This paper examines the educational goals in Chile before and after 1973 when the Chilean military led by Pinochet brutally eliminated the democratically elected government of Allende and the Unidad Popular. Reforms were initiated in 1967, 1968, 1969, and 1970, and at the time of the coup, were being implemented in all eight Chilean universities.…

This paper discusses the current interest in values and moral education and briefly comments on how they affect college level social science curricula. Many contemporary educators and scholars hope that a renewed emphasis on moral education will achieve the following goals: (1) introduce normative inquiry into higher learning, in order to…

Based on experience gained from helping secondary students produce numerous puppet shows for children, this paper provides a step-by-step guide to the production of puppet plays by secondary students. Following sections that tell about puppeteering and about different kinds of puppets, separate sections of the paper offer suggestions in the…

This conference paper examines issues regarding minimum competency testing, including: (1) the history and current status of minimum competency testing programs, in the U.S. and especially in the Midwest; (2) technical characteristics of minimum competency tests; (3) the relationship of minimum competency tests to the regular curriculum and…

Using aspects of the Children's Television Workshop procedure, a theoretical evaluation model is developed which may be used by teachers for previewing instructional television (ITV) programs. Based on discrepancy between teacher goals and expectations, program goals and purposes, and student attention and receptivity, the model assumes that the…

This document contains the assessment materials developed for the Model Accountability System (MAS), a career education project conducted by the Mesa (Arizona) Unified School District. Primarily, the MAS was designed to identify terminal career education behaviors according to several themes, specify assessment items for each objective, and…

THE PRESENT PURPOSE OF OUR SCHOOLS IS TO HELP ALL CHILDREN ASSUME MATURE ADULT ROLES, EQUIPPED WITH THOSE ACADEMIC AND VOCATIONAL SKILLS, UNDERSTANDINGS, AND ATTITUDES WHICH WILL GIVE THEM SOCIAL MOBILITY, TO FULLY DEVELOP THEIR INDIVIDUAL POTENTIALITIES, AND TO EFFECTIVELY CONTRIBUTE TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF OUR DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY. THE PROCESS HAS…

REMARKS BASED ON AN ABSTRACT OF LITERATURE RELATED TO PURPOSE ORGANIZATION IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS STRESS THE NEED FOR EVALUATING HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULA IN TERMS OF THE GENERAL PURPOSES OF AMERICAN EDUCATION AND THE SPECIFIC PURPOSES OF A PARTICULAR SCHOOL. MAJOR NEEDS OF YOUTH IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY ARE LISTED, ALTHOUGH THE NEEDS THEMSELVES ARE…

THIS PUBLICATION OUTLINES SOME OF THE TERMINAL BEHAVIORAL OBJECTIVES OF THE ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM. INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES WHICH SPECIFY EXPLICITLY WHAT SKILLS PUPILS HAVE MASTERED ARE INDICATED FOR MANY OF THE TOPICS OF MATHEMATICS. FOR EACH OBJECTIVE, AT LEAST ONE EXAMPLE IS GIVEN TO CLARIFY THE BEHAVIORAL CRITERION WHICH…

THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD, AS PRESENTED IN SECONDARY AND COLLEGE TEXTBOOKS, IS COMPARED WITH THAT DESCRIBED BY SCIENTISTS. TEN TEXTBOOKS WERE RANDOMLY SELECTED FROM THOSE AVAILABLE FOR GRADES 7 THROUGH 9, 10 THROUGH 12, AND 13 AND 14. FORTY SCIENTISTS WERE RANDOMLY SELECTED FROM THE COMBINED MEMBERSHIPS OF A LEARNED SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY AND THREE…

THE INITIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE 2-YEAR TEACHER EDUCATION AND MEDIA PROJECT HAS DEFINED (1) AN APPROACH TO BEHAVIORAL OBJECTIVES, (2) A FRAME OF REFERENCE WITH REGARD TO TEACHING FUNCTIONS, VARIABLES, AND CONCEPTS, AND (3) AN EXAMPLE OF PROCEDURES TO BE UTILIZED AND WORK TO BE CONTRIBUTED BY THE ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS FOR TEACHER EDUCATION, THE…

This is a guide to the nature, purpose, and potential uses of 13 course goal collections produced by the K-12 Goal Development Project through the cooperative efforts of the school districts and intermediate education districts of three counties in the metropolitan Portland, Oregon, area. The project has as its initial objective the production of…

This working draft framework for the social studies program in Virginia's public schools is intended to provide guidelines for local school divisions in planning the social studies curriculum for grades K-12. The framework begins with outlines of the current and proposed K-12 social studies scope and sequence. The following section, which…