This academic year course based on the text, Challenges In Our Changing Urban Society by Goldberg, traces the development of cities and civilizations from their beginnings to the present. The course was written with the assistance of nineteen junior and senior high students and has the following general objectives: 1) to understand the origins and…

Two bibliographies are now available on precollege psychology. The first lists 24 recent publications on the teaching of psychology at the secondary level. Entries include journal articles, research reports, newsletters, scholarly papers, doctoral dissertations, and government publications. The other bibliography cites 115 references on the…

Developed by curriculum coordinating unit staff, this teacher's handbook was prepared for use in planning and implementing a course in career orientation. Material for the course is divided into eight instructional units which correspond to Roe's eight categories, namely: (1) Service, (2) Business Contact, (3) Organization, (4) Technology, (5)…

Purposes of this project were to organize an operational teaching-learning center at Nevada's Stewart Indian School and to provide teachers with the required in-service instruction in the use of media and teaching resources. The media center is designed around the theory that inquiry, self-direction, and independent study must be based on a trust…

This paper assesses the problems faced in teaching history in the junior college classroom and the promise of and possibilities for new departures in the instructor's role. The problems are seen as: 1) the question of emphasis within the junior college curriculum; 2) the widespread vocational-technical orientation of students and administrators;…

The English Curriculum Committee of the Springfield (Massachusetts) Public Schools developed the Language Curriculum Guide for Low Achievers for two purposes: (1) to establish self-control of verbal and mental capacities so as to create a higher degree of self-respect and rapport with others; and (2) to produce competent workers, sound thinkers,…

This outline of orientation for people who design and conduct manpower programs for disadvantaged workers discusses objectives of the orientation, characteristics of enrollees, structure and content of the program, methods of communication, measurement of progress in orientation, counseling and supportive services, testing and assessment, and…

This annotated bibliography of selected foreign language education materials is intended for use in a college or university curriculum library. The bibliography focuses on the needs of prospective teachers of modern languages. The materials included cover both the theory and practice of learning and teaching foreign languages and are written…

The curriculum project undertaken by the Nanaimo District teachers proposed to develop a study of the socio-political processes in a Canadian urban government, using their own city as a model (ED 055 013). This progress report stresses that the nature of the development process has been based on 1) need, 2) structure, 3) content, 4) materials…

This elective course for grades 7-12 was created with a three fold purpose: 1) to create in the student an awareness of the effect of sculptural forms on his environment; 2) to introduce the student to an appreciation of stone sculpture; and 3) to further enhance the artistic abilities of the student through sculpting in stone. Course content…

Designed for high school seniors, this unit, consisting of a teaching guide and instructional materials for students, focuses on the nature and meaning of the obligation of an American to his country and himself in regard to military service. Cognitive objectives are to provide students with an understanding of conscription, of the Selective…

This federally funded 13-month inservice teacher training project began with a 3-day staff training workshop, which served to orient a superintendent, local project coordinator, and guidance counselor from each of four schools to the career education concept. Each of the four project schools then held a local inservice training workshop, involving…

This inventory of programed instructional materials useful in business education setting was developed specifically for the Business Education Learning System (BELS), and is divided into sections on: (1) Software, (2) Software With Accompanying Hardware, and (3) Hardware. Items in the software inventory are arranged by business subject areas and…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the: (1) formal guidance preparation of industrial arts teachers, (2) vocational guidance resources available to industrial arts teachers, (3) opinions of industrial arts teachers toward vocational guidance, and (4) vocational guidance functions performed by industrial arts teachers. A nationwide sample…

Information related to the field of literacy is provided in this document. In the first part of the document, a directory of 30 libraries and information centers that maintain a collection of materials and documents in the field of literacy, adult education, and related fields, such as education, vocational training, community development, social…