The research reported on here was conducted to evaluate the initial introduction of innovative classroom management techniques in selected classes of four elementary schools. The evaluation phase was conducted during the 1970-71 school year following a series of summer inservice workshops on instructional objectives, learning modules, and…

This publication describes a pilot instructional project in humanizing education undertaken by rural elementary schools in Cumberland County, New Jersey. The publication discusses the philosophy behind the program and the nature of the training conferences conducted for teachers and administrators; provides sample exercises, objectives, and…

The elementary program of career education, patterned after the elementary component of the East Providence Career Education Pilot Project, attempts to develop decision making skills, self direction, career awareness, and basic skills through greater individualization of instruction. This was accomplished by organizing activities around…

The Guided Occupational Orientation Program was developed to help students make realistic plans and decisions about future career preparation, largely by exposing them to extensive study of careers and their prerequisites. The summary of the project report covers the goals, objectives, procedures, accomplishments, evaluation, conclusions, and…

This volume explains the purposes and programs of the National Laboratory on Early Childhood Education. Its overriding objective is to broaden the base of knowledge concerning educational intervention and to develop comprehensive early childhood educational models. A brief discussion deals with the problems, strategies, and capacities of the…

The activities of the Four Corners Mental Retardation Project conducted by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education are described in this document. The purpose of the project was to enhance services for the mentally retarded in the Four Corners Area (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah) focusing on the mentally retarded in the…

The Thirteen College Curriculum Program is a cooperative venture involving predominantly Negro colleges and the Institution for Services to Education. The program is developing five new courses for the freshman year of college and two new courses for the sophomore year. The program consists of 100 students on each campus in the first-year program…

A report of the first year of war and peace studies at an undergraduate institution is based on data from student evaluations, material from student journals, discussion with participating faculty, and observations of the program coordinator. The rationale of the experiment--to implement a program relevant to students, to encourage a dialogue…

This orientation manual includes a compilation of activities, curriculum, records, and operating procedures of ongoing infant and toddler group care demonstration projects. The current status of three day care units is described: the Infant Day Care Unit, the Toddler Day Care Unit, and the Toddler Enrichment Unit. The manual serves as a basic…

This report concerns one of the Florida Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title III projects validated as innovative, cost-effective, and exportable during 1973. The project rationale is that, through training, K-3 teachers may become adept at individually diagnosing specific language arts behaviors for all children in their classrooms and…

A wide range of preservice and in-service programs designed to prepare teachers in all disciplines for consumer education is described in this final publication of a series of six prepared by the Educational Services Division of Consumers Union for the Consumer Educational Materials Project (CEMP). The volume is grouped into three sections. The…

Individually Guided Education (IGE) is an elementary school program that replaces the self-contained classroom with an instructional unit composed of a unit leader, three to five teachers, paraprofessionals and clerical aides, and 100 to 150 children. Its program includes innovations such as nongraded instruction, team teaching, continuous…

Teachers developing creative and imaginative methods of providing students with a foundation for economic education are invited to submit their examples to the Kazanjian Awards Program. The stated objective of economic instruction is to help students develop their ability to think rationally, objectively, and with a modest degree of sophistication…

Described are an urban and rural vocational training program in Colombia and the Colombian national program of advisory services for business enterprises. The author discusses the objectives and methodology of a new plan which will utilize both permanent urban centres and mobile program in the rural sectors in an attempt to assist the unemployed…

Discussion of uses of microcomputers in teaching college level composition covers software and hardware currently available, future trends in development of both, suggestions for teachers on how to introduce students to this writing medium most constructively, and the role and ultimate usefulness of microcomputers in writing instruction.…