This paper describes the historical development of the Japanese language program in Hawaiian elementary and secondary schools, and the curriculum materials development that accompanied it. The growth of Hawaiians' interest in and awareness of their Japanese background and cultural heritage is cited as one reason for the increase in Japanese and…

Principles of the "St. Cloud" audiovisual language instruction methodology based on "Le Francais fondamental" are presented in this guide for teachers. The material concentrates on course content, methodology, and application--including criteria for selection and gradation of course content, a description of the audiovisual and written language…

Recognizing that psychological and social changes of the late 1960's have a strong influence on current educational issues, the working committee reports of the 1970 Northeast Conference focus attention on the "new student" and foreign language instruction. Three major areas of study are: (1) the search for a relevant curriculum, including…

This book utilizes principles of curriculum development established by research findings and by tested experiences of teachers throughout the country. Part 1 treats the adolescent and his world from the viewpoints of both the teen-ager and the teacher. Part 2 focuses on the language arts program: (1) designing the program, (2) building…

A tentative educational program proposed by the 1967 workshop regarding social studies education and curriculum is presented. They have evaluated the existent philosophy, curriculum, materials and methods, in terms of new developments in order to develop a more effective program. The primary objective is education for citizenship. The component…

This report is a summary of New York City's school decentralization law for the use of educational and community personnel. The New York City Office of Education Affairs of the Human Rights Administration (HRA) prepared and distributed the report as a public service in response to requests for explanation of the law. No editorial opinion was…

Experienced teachers may learn from this manual how to author individualized learning packages. Based on the sequential steps for producing learning materials, a variety of activities for diagnostic, instructional, and evaluative purposes are included in it. The manual is organized into four major parts: (1) "A Model for Individualizing…

The Santa Monica Geography Project has been under development, field study, and implementation from 1963 to 1970. The program is discussed under four headings. 1) Instructional Techniques: Included are field experiences, the use of community resources, inquiry, and multimedia use. 2) Curriculum: Geography was chosen to integrate the concepts and…

The proceedings consider special education programs for the multiply handicapped. Papers describe a case study in community challenge, California trends for services, the multihandicapped deaf child, the process of curriculum development, persistent educational problems, prescriptive teaching as an integration process; the clinician-educator, and…

The teaching of English as a developing concept extending from kindergarten through graduate study is discussed in this book. The goal is to define the fundamental structure of English as a discipline and to develop a theory of structured integration for the curriculum which is sufficiently standard for all English planning but flexible enough to…

This document offers specific, practical techniques for dealing with the multiple responsibilities and problems associated with contemporary secondary school administration. The document's 18 chapters provide the secondary school principal with guidelines applicable to the following areas of secondary school administration: (1) Development of…

Included in this English translation of an annotated bibliography are 100 items citing books and articles in Serbocroatian that contain information about Yugoslav educational resources and school systems. Schools and institutions receive considerable attention with entries on preschool, elementary, secondary, higher, and adult education. There are…

Current educational practice has little status as a technological application based on an underlying science. A fundamental overhaul of approach should rectify this. Procedures should be systematically developed to effect change. Research findings should be readily available to educators, and teacher education should be restructured. Equipment,…

Chronologically presented is the slow development of Russian language instruction in America from the latter part of the 18th century at Kodiak, Alaska, to the establishment of large undergraduate departments at leading universities. The influence of Harvard University, the University of California, Columbia University, Pennsylvania State…

This 123-item bibliography with English abstracts of recent books and articles on various aspects of Pakistan education includes a special section on new education policy. Emphasis is placed on elementary, secondary, and higher education, history of education, literature for children, science education, sociology, teacher training, and women's…