A study guide is presented for a course designed for the continuing education of professional librarians at the level of middle or upper management who find that they need understanding about human resources in the library system beyond that acquired on the job or in previous library education. The course has four units: (1) Management: A Systems…

This is a suggested syllabus for English instruction in Grades 10-12 of Israeli schools. Part one states that the main aim of the English Studies program is "to provide the pupil with a means of communication with the non-Hebrew-speaking world." The language skills stressed are reading comprehension, listening comprehension, and speech,…

The success of objectives-based programs depends to a considerable extent on how effectively students and teachers assess mastery of objectives and make decisions for future instruction. While educators disagree on the usefulness of criterion-referenced tests the position taken in this monograph is that criterion-referenced tests are useful, and…

The set of six units is designed for use with an instructor in basic technical drafting and is also keyed to other texts. Each unit contains several task packages specifying prerequisites, rationale for learning, objectives, learning activities to be supervised by the instructor, and learning practice. The units cover: pictorial drawing; screw…

The four learning packages for exploratory career education are designed for use at the seventh and eighth grade levels. Each unit includes coordinated teacher and student editions. The units are: Culinary Cubs, focusing on occupations in the areas of food management, production, and services, with special reference to dietitians; Mini Nursery,…

A mastery of skills in creative ceramic arts is recommended for students in grades 9 through 12 before they attempt this quinmester course. Emphasis is upon students acquiring an understanding of the historical development of ceramics enabling them to identify outstanding ceramics of the past; basic kinds of ceramic art and ceramists from various…

The quinmester course is designed for students who have completed a music level 2 course or demonstrated advanced musicianship and/or performance skill. Course objectives, focusing on musicianship and performance, employ a lab approach in which pupils develop skill in playing brass instruments, sing, listen to, read and compose music with emphasis…

This report of a conference attended by teachers and anthropologists concerns itself with the desirability and practicalities of teaching anthropology at the elementary and secondary levels in Britain. The papers reflect the varied objectives of a group trying to introduce a new element into school curricula. The president of the Royal…

This report deals with those students who have managed to negotiate the educational system and have reached college without acquiring sufficient reading skills. A brief review of the literature on college level reading programs serves as an introduction to an overview of the remedial reading programs now underway in Texas junior colleges. A case…

Prepared by an instructor and curriculum development specialist of the Minnesota Work Opportunity Center, this course is designed to train dropout and/or hard-core unemployed youth for occupations as aides or orderlies in hospitals and nursing homes. Each student enrolled in the program receives a personal orientation, and after demonstrating the…

This course description was developed by educators for use at the Work Opportunity Center which was established to teach high school dropouts and hard-core unemployed youth. The objectives of this reading curriculum are to develop skills of retarded readers, further develop skills of adequate readers, and develop an appreciation for reading.…

This course description was developed by educators for use at the Work Opportunity Center which was established to teach high school dropouts and/or hard-core unemployed youth. The ultimate objectives of this course are to prepare students for employment in dry cleaning occupations and to assist them in completing their high school graduation…

This course description was developed by educators for use at the Work Opportunity Center in teaching high school dropouts and hard-core unemployed youth. The ultimate objectives of the business education curriculum at the Center are to prepare students for employment in clerical occupations and to assist them in completing their high school…

Students' verbatim comments reflect the enthusiasm toward writing which is generated by the course. The author discusses the course design, citing the texts used, including readings from master, technical report writers. Description of the curriculum leads progressively from textual analysis through the final phase in which students are urged to…

This English curriculum guide describes over 40 content-centered high school courses grouped according to five difficulty levels for each of which specific reading, writing, listening, and speaking objectives are offered. It is oriented to the interests of students and covers such subject matter areas as Heroes, the Harlem Renaissance, America:…