A total of 176 English language notations of books, articles, and government publications about education in 11 Arab countries are contained in this bibliography. Drawing from materials published in 1977, the bibliography examines education for all age groups and ability levels in Egypt, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia,…

This handbook contains 200 teacher-developed lessons which infuse the four career development components (self-awareness and -assessment, career awareness and exploration, career decision making, career planning and placement) of the Michigan Model of Career Education into the existing course content, emphasizing one or more of the career life…

This handbook was designed to assist reading/language arts support personnel in developing a sequential, developmental program suited to each child's needs. The first of the book's five major sections outlines the procedures for establishing a successful program and discusses such factors as how to create the working environment, schedule time,…

When the first black colleges were founded more than a century ago they filled an important need for youth who were denied access to all but a few white institutions. Today these same private colleges must compete with more affluent, prestigious white colleges and universities for funding and for black students and teachers. They are losing in…

Information about the colleges and universities of Canada is presented in this twentieth edition of the Directory of Canadian Universities for 1977. The history and development of the Canadian system of higher education is discussed in an introductory article that focuses on changes in the structure, governance, students, curriculum, and…

Intended for use as a curriculum guide, a source for objectives for the individualized educational plan, and an evaluation instrument to measure handicapped students' learning, the guide lists sequences of developmental tasks. Tasks are outlined for primary, intermediate, and secondary levels in the following areas (sample subskills in…

The regional and historical overview of race, caste, and prejudice is one of the units in the Anthropology Curriculum Project series. The major objective of the unit is to focus attention on discriminatory practices which grow out of physical differences and cultural attitudes. The document consists of teacher background materials and a student…

THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN EDUCATION RESEARCH PROJECT, DEVELOPED BY THE CALIFORNIA STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, HAS AS ITS PRIMARY AIM THE IMPROVEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEXICAN AMERICAN PUPILS. TO ACHIEVE THIS OBJECTIVE, MANY INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN SEVERAL UNDERTAKINGS PLANNED SPECIFICALLY TO DEVELOP AND TO IMPROVE…

ABSTRACTS OF 27 STUDIES WERE COMPILED AS EXAMPLES OF INVESTIGATIONS MADE BY TEACHERS CONCERNED WITH THE INDIVIDUAL QUALITIES OF GIFTED CHILDREN IN THEIR SCHOOLS. THE STUDIES ARE ARRANGED IN FOUR SECTIONS--IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERISTICS, ACHIEVEMENT IN SCHOOL, HIGHER EDUCATION, AND EDUCATIONAL PROVISIONS AND PROGRAMS. EACH SECTION PROVIDES A…

THIRTY-SIX ARTICLES BY DIFFERENT AUTHORS PRESENT WAYS IN WHICH THE RESULTS OF CREATIVITY RESEARCH MAY BE UTILIZED IN THE SCHOOL, THE CLASSROOM, AND THE COUNSELING OFFICE. AFTER AN INTRODUCTION, FIVE ARTICLES TREAT GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS--THE CAUSES AND CONDITIONS OF CREATIVITY, AND THE EDUCATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF CREATIVE AND GIFTED CHILDREN.…

APPROXIMATELY 176 BOOKS AND ARTICLES PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1912 AND 1961 ARE LISTED IN THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY ON RURAL EDUCATION AND THE SMALL SCHOOL. EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON GENERAL REFERENCES, BUT ABOUT ONE QUARTER OF THE LISTINGS ARE PLACED UNDER SPECIFIC SUBJECT HEADINGS SUCH AS BUILDINGS, CONSOLIDATION, LIBRARY SERVICE, ETC. THE ENTRIES ARE…

This application for continuation of an ESEA, Title III, grant to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg, N.C., Schools' Experimental Model School Unit (a senior high school and its two junior high and six elementary feeder schools with a program of research, experimentation, innovation, and dissemination designed to act as a catalyst for curriculum,…

One third of this report on the Mid-Continent Regional Educational Laboratory's Cooperative Urban Teacher Education (CUTE) Program is a description of background information including origins, evolution, organization, structure, and formulation of the concepts used. CUTE is designed to improve urban teaching through helping the teacher to…

This evaluation of the Syracuse University model for elementary teacher education (SP 002 147-48) is performed by 15 nonSyracuse educators who contributed their reactions (recorded in separate chapters) to specific model components in terms of the latter's strengths, weaknesses, and feasibility. The authors of the first four chapters, in viewing…

THE PURPOSE OF THE SEMINAR WAS TO ASSIST TEACHER EDUCATION STAFFS TO IDENTIFY, EVALUATE, AND RESPOND TO THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE VOCATIONAL ACT OF 1963 FROM WHICH SPRANG THE CONCEPT OF THE PROJECT PLAN OF INSTRUCTION. PAPERS DEVELOPED BY PRACTITIONERS AND PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS IN THE FIELD OF MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION ARE PRESENTED--(1) "AN…