The "Spanish for Communication" (SFC) materials for foreign language instruction developed by Dr. William Bull are described in this article. Two major components are at the heart of SFC: a teacher's Daily Lesson Plan (DLP) and student programed homework. Now in the fourth year of field testing in the Tacoma (Washington) Public Schools,…

A world studies elective course for grades 10-12 analyzes the political, economic, social, philosophical, scientific, technological, and psychological issues in order to provide a framework for arriving at meaningful predictions about twenty-first century life. Course goals indicate that students will explore some of the possibilities for man in…

A set of nine teacher-prepared Learning Activity Packages for individualized instruction at the eleventh grade level in United States History includes the following units: Development of an Effective National Government; The Growth of Nationalism and Democracy, 1800-1840; Sectional Differences Lead to Civil War; Reconstruction and Growth in the U.…

The tenth-grade resource unit, developed by the University of Minnesota's Project Social Studies, is the fourth in a series of six units on continuity and change in American civilization. The attempt to apply the egalitarian ideology of the Democratic Age to the Negro and the ramifications of this attempt upon the political system are analyzed.…

The publication is an outline of a grade 10-12 course which analyzes congressional functions through a study of the evolution of Congress and examines current legislative actions and their influencing forces. Courses objectives are as follows: 1) to identify and study the factors which affect the legislative process; 2) to analyze the recruitment…

Guidelines intended to aid in the improvement of foreign language instruction are directed toward the development of a relevant and contemporary language program. Six major chapters discuss: (1) the place of foreign languages in the modern curriculum, (2) the program in operation, (3) treatment of skills and cultural concepts of contemporary…

This publication, the fifth in a series, is directed toward teaching management skills to the small-business man. When the term "management" is used, it refers to administrative management functions rather than to purely operational features of business. This series of publications is intended to be particularly useful to Distributive Education in…

An exploration of basic language and communication skills is the subject matter of this course. Performance objectives for the student include: (1) recognition of employment-related words, (2) satisfactory completion of various application forms, (3) correct oral response to questions, (4) identification of basic facts about social security, labor…

This experimental unit on modernization will involve secondary students in researching and developing a 50-nation data bank from which they are asked to make cross-cultural comparisons and analyses. Students infer some of the consequences of economic development on social and political life in a modernizing society, apply the concept of…

This qualitative case study assessed web-based instruction in a computer-aided design/computer-assisted manufacturing (CAD/CAM) course designed for workforce development. The study examined students' and instructors' experience in a CAD/CAM course delivered exclusively on the Internet, evaluating course content and delivery, clarity of…

Describes the art education program in Moncton, New Brunswick (Canada) from elementary school through senior high, emphasizing art as a serious discipline that demands a coherent structure, definite objectives, sequential learning skills, reasonable expectations of both product and process, a regular place in the timetable, and trained teachers…

Describes the conversion of a conventional didactic course in dental anatomy at the University of Queensland (Australia) into a course in problem-based learning and the resulting effects on learners' autonomy over the first three years of the new course, noting the extent of achievement of course goals, student achievement, and learning style…

This study examined student and instructor reflection upon a 2-year teacher education seminar designed to provide experiential and theoretical grounding in democratic pedagogy. Through conversation-as-research, instructors interpreted group dynamics in their conversations during breaks, lunch hours, and evenings throughout the seminar. The central…

Increasing numbers of Asian/Pacific youth in the schools present a challenge for teacher education. Teachers need the knowledge and skills to empower Japanese students in their classes and the commitment and sensitivity to develop the leadership potential inherent in the strong work ethic and cooperative skills many of these students possess. This…

Currently available World Wide Web search engines determine a site's qualification as a response to a search request by matching keywords in the request to keywords representing the site. The returned sites are given a score and ranked according to the match on keywords. Many of these retrieved sites can be irrelevant to the user's true…