The main topic discussed is a daily modular scheduling system initiated for the small enrollment at Pahranagat Valley High School in Alamo, Nevada, with specific reference to types of instruction, schedule procedures, and conflict problems. An evaluation of the scheduling system is also included. The report is written in dissertation format, which…

Five criteria derived from an original conception of basic education are used to appraise The Essential Learning Skills Television Project and to guide the proposal of ideas to strengthen the project. It is assumed that to prepare students to cope with the challenges of daily living and citizenship, curricula must stress acquisition of skills in…

The National Accreditation Council for Environmental Health Curricula consists of persons from universities with programs in environmental health, and from agencies employing environmental health personnel. The Council has prepared this statement on its aims and purposes, developed criteria, and established operating procedures for an…

This course is a team taught, 12 quarter-hour block course, which combines a general teaching, competency segment and a specialized subject area methods segment. It is required of all students seeking secondary certification and is supported out of the regular secondary department budget. The teaching competency segment has the following three…

The supplementary curriculum guide is designed to assist elementary classroom teachers in presenting a career education program based on: recognition of student needs, integration of career oriented mini-courses into the curriculum, relation to job clusters, and development of guidance concepts and methods. Coordinated with CE 005 139,…

The distant nature and purposes of social work education programs at different educational levels, which prepare persons for social service roles at different levels of practice, lack systematic and generally acceptable difinitions. The newest and least understood direct service practitioners are graduates of community college social work…

An experiment was conducted to study how children, aged 10-15 years, learn concepts relevant to computer programing and how they learn modern programing languages. The implicit educational goal was to teach thinking strategies through the medium of programing concepts and their applications. The computer languages Simper and Logo were chosen…

The literature on curriculum comprises three areas. The first is made up of the articles that advocate, describe, criticize, discuss, or pontificate. These articles contain little by way of discerning theoretical analysis and nothing by way of persuasive empirical evidence and are not considered here, though their influence on actual school…

This book-length study justifies, describes, and gives an initial evaluation of the general education model developed at Los Medanos College (California). The opening chapter presents a detailed philosophic argument in favor of general education as a principle, and in support of the innovative aspects of the Los Medanos model. The argument is for…

This publication examines the role of the science teacher, and how the teacher brings to his work substance, structure, and style. The substance of science and technology consists of two elements: its products, the conceptual schemes and tools which give scientists and laymen their comprehension of the world; and the processes which enable…

The publication is intended to convey a perspective on career education, emphasizing recognized instructional organization, processes and procedures, and concerns. The first chapter discusses the career education concept generally, as an instrument for curricular analysis and as a bridge between the classroom and the community. The second chapter…

Some of the best undergraduate teaching now going on in American colleges and universities is described in this special report, part of a series published twice each year. The three disciplines focused upon are Biology, English, and Political Science. Four of the best learning experiences from each field are presented, each the subject of an…

Presented are the results of a 2-year project to develop and implement an instructional model for 200 identified talented and gifted students in grades K-8. Listed in an introductory section are project objectives (which include fostering improvement in creativity). Briefly described are such aspects of the program as student selection, project…

The instructional mode of the curriculum and the relationship of this mode to the conditions and constraints represented by the content and by the characteristics of the rural student are outlined in this Integrated Career Development Curriculum (ICDC) Instructional Statement. An instructional mode for the ICDC project using the Life Involvement…

This is a progress report of a curriculum development project aimed at involving students in community and regional development by creating an awareness of urban problems and instilling a sense of positive self worth and capability which will stimulate active community participation. Initial planning of the project is reported in ED 055 017. The…