This guide represents the final experimental version of a pilot project conducted in the United States between 1973 and 1976. The ideas and manner of presentation are based on the works of Georges and Frederique Papy. They are recognized as having introduced colored arrow drawings ("papygrams") and models of our numeration system (the…

This implementation handbook is second in a series of three handbooks developed for individuals, school districts, and agencies interested in implementing career education programs. This handbook is divided into the following eight units: (1) clarification of program objectives; (2) management planning; (3) budgeting; (4) staff development; (5)…

DESIGNED AS AN ADJUNCT TO MATERIALS DEVELOPED BY THE NUCLEAR SCIENCE CURRICULUM PROJECT, THIS DOCUMENT PROVIDES RESOURCE MATERIAL WITH WHICH THE NUCLEAR SCIENCE CURRICULUM MAY BE ENRICHED, AND ADDRESSES ITSELF TO (1) INSTRUCTIONAL AIDS PRESENTLY AVAILABLE, (2) USE OF INSTRUCTIONAL AIDS TO SUPPLEMENT THE CURRENT SCIENCE CURRICULA, (3) FACILITIES…

A SUGGESTED POST-SECONDARY CURRICULUM GUIDE FOR ELECTRO-MECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY ORIENTED SPECIFICALLY TO THE COMPUTER AND BUSINESS MACHINE FIELDS WAS DEVELOPED BY A GROUP OF COOPERATING INSTITUTIONS, NOW INCORPORATED AS TECHNICAL EDUCATION CONSORTIUM, INCORPORATED. SPECIFIC NEEDS OF THE COMPUTER AND BUSINESS MACHINE INDUSTRY WERE DETERMINED FROM…

THIS YEARBOOK IS DIRECTED TOWARD EDUCATORS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN BRIDGING EXISTING GAPS IN THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL STUDIES IN THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM. THE VOLUME REPRESENTS THE COLLECTIVE EFFORTS OF WORKERS BOTH IN AND OUTSIDE OF THE FIELD OF EDUCATION. IT IS DIVIDED INTO THREE PARTS. PART 1 DEALS WITH SUCH TOPICS…

AS ENGLISH SUPERVISORS SEEK TO IMPROVE THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH, THEY SHOULD CONSIDER THAT DEVELOPMENTS IN OTHER SCHOOLS DO NOT ALWAYS SUIT LOCAL CONDITIONS AND THAT PRESENT CHANGE IN THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH ALLOWS TEACHERS TO EXPERIMENT FREELY IN THEIR CLASSROOMS. IN LIGHT OF THIS FREEDOM TO INNOVATE, SUPERVISORS MAY FIND THE FOLLOWING SIX IDEAS…

THE FINANCIAL, STATISTICAL, AND DESCRIPTIVE REPORTS SUBMITTED BY EACH STATE TO THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION AT THE CLOSE OF THE FISCAL YEAR JUNE 30, 1964 WERE THE BASIS OF THIS REVIEW OF THE STATE-FEDERAL COOPERATIVE PROGRAM OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES. ENROLLMENTS IN REGULAR VOCATIONAL PREPARATORY PROGRAMS TOTALED 4,556,390, AN…

This publication reports the content and proceedings of a conference at which curriculum planners and designers and academic specialists and generalists met with representatives of eight disadvantaged American minority groups to examine the relationships between curriculum change and better education for disadvantaged children. The body of the…

Four historical studies, carried out under the direction of Professor Raven I. McDavid and reported in this monograph, trace the various attitudes toward language study expressed in the journals (1911-63) of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). For the years between 1911 and 1929, Betty Gawthrop reports a cautious questioning of the…

This Minnesota Curriculum Center report recounts the development of teaching materials on the nature and uses of language for grades 7-12 and presents the first of five seventh-grade units. A description of the origins, purposes, and personnel of the Center is followed by brief discussions of (1) the Center's underlying assumption that a study of…

The Minnesota Center for Curriculum Development proposed a series of language-centered units and study guides for English instruction in secondary schools. Among the specific objectives of the Center were (1) the identification and analysis of the concepts appropriate to grades 7-12, (2) the preparation of curricular materials and study guides for…

THIS FACULTY SEMINAR PAPER VIEWS THE SCHOOL AS A SMALL SOCIETY OPERATING WITHIN A FRAMEWORK OF NORMS AND ROLES. TO DETERMINE THE PRIMARY FEATURES OF THE TEACHER SUBCULTURE, A 14-MONTH FIELD STUDY WAS CONDUCTED IN A JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, AND OBSERVATIONS OF TEACHER SOCIALIZATION AND PUPIL CONTROL WERE COMPARED FOR SCHOOLS FOLLOWING CUSTODIAL AND…

THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY CURRICULUM STUDY CENTER IN ENGLISH--THE IDENTIFICATION OF GUIDELINES FOR THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS--WAS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED BY DEVELOPING THREE CURRICULUMS, EACH BASED UPON A DIFFERENT APPROACH. THE THREE APPROACHES WERE--(1) TRI-COMPONENT, (2) THEMATIC LITERATURE-CENTERED,…

Phase I involved 5 weeks of entry level employment for academic teachers in selected establishments in order to acquaint them with an occupational field. They did the regular work of these positions for 6 hours each work day and then spent 2 hours interviewing other personnel to collect significant occupational information. Phase II involved 3…

This report covers the second year of programs funded under the Vocational Education Act of 1963. Topics covered include: (1) Services For More People, such as full-time postsecondary students, and out-of-school youth and adults, (2) Enrollments and Programs Surging Ahead, in which it was noted that enrollments increased in six major occupational…