The underlying foundations for all elements of this "Cree Language and Culture 12-year Program Guide to Implementation (Kindergarten to Grade 3)" are Cree values--those viewpoints and ways of being that characterize the Cree way of life. They are as important today in educating students in the Cree language and culture as they have ever…

The booklet provides research information and criteria from which administrators and music educators may draw guidelines for developing music programs for mentally gifted children in grades 1 through 6. Seven chapters focus on the following topics: introduction to music education for gifted children (including the nature of music, literacy in…

This guide will provide the reader with the tools needed to plan a successful Cree language experience in the classroom. As a teacher, you will choose appropriate activities with your students from the Sample Teaching and Learning Activities. The activities and assessment strategies are samples you can add to and adapt to fit your classroom…

Content and procedures are outlined separately for social work trainees and their instructors in these two parts of the Saskatchewan NewStart Life Skills Curriculum (prevocational education). The trainee guide provides a basis for learning how to develop and sustain a positive self-image, cope with home and family responsibility, use leisure time…

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…

Provides a guide for setting up learning centers in easily handled stages. Discusses six stages in the development of individualized instruction through the use of learning centers and offers specific guidelines for using this technique for facilitating instruction. (FL)

This document is an interim evaluation report of language development curriculums in full year Head Start programs operating in the five state area the Research and Evaluation Center serves. One experimental study in language development carried on in cooperation with the Texas and Tulane centers is reported in depth. The study was implemented in…

This guide is planned to assist state agricultural extension persons who are responsible for program development of a youth consumer education program. It identifies priority content and teaching methods for program content, planning, implementation, and evaluation. A rationale for developing a 4-H consumer education program is given which…

THIS GUIDE WAS PLANNED PRIMARILY FOR USE IN THE SCHOOLS OF NEW YORK STATE TO FAMILIARIZE AN INSTRUCTOR WITH THE MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING ACT (MDTA) AND TO GIVE HIM KNOWLEDGE OF TEACHING TECHNIQUES FOR MDTA COURSES. THE EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON THE PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF THE MDTA AND THE PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF TEACHING, RATHER THAN ON DISCUSSIONS…

Providing traditional knowledge and skills, the Colorado Outward Bound School (COBS) program has developed its program around a training phase, an expedition, solo, final expedition, and concluding phase. Intended to be an experiential learning experience that encourages students to become involved in exploring new or unusual areas of their lives,…

These guidelines are intended to give teachers and administrators sufficient information to enable them to set up and conduct programs to assist non-English-speaking students to learn English and to adjust to the way of life around them both in school and in the community. Topics covered are as follows: factors governing the choice of programs;…

Designed to assist training coordinators in the initial institution familiarization training for new employees in correctional institutions, this manual consists of two parts: this document (Part I), which is the training coordinator's guide, and the training program (Part II - CE 017 287). In a general introduction the advantages of these course…

This guide presents an analysis and rationale of foreign language programs in elementary and secondary schools, stressing development of cultural understanding through language instruction in the basic skills of the target language. Major sections cover: (1) purposes of foreign language instruction; (2) contributing disciplines--psychology,…

This handbook for nutritionists and dietitians as well as other health professionals (physicians, nurses, and health educators) is a guide to the content and conduct of the Heart Saver Program, a health education program designed to help prevent heart disease by bringing about significant changes in the food habits of the public. The content…

This booklet was developed as a guide for home economists who are responsible for teaching paraprofessionals (individuals who usually have no college degree and are trained and supervised by county home economists) how to teach low-income families. The content is in seven short sections: (1) Planning the Program discusses available resources,…