This Newspaper in Education Development Plan begins with a set of evaluation forms intended to help determine the direction of the Newspaper in Education (NIE) program. The plan covers all major aspects of NIE administration, promotion, and curriculum design. The plan encompasses the following areas: (1) "Establishing NIE Priorities";…

Concludes that English teachers must still translate the new philosophy of education into practice. (Author)

This collection brings together 58 news stories by professional reporters who wrote of their own involvement in newsworthy events. Part One, "Reporters Are Like All of Us and Can Be Newsworthy Too," features accounts written by reporters who were employed by newspapers that went out of business, were victims of crimes, were accused of…

Presents ideas for enhancing the role of the school library media center as a dispenser of timely information, reflector of current trends, and guide to the future. Suggested projects focus on current events, wildlife, energy, nonsexist and minority resources, and clubs. (JMB)

Presents an instructional model for teaching primary students to understand current affairs through instruction on how to analyze political cartoons so they can identify the key concepts and relationships that are depicted. Discusses goals to be attained and the use of semantic mapping. Describes the instructional strategy, including a student…

Issues discussed include Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's impending retirement, high unemployment, the Quebec separatist movement, the dual language question in Manitoba and Western Canada, labor strife in British Columbia, the effects of the national economic recession on children, and Canadian hopes for the future. (JBM)

Summary of developments that have occurred in the past year in online news-retrieval services highlights the demise of the New York Times Information Service, Information Access Corporation's database additions and enhancements, full-text services, specialized databases with current events content, and microcomputer access to news. Twelve…

Citizenship education is now part of the United Kingdom's National Curriculum, and teachers across the country are working to make it a daily reality in schools. The purpose of this book is to show how education for active citizenship gives schools greater prominence as centers of social and civic renewal. Part 1 explores what citizenship…

This document contains monthly issues of "Teachers Magazine" from June 1905 to June 1906. Issues typically include sections with music, plays, songs, poems, and games; a calendar for the month; monthly plans; and sections on picture study; current-events classroom talks; grade work; books; and miscellaneous topics. [This content was…

A school curriculum, a conference, and a new academic degree offering, all focused on world studies, are briefly described; information for obtaining further details is given. (KM)

The author suggests the use of current events to stimulate student interest in basic business courses. Suggested topics described are monetary devaluation, interest rate adjustments, Illinois no-fault automobile insurance, labor-management disputes, Dow-Jones average, Picasso's death, energy crisis, sale of surplus wheat, local consumer assistance…

Traces New Jersey Public Law 1972, Chapter 81, Bill S-992, granting adult status to 18-year-olds as an example of the legislative process in the State Legislature. (DS)

Teachers are given specific advice to help students utilize news media data for drawing inferences, making judgments, and developing conclusions. (MF)

The chairman of the Department of Communication at American University examines the broader implications of the decision of WETA-TV, Washington, D.C., not to carry the NET documentary 'What Invited US'." (Author/AA)

Discusses four plans for obtaining current magazines for students to use in class. (SW)