The paper discusses the theoretical basis of elementary social studies curriculum. Using a categorization tool developed by Eisner and Vallance, the author examines recent elementary school social studies literature in order to determine the underlying of curriculum philosophies. Five philosophical positions are revealed. The first, academic…

This first volume of a three-volume report of the National Commission for Manpower Policy on Public Service Employment (PSE) contains the commission's findings and recommendations. This document is divided into four sections. Section 1 includes the letter of transmittal sent to Congress and a summary of the findings. Section 2 contains a full…

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 (PBTE) program, this module is one of two competency-based modules developed to train vocational personnel how to install and manage competency-based instructional (CBI) programs. The…

The planning and implementation of the Comprehensive Career Education Model for grades K-14 (a 3-year project in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is described. (The project's five major objectives were (1) to increase self-awareness of pupils by providing insight into their skills, potentials, and abilities which relate to the world of work, (2) to…

During the 1976 summer and fall orientation programs, a questionnaire was administered to 2,190 students (75 percent) of the entering freshman class. The survey was part of the American Council on Education's Cooperative Institutional Research Program. The survey report presents a comparative analysis of the various demographic data, opinions, and…

Materials presented in this curriculum guide are designed to provide students with the information and skills they need to work effectively in task-oriented groups. The curriculum is presented in eight self-contained units or modules, each of which emphasizes a particular set of group interaction attitudes, knowledge, and skills. These include…

Evaluation conducted during the 1975-76 school year of the Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) program at Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL) is reported, focusing on the evaluation findings of the EBCE demonstration project in Tigard, Oregon called Community Experiences for Career Education, (CE)2, and the five NWREL EBCE pilot…

The program covered in this curriculum guide deals with applied arts, concentrating on the areas of advertising, fashion illustration, graphic design, cartooning, and textile design and decoration. These areas have been developed to give a hands-on experience to the students by simulating the working world and the student's place in it. Each area…

This curriculum for developmentally disabled adolescents and adults contains assessment conditions and performance criteria for evaluating client acquisition of a total of 646 independent living skills in five areas. While the content of the curriculum is in an area known as independent living, it is also prevocational in as much as it covers a…

Recommendations for strengthening the international perspective of the undergraduate curriculum at colleges and universities are offered, and reasons for internationalizing the curriculum are considered, based on changes throughout the world and America's role in it. Attention is focused on the reform of existing programs and the introduction of…

Boston College's Management Development Program, which provides 12 weeks of formal management education, is described, and examples and models of materials are presented. Attention is directed to program planning, design, and results; problems encountered; and issues pertaining to advanced-level management development, particularly as it relates…

Developed during the course of the North Dakota Pioneers in Equality Project and originally used in a series of regional workshops for vocational teachers and school administrators, this handbook deals with ways in which vocational educators can help to eliminate sex role and occupational stereotyping. It consists of a series of 11 chapters…

Text and accompanying data tables in this report compare Hagerstown Junior College (HJC) with the Maryland community colleges as a whole with regard to the findings of three statewide follow-up studies: a survey (conducted in Spring, 1978) of first-time students who entered the colleges in Fall, 1974; a survey (conducted in Spring, 1980) of…

This handbook contains information to assist English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers and administrators in developing a course for pre- and semi-literate adults, testing, determining criteria for hiring ESL teachers, and training teachers. In the first section an outline is provided for teaching basic literacy (reading and writing) skills. The…

Designed to provide the basic knowledge and hands-on skills necessary to prepare job-ready machinist trainees, these instructional materials focus on the following areas of trade and industrial education: orientation, basic and related technology, hand and bench work, and power saws and drilling machines. Suitable for use in secondary,…