An interdisciplinary English-Social Studies-art-music seminar taught by several staff members is proposed in an article in the Maine English Bulletin. Required courses such as English and Social Studies represent the core of the program which is enriched by the introduction of art and music. The curriculum is constructed around broad questions…

This package of practical ideas collected by the Authentic Basic Life-Centered Education (ABLE) Model Program should be useful for teachers and administrators who are revising curriculums and writing curriculum guides for the elementary and intermediate level. Suggested units are based on an "organizing center concept" such as banking,…

Information concerning programs and materials for environmental education is provided. In the report, environmental education is defined as: ". . . the educational process dealing with man's relationship with his natural and manmade surroundings, and including the relation of population, pollution, resource allocation and depletion,…

The need of the professions to update is studied. It is pointed out that the half-life in a professional's competence is the point in time after the completion of training when he had become roughly half as competent as he was upon graduation. Obsolescence is defined as a reduction of efficiencies of performance over time. It has been found to…

This is a flexible unit for use in a school curriculum or an off-campus seminar. In it, development is defined as progress toward the achievement of economic, social and political conditions under which all can enjoy a reasonable standard of living and each individual will have the opportunity to reach his/her highest potential for human growth…

This report presents the results of a study of approximately 2400 young people who, for 8 weeks in the summer of 1971, participated in the first part of a three-year Youth Conservation Corps Pilot Program. The main objective of the study is to evaluate the impact of the program on the young people in regard to environmental education, social…

The purposes, organization, and services of the curriculum resources center are discussed in detail. (See TM 001 363 for a description of the total project; for other related documents, see TM 001 160, 364-372, 374.) (MS)

GUIDELINES FOR INITIATING A RESEARCH AND INSTRUCTION UNIT WITHIN A SCHOOL WERE PRESENTED. THE PROGRAM FOR ESTABLISHING THE UNITS WAS DEVELOPED TO (1) SECURE MORE EFFICIENT LEARNING BY STUDENTS (2) ENCOURAGE PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT, AND (3) PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESEARCH, CONTROLLED EXPERIMENTATION, AND DEVELOPMENT OF INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS. A…

Priorities for the continued development of postsecondary education in the South are identified, specifically the structure and process by which limited funds will be allocated and public resources used. Education and training for employment has been identified as a special need for southern high school graduates. Postsecondary education must…

The directory assesses current reference materials relating to the health, education, and social welfare of Asian Americans. The directory also includes reference materials in such areas as demography, socioeconomics, employment and training, culture, immigration, and housing. Intended for use by the Office for Asian American Affairs, state and…

The seminar was ninth in a series of national annual seminars conducted for vocational educators responsible for coordinating and conducting personnel development programs. Major objectives were to: (1) Increase knowledge of personnel development models and strategies used in business and industry and of selected industry-education cooperative…

This resource guide is for elementary and secondary level educators who are interested in affective education and in formulating their own strategies for more meaningful learning experiences in their classrooms. The guide is based on the idea that affective learning is essential and that the best learning experiences are those in which the…

This report deals with the special resources given to several school districts in Sweden for dealing with problems concerning the coordination of leisure activities and pupil welfare, with emphasis on the planning in Malmo. Three models are applied: (a) an educational planning model, where planning, process, and results stages are emphasized; (b)…

Over 189 materials which cover aspects of the Administration, Parks Canada, Indian and Eskimo Affairs, and Northern Development Programs are cited in this bilingual catalogue (English and French). Information given for each entry is: reference number, statistics available, years covered, and whether the statistics are available by area, region,…

The Philadelphia School District's Consumer Education project aims to teach consumers to spend their money more wisely. Services offered by the Consumer Affairs Education Services staff included workshops for teachers and parents, support for individual teacher and faculties through liaison staff members, materials from and the use of the resource…