differentiated mathematics program in her multi-age first- and second-grade classroom. The author describes challenges encountered and successes met in this process, as well as the structures she uses to meet a variety of student abilities, including open-ended problem-solving tasks,…

This document is based on the theory that the ultimate success of the Head Start program in significantly correcting the educational disabilities of culturally deprived children depends on involving and educating the parents. This method would at least improve the immediate family environment of the deprived child. This document therefore sets out…

BASED ON AN EARLIER PILOT PROGRAM, THIS PROGRAM, CONDUCTED FROM JANUARY 1966 TO MARCH 1967, WAS DESIGNED TO PREPARE HOME ECONOMISTS FOR LEADERSHIP IN TRAINING ADULTS AND OLDER YOUTH FOR HOMEMAKER SERVICES AND DEVELOP METHODS AND A CURRICULUM FOR TEACHING THE NECESSARY COURSES. TWENTY-EIGHT QUALIFIED HOME ECONOMISTS ATTENDED A 3-WEEK WORKSHOP TO…

THE MAIN SOCIETAL GOAL FOR ACADEMICALLY RETARDED INDIVIDUALS IS TO MAKE THEM HAPPY, SELF-ACCEPTING, PARTICIPATING PARENTS AND CITIZENS IN NONSKILLED OR SEMISKILLED VOCATIONAL FIELDS. TO FULFULL THIS OBJECTIVE, THE SCHOOL ASSUMES A MAJOR RESPONSIBILITY IN HELPING THE RETARDED CHILD TO DEVELOP PERSONAL ADJUSTMENT, SOCIAL ADEQUACY, A SENSE OF VALUES,…

Approximately 85 citations (1972-1976) on programs, teaching methods, and curricula for the severely and multiply handicapped are included in the annotated bibliography. Entries are arranged according to accession number and usually provide information on author, title, source, date, pagination, availability (including ERIC-Educational Resources…

What schools can do and are doing to prevent the abuse of drugs by their students is the focus of this report. The first section of the report "An Overview of Current Efforts" presents the findings of a one-year study of drug education in the United States, with a subjective analysis of the various approaches in the field. In the second…