The development of Native American Studies (NAS) is an attempt at self-awareness and an exercise in self-determination. One area of concern in the development of a program for Native Americans is their high attrition rate in college. Specially designed programs for the Native American student could offer (1) Native American student orientation…

This curriculum guide for intermediate schools in Argentina begins with a discussion of the historical development of such schools and of their place in the overall educational scheme. The section on the curriculum provides detailed information on objectives, content, and activities; philosophical, political, sociological, methodological, and…

This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of recommendations made at the Conference on Education in the Modern State. The recommendations were grouped into six main headings: (1) economic and financial matters; (2) syllabuses, textbooks, educational activities and methods; (3) teacher training and the improvement of…

This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) surveying Egyptian education. Elementary education is compulsory. It begins between the ages of six and eight and lasts six years. The curriculum includes Arabic, religion, social subjects, hygiene, arithmetic, community singing, music, physical education, drawing and…

This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of six studies of the different levels of education and the humanistic content of the teaching program at each level. On the preschool level, it is stated that kindergarten education in Mexico attempts to put the small child in contact with the world that surrounds him.…

This book holds that the learner does not progress by blindly mastering a series of isolated behaviors, fitting them together into a functional whole, as most schools and teachers conceptualize using behavioral objectives. Rather, the learner attempts to perform the larger behavior, identifies his shortcomings, and shapes his deficiencies within…

Articles concerning the teaching of literature to children are presented. "Providing Balanced Contacts with Literature for Children" covers the potential of literature in the curriculum. In "The Classics in Children's Literature," a classic is defined as a book or story or poem that usually has long outlived its author. "Fostering Lifetime Reading…

The objective of the study was to offer general and comprehensive information on American Indian education as it pertains to Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act in Arizona. The primary vehicle used for collecting information was the focus interview--a technique used to gather in-depth information on opinions and preferences.…

This program description is one of twenty-one reports dealing with the developmental history of recent educational products. Objectives of the Taba project are to help elementary grade students develop thinking skills, key concept understandings, desired attitudes and values, and cognitive abilities in a sequential manner through process…

During the first three phases of the Human Services Mobility Study covering the period October 1967 through March 1972, the project concentrated on: (1) the analysis of needs and potentials for upward mobility in the health industry in New York City, (2) the development of a systems-based methodology to create job and curriculum ladders in the…

World Affairs continuing education provides the focus of this study. The sections of the publication are as follows: I. What Is Continuing Education?; II. Trends in the Conceptualization of International Studies; III. Trends in Substantive Organization; IV. Trends in Substantive Noncurricular Organization; V. Intra- and Inter-Organization for…

This second of three volumes that constitute the final report of the Preschool Language Project contains programs of the Prekindergarten Curriculum developed during the course of the five-year study. The programs are presented first in a chronological sequence, and then by subject categories. The subject categories are: Language of Instruction,…

Prepared to disseminate the materials resulting from the institute to those who may want to replicate the model and for the many health professions faculty who were unable to attend but who requested information, this resource manual contains the four curriculum models developed by the participants in addition to excerpts from the lectures of some…

Enhancing practitioner competence in the delivery of direct services continues to be a prime concern of social work practitioners and educators alike. This document contains 11 articles that pertain to teaching direct intervention theories and skills. Joseph D. Anderson writes on games social work educators' play in teaching practice theories;…

This book brings together two approaches to the study of physical education in England: (1) a descriptive analysis of the existing physical education curriculum in schools and colleges; and (2) an examination of research evidence concerning the behavior of the physical education teacher. The two approaches are brought together in a short…