The booklet is for participants in a Project GROW (Gaining the Realities of Work) career education inservice training session and is part of a package which includes slide/tape presentations, handouts, a game, and graded classroom activity packs. Three sequential modules comprise the training session; the third module is to be postponed until…

This bibliography lists materials, programs and resources which appear to be relevant to the needs of parents and those working with parents. The bibliography is a project of the Parenting Materials Information Center (PMIC) being developed by the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory. PMIC will collect, analyze and disseminate information…

This book provides basic material on preservice and inservice instructional programming for foster parents and foster family social workers, and describes a number of program models in which these basic materials are being implemented. The materials (most of which were developed for the June 1973 Invitational Training Seminar at St. Louis…

This handbook provides material designed to aid school administrators and classroom teachers in providing a safe environment for their elementary school children and incorporating safety education into regular classroom and school activities. Chapter 1 outlines the basic fundamentals in planning elementary school programs; defines the function of…

Two sections comprising this guide -- a program or curriculum guide and a teacher orientation or teacher's resource -- are designed to be used together for teaching about Hawaii in the fourth grade. Activities in the curriculum guide are based upon an inquiry-conceptual approach and focus on the formation of concepts and generalizations which help…

The distributive education program for grades 7 to 12 is organized around three career education phases: the career education phase (grades 7-10), the distributive phase (grade 11), and the competency cluster phase (grade 12). The grade 11 syllabus provides a six-page introduction which covers scheduling, cooperative work experience, the school…

The document is a compendium of abstracts of career materials from a variety of media; materials were reviewed not only in terms of suitability for use by adults, but also in terms of quality of career information. Reading levels have been included for each piece of written career information material. A supplement to a previously published…

This paper considers the "why" and "how" of library research as it relates to instruction in a foreign language class. The search for cultural information is viewed as a human and a technical problem. The paper includes steps for guiding student research, discussion of different inquiry contexts, and techniques for literature search. The most…

This curriculum guide for kindergarten teachers contains values-based classroom lessons which are intended to assist students in the development of a positive self-concept, rational thinking processes, and a personal and societal value system. Teaching techniques include role playing, story telling, classroom discussion, puppet shows, skits, and…

One in a series of four, this volume deals with the themes of identity, conflict, and integration/nationalism with a focus on Chinese and Japanese immigrants and their descendants in mainland America. Hawaiian Americans are treated incidentally. Each volume in the series can serve in itself as a text or guide for the student or teacher of a…

A major thrust of the Regional Education Service Agency (RESA) 5 career education project has been the development and field testing of curriculum materials which can be adapted or adopted for use in the classroom setting. The project began operations on July 1, 1973 and was concluded June 30, 1976. The document represents the efforts of Region 5…

The revised guide, prepared to supplement the existing curriculum, suggests activities related to the three student goals: (1) to develop an awareness of who he/she is, and, through effective decision making, what he/she can become; (2) to become aware of the interrelationships of society with his/her school, community, family, work, and leisure;…

This selective bibliography lists 16 books and 42 journal articles dealing with German-English contrastive studies. The entries range in data from 1952 to 1972 with the majority published since 1965. The books cited are German or American publications and the articles appeared in well-known European or American pedagogical language journals. (TL)

This selective bibliography lists 8 books and articles dealing with Russian-English contrastive studies and 2 articles on general Slavic studies. The entries range in date from 1953 to 1967. The books cited are European or American publications and the articles appeared in well-known European or American pedagogical language journals. (TL)

This resource guide is intended for use as a general guide for teachers who are designing elementary and secondary Bicentennial social studies units. The unit stresses three main topics in both an historical and contemporary framework: family life, transportation, and social conflict for the periods of 1776, 1876, and 1976. Emphasis is on the…