This is the second volume in an annual series which collects, catalogues, analyzes, and compresses basic information intended to help improve foreign language instruction in America. The review, covering all levels of instruction, primarily concerns itself with the process of individualizing instruction and takes into account the contributions of…

This experimental curriculum guide is intended as an instructional resource for those secondary school social studies teachers who are either conducting the Negro History and Culture course or working to integrate existing curriculum in other social studies disciplines. The instruction units are specifically designed for two purposes: 1) to…

When faced with a discrepancy between the actual and the desired performance of a student, employee, or acquaintance, the usual course of action is to "train, transfer, or terminate" the individual. The authors believe that while these may sometimes be appropriate solutions appropriately applied, more often they are not. They offer a procedure for…

This article focuses on open schools or schools without walls, those experiments within the public school system involving a reconceptualization of the role of the school in the educational process. A brief review of the free school movement (those experiments outside public schools) is also included. The stated goal of the open school is to help…

This presentation explores the dimensions of interaction, engagement, and collaboration possible between clinicians and teachers as it relates to changes in education necessary for our time. The authors attempt to identify educational goals, based upon our changing concepts of man as a social being, to serve in considering the contribution of…

As an expansion of ED 026 320, the model for a Human Relations School sketched in this document is an attempt to answer these questions: What would it be like if a school were to see itself as a laboratory for living and learning in which the test that is known about human interaction were utilized? How would it be organized? What would be its…

This report presents detailed procedures and findings of research on Japanese high school seniors, their choice of courses, educational and career expectations and preferences, and the extent to which these attitudes conform to relationships in Japanese labor markets. Data came from a 1966 survey of 7,000 male high school seniors enrolled in…

This presentation assists educators, parents, and community leaders in determining how auxiliary personnel may best be utilized in public schools. It is suggested that the introduction of auxiliary personnel into a school system may provide more individualized education for children and youth, make possible a more flexible structure in the…

This document reports on recent research in the United States in the field of early childhood education. The point is made that this research is characterized by conflicting ideologies and rapid change. This conflict revolves around such issues as the relative importance of direct instruction and incidental learning, the emphasis on cognitive…

Procedures, guidelines, and decision-making processes for a multimedia course development project in leadership, psychology, and management for the United States Naval Academy are summarized in this Final Report (see EM 010 484 for Part One of the report). The report describes aspects of project management design, covers course content definition,…

Educational reform in Rumania at the elementary, secondary, and university levels has led to a greater emphasis on vocational-technical training and toward promoting further socialist attitudes among all students. The new educational objectives were outlined in a symposium on vocational training in which over 200 Rumanian educators participated.…

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…

The goals of the education of young children and how these goals may best be met are presented. The main thesis of this book is that "the main work of the school is the fostering and developing of mental life, enabling children to experience more fully and consciously all that life has to offer." The book contains 10 chapters. Chapter 1…

Research on the differences in motivation to achieve in school among 10 groups of four-year-olds utilized a new, 75-item objective projective test called Gumpgookies. This test was individually administered to approximately 2000 children mainly from low economic backgrounds. The various ethnic and religious groups were compared with respect to…

As part of a 3-year comprehensive interdisciplinary program developed by a group of educators from Hackensack High School, New Jersey, this teaching guide for a Grade 10 mathematics unit is designed as a year long study of measurement in preparation for further technical study in Grades 11 and 12. Daily lesson plans for the four sophomore units…