This teacher's guide is designed for use in helping secondary and postsecondary students in office occupations education programs to become familiar with duplication procedures and machines. Addressed in the individual units of the guide are the following topics: measurement, paper characteristics and classifications, copy preparation for pasteup…

This paper discusses a project of Participatory Action Research (PAR) on lower secondary chemistry education. In this ongoing project, practicing teachers and university researchers in chemical education jointly carry out projects for developing and evaluating new lesson plans. The focus of the PAR group is to develop teaching/learning activities…

Intended to assist instructors who wish to conduct a training course for emergency medical technicians (EMTs) serving as dispatchers, this document contains detailed lesson plans organized to structure course presentations. Each lesson plan includes the following elements: unit objectives; suggestions for adapting the lessons to local policies and…

Focusing on thinking skills which are basic to citizenship, the paper reviews definitions of citizenship from Plato to the present, discusses scholarly thinking about citizenship, lists general principles of skill development, and presents two brief sample lessons. Citizenship is interpreted as social interaction which is based upon global…

This fourth in a series of six learning modules on instructional planning is designed to help secondary and postsecondary vocational teachers develop skills necessary to write a lesson plan and ability to use a lesson plan form effectively. Introductory sections relate the competency dealt with in this module to others in the program and list both…

Based on the ideas and outlines submitted by teachers and administrators participating in a workshop on women's role in the world of work, this collection of sample lessons focusing on the career development of women can be taught at various levels of the career education world of work K-10 continuum. The content is presented in sixteen units.…

Materials contained in this career guidance unit are designed to provide the seven-, eight-, or nine-year-old student with a framework of logical steps for decision making and problem solving. The seventeen activities included in the unit vary in length from thirty to sixty minutes; the entire unit requires approximately ten hours of instructional…

This teacher's guide introduces students to problems and potentials of the future in an effort to prepare them for life in the 21st century. Based on an interdisciplinary approach, the lesson plans within four major units represent five futuristic trends and assumptions: (1) the shift of emphasis from subject matter to conceptual frameworks; (2)…

This package contains a teacher's card catalogue of 100 lesson plans (on cards) dealing with individual life skills topics to be used with English-as-a-second-language students, plus a teacher's guide for using the lessons. The cards are directed toward a specific competency, with 20 cards in each of five Adult Performance Level (APL) areas:…

These military-developed curriculum materials for turboprop propulsion mechanics are targeted for use in grades 11-adult. Organized in five instructional blocks, the materials deal with the following topics: fundamentals of turboprop propulsion mechanics; engine and propeller systems operation; propeller maintenance; engine repair; and engine…

This instructor's guide accompanies the self-paced student training modules on plumbing, one of which is available separately as CE 032 885. Introductory materials include a description of the components of the pre-apprenticeship project, a discussion of the teacher's role in conducting the course, and scope and content of the four phases of…

This instructor's guide accompanies the self-paced student training modules on drywall, one of which is available separately as CE 032 887. Introductory materials include a description of the components of the pre-apprenticeship project, a discussion of the teacher's role in conducting the course, and scope and content of the four phases of…

This book for beginning teachers is developed around six key problem areas: transition from student to teacher; professionalism; relationships (with students, parents, other teachers, principals, supervisors, school staff, and visiting consultants); lesson plans; discipline; and evaluation. A theoretical base is first established for each area and…

Three methodological "hypotheses" elaborated by the "Centre interuniversitaire de recherche pour le recyclage des maitres d'italien" are presented here. These hypotheses came from three teams of teachers working from different perspectives on sets of lessons for beginners of all ages. Each team's operative assumptions, type of text, guiding…

The unit of study is intended to bring information and rational thought to the controversial Native American treaty issue. It begins with an explanation of the concepts behind the unit's minimal student learning expectations. Fifteen lesson plans are organized into three one-week sub-units consisting of an introductory game illustrating the…