Population education is the focus of this quinmester curriculum guide for secondary students. By examining and comparing past population theories of Malthus and Marx with present theories students will better understand the present situation, cultural attitudes toward the problems, and the ecological consequences of overpopulation. Objectives are…

This report describes the research and organization involved for implementing a coordinated county academic-vocational program for mentally, physically, and emotionally handicapped students at the high school and post-secondary levels. An occupational survey and literature review preceded the development of a flexible academic curriculum providing…

This curriculum guide, developed by a project committee of administrators, supervisors, instructors, and a counselor in the areas of industrial and vocational education, contains three extensive 12-week laboratory units at the junior high school level covering careers in the occupational clusters of business education, home economics, and…

This report presents the development, organization and evaluation of a six week bilingual preschool program for Latin American children, designed specifically to help prepare them for kindergarten. The general goals of the program were: (1) to provide the children with a pleasant environment in which they could learn appropriate school behavior,…

The occupational resource unit, one of a series encompassing grade levels one through ten, was prepared by the Lincoln County (West Virginia) Exemplary Project staff for classroom use at the fourth grade level or for use as a teaching model. The guide contains a synopsis of the entire unit, general objectives, behavioral objectives, teaching…

Described is a multidisciplinary team approach to helping elementary and secondary students with learning or emotional problems to achieve educationally and socially. Resource room teachers and special education consultants, functioning as part of the full-time team in each school, work with the regular classroom teacher to meet student needs for…

The document describes the implementation of the Illinois Occupational Education Administration project, an effort to refine a delivery system for imparting 159 identified competencies known to be essential to the successful work of Occupational Education administrators. The overall objective of the training phase was to recruit, train, obtain…

The career orientation program exposes students to specific jobs and occupations within the 15 U. S. Office of Education job clusters and continues the emphasis on seven, broad, student-centered career development components begun in the K-6 portion of the program. A plan is proposed whereby the 15 clusters are covered in the teachers' area of…

The book, written by teachers, presents helpful information for the adult educator by describing ideas that have been conceptualized as a result of many years of experience in adult education. Charles E. Kozoll asks the teacher to examine his own personal and professional capabilities and then proceed to examine the typical adult student's fears,…

It is the purpose of the book to argue and demonstrate that career education can make a vital contribution to the needs of middle school and junior high school youth. Academic subject matter and skills gained in the classroom must have relevance to the students' future work and careers. Among the key concepts involved are: (1) the primary goal of…

A series of readings on career education, the book consists of three main sections: (1) career education (29 articles), (2) current concepts in occupational education (6 articles), and (3) vocational education curriculum development (14 articles). The majority of the articles have appeared in various educational and vocational journals. The…

The three year Career Education Program in South Dakota has two major objectives to be accomplished on a Statewide basis: (1) to help all public and private schools in South Dakota implement career education programs, and (2) to provide every student in the State an opportunity to develop self-awareness, favorable work attitudes, and career…

This is a summary of detailed planning documents for achieving 8 of the 11 1975 objectives adopted by the South Carolina State board of education in 1970. Separate sections discuss plans for reducing the number of school dropouts, reducing the number of first grade failures, implementing a Statewide kindergarten system, improving students' basic…

Presented are Parts 1 and 2 of a teaching guide designed for use in the United States Dependent Schools in the European Area. It provides a developmental, task analysis approach for teaching elementary and secondary level mentally retarded and learning disabled students. Included in Part 1 are steps for use of the guide, an explanation of task…

This article reports on five of the most important issues confronting community college presidents in the 1970's. (1) Finance and Control: the centralization caused by state and federal financing and control conflicts with the colleges' current commitment to serving local needs; furthermore, decreasing public enthusiasm for higher education as a…