Three issues of a current awareness bulletin published occasionally by the ERIC Clearinghouse for Social Studies are combined in this document. The bulletins are designed for use by elementary and secondary social studies teachers. The various issues, written in 1976, deal with emerging topics of interest related to reading in the social studies,…

This paper surveys some of the teaching methods, learning activities, and programs either proposed or already used by some Pennsylvania schools to improve their students' performance on the Educational Quality Assessment. The assessment, mandated by Pennsylvania statute, measures student achievement in ten goal areas, such as self-esteem, verbal…

This review, based on a variety of information sources, discusses vocational education under the following major headings: Forces Contributing to Curriculum Change in Vocational Education (summarizes four of the major elements which seem to be contributing to rapid change in vocational education--knowledge explosion, rise of technology, change in…

An eighteen-month project was designed to integrate career education with the regular curriculum offerings at Alameda Junior High School in Pocatello, Idaho. Objectives were (1)to increase self-awareness and career awareness of each student, (2) to develop favorable attitudes about the world of work, (3) to assist in developing and practicing…

This monograph provides both a guide for individual teachers on how to infuse career education into their own lessons, and technical assistance to program developers in methods for teaching others how to incorporate career education activities into the existing curriculum. The body of the guide is divided into five major parts. Part 1 is designed…

The Joint Educational Project (JEP) is a partnership started in 1972 between the University of Southern California and eight public schools. It has achieved a number of purposes ranging from development of new curricula and conduct of applied research to making the university and community a friendlier place. A project description tells how JEP…

The collection of 12 papers from the 1979 First Annual Nebraska Symposium focuses on the problem of educating the secondary school aged disturbed student. Entries include the following titles and authors: "Issues in Diagnosis and Programming for Socio-Emotionally Impaired Early Adolescents" (W. Morse); "Adolescent Behavior--The…

In fall 1975 a study of the General Education program at Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC) was initiated to determine the appropriate role of an open-door community college in preparing students to live in and contribute positively to society. The central assumption underpinning the three-year study was that a General Education program should…

After an attempt to initiate a viable Outdoor Education program in the early 1960s was abandoned, during the early 1970s the Faculty of Education at the University of Western Ontario created an optional, 20-hour credit course in Outdoor Education for teacher education majors, which now attracts about 200 students per year. Objectives for the…

This document reviews the goals and accomplishments of phase two of a three-year project to develop state-studies materials for Virginia schools. It is presented in seven chapters. Chapter I introduces the project idea, reviews the first phase of planning and evaluation design, and explains the project goals for phase two, materials development.…

The document contains the Texas state plan for the education of the gifted/talented and principles and criteria for local school district program development. The state plan includes a section on background, a position statement, the state definition of gifted/talented students, and a statement of goal and objective. Responsibilities and…

This report provides a historical overview of curriculum development in the public schools of Washington, D.C. Investigation of the pre-emancipation period (1804-1864) shows that curriculum focused on the development of basic skills, moral values, and employment skills. During the period of the dual school system (1864-1954), when public education…

These three papers discuss the role of Florida's community colleges in developing training programs for mental health service employees in the state. Following introductory material, Robert Ashburn presents an overview of the Unit Treatment Rehabilitation (UTR) training program, which was designed to improve the quality of mental health care in…

To assist special education teachers to develop individualized programs of instruction for students unable to benefit fully from a regular school program, this curriculum guide provides behavioral objectives for six elementary and secondary curricular areas, including basic skills, personal and social awareness, living in the environment, career…

Indicating that the rationale for teaching physics, to which curricula are ultimately directed, must focus on the needs of both future scientists and non-scientists alike, trends in physics curricula and instruction are viewed. Such changes are suggested to have taken place in response to growth in information, to changing perceptions of the…