The new South African curriculum known as Curriculum 2005 (to depict the year of its full implementation) requires that teachers integrate school science with Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS). Curriculum 2005 has generated heated debates at various levels since its inception in 1997. This study focuses on the effectiveness or otherwise of a…

Despite calls for greater agreement in defining the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), terms that resemble SoTL are proliferating. An NSF-sponsored center for teaching and learning coined its own term, "teaching-as-research" (TAR), believing it would resonate better with research-active scientists, engineers, and mathematicians. To…

The topic of international education continues to gain the attention of educators. However, the American Council on Education (ACE) spotlights a slow response from universities to make intercultural learning a critical part of the undergraduate education process. Nonetheless, intercultural components are common not only in intercultural…

One of the aims of Educational Guidance is social development and learning in Secondary Education students who are in multicultural contexts. An increase in socio-emotional competencies is promoted through Guidance program interventions. The "Guidance Program for Socio-emotional Competencies" (in Spanish, "POCOSE") not only improves students'…

Context: Community input can lead to better-defined goals in an organization. With this in mind, the Center for Rural Health at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences embarked on a series of 13 meetings with representatives of organizations serving rural communities, including 5 Native American reservations. Purpose:…

Authors suggested a wider, more interventionist role for the educational psychologist. (Editor/RK)

This document describes a high school guidance program in which teachers are the primary advisors. A description of the advisor-advisee program includes the following information: (1) an explanation of the need for high quality guidance programs despite the lack of staff; (2) a description of the advisement function and its particular services;…

This guide for a vocational guidance system is intended for local school districts in Washington state. It begins with a brief statement of vocational guidance philosophy followed by a listing of goals and goal-related outcomes for students in K-12. Guidelines for the management team are outlined, and the role of the school staff member in an…

Describes an outreach program of the counseling center at the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay. Tables where assistance was offered were placed in school corridors in buildings with heavy student traffic and paraprofessionals were trained to help provide more manpower. Results are very favorable. (HMV)

Article considered the effects of living in a one-parent family compared to the effects of associated conditions and the survey described was carried out with the aim of providing some information from Child Guidance records in Glasgow. (Author/RK)

This is a catalogue of videotapes for counselor training produced by the Guidance Laboratory of The City University of New York system. Although some tapes deal with counseling situations, the issues raised are relevant to all levels of education and interpersonal relationships. The tapes are designed to invite and provoke individual and group…

This annotated bibliography is divided into four sections. Section 1 offers a nonannotated listing from two earlier bibliographies, compiled in 1970. Section 2 provides a list of references to specific computer-assisted counseling systems. Section 3 consists of publications which have surveyed the domain of computer-assisted counseling and…

The proposed system involves a creative set of career modules, which will provide counselors with a viable model that can be useful in organizing a more effective and more comprehensive career development program. (Author)

THE EFFECTIVE GUIDANCE PROGRAM IS COMMITTED TO THE PRINCIPLE THAT ALL PEOPLE ARE ETHNICALLY EQUAL, THOUGH PERSONALLY AND CULTURALLY DIFFERENT. IT INTERRELATES THE NEEDS AND ABILITIES OF THE INDIVIDUAL WITH THE SOCIAL SITUATION OF WHICH HE IS A PART. ONE OF THE BASIC NEEDS OF STUDENTS IS PREPARATION FOR ENTERING THE JOB WORLD. OFTEN, HOWEVER,…