HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FIRST HAND HOW COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS OPERATE TO IMPROVE THE COMMUNITY. IN PREFERENCE TO CLASSROOM STUDY OF THE THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, THE SENIOR "CURRENT PROBLEMS" CLASSES WERE ARRANGED SO THAT STUDENTS HAD ONE AFTERNOON EACH WEEK TO DEVOTE TO WORK IN THE…

THIS STUDY DETERMINED TEACHER AND STUDENT REACTION TO ENRICHED AVAILABILITY OF AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON USE OF MORE TRADITIONAL MEDIA IN AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. DATA COLLECTION BEGAN SIX MONTHS AFTER INTRODUCTION OF THE MATERIALS. IT INVOLVED SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL SCALES COMPLETED BY TEACHERS, SOCIOGRAPHS COMPLETED BY STUDENTS, AND…

A CONCEPTUAL MODEL OF THE TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESS USES A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO ALLOW COMPUTER ANALYSIS OF THE INTERACTION OF THE VARIABLES. THE PROCESS INCLUDES A TEACHING-LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, COMPOSED OF VARIABLES IN A CURRICULUM MODULE, THE INDIVIDUAL LEARNER AND HIS CHARACTERISTIC VARIABLES, AND INTERACTION OF THESE TWO THROUGH A…

THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT WAS TO GAIN INFORMATION USEFUL IN DEVELOPING PROGRAMS FOR PREPARING PERSONS FOR EMPLOYMENT IN OCCUPATIONS INVOLVING HOME ECONOMICS KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS AND FOR PREPARING TEACHERS. THE INITIAL CURRICULUM IN HOSPITALITY EDUCATION, TRAINING IN TRADE AND PERSONAL SERVICE OCCUPATIONS PROVIDING FOOD, LODGING, AND RECREATION,…

A SERIES OF SIXTEEN 2 1/2-HOUR INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED WITH SMALL GROUPS OF SOCIAL SCIENTISTS TO OBTAIN THEIR ANSWERS TO THE QUESTION, "WHAT PHENOMENA, CONCEPTS, THEORIES, ISSUES AND METHODOLOGIES FROM YOUR AREA SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN A HIGH SCHOOL SOCIAL SCIENCE CURRICULUM." SOME OF THESE INTERVIEW SESSIONS WERE WITH GROUPS OF SOCIAL…

THIS IS VOLUME 2 OF A THREE-VOLUME EXPERIMENTAL EDITION CONTAINING A SEQUENCE OF ENRICHED MATERIALS FOR SEVENTH-GRADE MATHEMATICS. THESE MATERIALS CAN BE USED EITHER FOR A PROGRAM OF INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION FOR THE ACCELERATED STUDENT OR FOR CLASSROOM PRESENTATION BY THE TEACHER. THE PRESENTATION OF THE MATERIAL IS SUCH AS TO REFLECT CHANGES IN…

THIS IS AN OUTGROWTH OF A FEASIBILITY STUDY COMPLETED IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR (SEE JC 660 071). IT PROPOSES 1-YEAR AND 2-YEAR APPLIANCE SERVICE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS, BASIC COURSE OUTLINES, AND FACULTY NEEDS AND EQUIPMENT FOR THIS COLLEGE. EACH PROGRAM INCLUDES THE SUBAREAS OF COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS, BUSINESS PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES, WARRANTIES, AND…

IN ORDER TO PROVIDE DATA FOR CONSTRUCTING A MODEL DENTAL ASSISTANT TRAINING PROGRAM, 22 OF THE 26 PROGRAMS IN CALIFORNIA JUNIOR COLLEGES WERE REPORTED. TRENDS NOTED INCLUDE AN INCREASE TO A FOUR-SEMESTER PROGRAM, WITH INCREASING EMPHASIS IN THE FIRST SEMESTER ON ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION, GROOMING, AND TERMINOLOGY. THE AVERAGE TIME…

IN AN ADDRESS DELIVERED TO A WORKSHOP IN THE GREAT CITIES PROJECT, IT WAS NOTED THAT SCHOOL PERSONNEL SHOULD DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO RESEARCH THE PROBLEM OF IN-MIGRATION. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT, AS A KEY TO MIGRATION AND CHANGING NEIGHBORHOODS, A CUMULATIVE RECORD FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SCHOOL DISTRICT BE KEPT. THERE IS A NEED FOR TEACHERS TO…

SCHOOL ORGANIZATION FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN HAS BEEN STUDIED IN TERMS OF A CONTINUOUS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM BY A CITY-WIDE EDUCATOR'S COMMITTEE FORMED WITHIN THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AND THE RESULTS ARE PRESENTED. PARTICIPANTS HAVE RECEIVED THE OPERATION OF THIS PROGRAM WITHIN THEIR OWN SPHERE OF RESPONSIBILITY. THE PHILOSOPHY,…

REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETEEN CURRICULUM STUDY CENTERS SUPPORTED BY THE U.S. OFFICE OF EDUCATION GATHERED TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT EACH CENTER WAS DOING IN ORDER TO ANALYZE AND ATTACK COMMON CURRICULAR PROBLEMS, TO CONSIDER CERTAIN COMMON PROCEDURAL MATTERS SUCH AS THE PUBLICATION AND DISSEMINATION OF THEIR MATERIALS, TO EXAMINE RESEARCH…

OVER A PERIOD OF 21 YEARS THE HORACE MANN-LINCOLN INSTITUTE HAS UNDERGONE MANY CHANGES. ITS ORIGINAL PURPOSE, FIELD EXPERIMENTATION, WAS SOMEWHAT FORMALIZED INTO ACTION RESEARCH, THE IDEA BEING THAT RESEARCH IN CONJUNCTION WITH ACTION MIGHT AMOUNT TO AN EDUCATIONAL FORM OF THE WAR-TIME "OPERATIONS RESEARCH." GRADUALLY, THE INSTITUTE…

DURING THE RECENT YEARS OF FERMENT IN AMERICAN EDUCATION, PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE COME UNDER EXAMINATION. ENGLISH, AS THE COURSE DEALING WITH THE FUNDAMENTAL COMMUNICATIVE PROCESSES OF READING, WRITING, SPEAKING, AND LISTENING, HAS BEEN UNDER PARTICULARLY CLOSE SCRUTINY. THIS CHECK LIST WAS PREPARED BY A CURRICULUM COMMITTEE THAT HAS BEEN STUDYING THE…

SUGGESTIONS FOR ENRICHMENT TEACHING ARE PRESENTED. THE SUGGESTIONS ARE DIVIDED UNDER ELEMENTARY CLASSROOM AND SECONDARY SCHOOL SUBJECTS. SOME OF THE SUGGESTIONS FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ARE BULLETIN BOARDS, FIELD TRIPS, INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS, AND DISCUSSIONS. THESE SUGGESTIONS APPLY TO LANGUAGE ARTS, SOCIAL STUDIES, SCIENCE, ARITHMETIC AND FOREIGN…

THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE ARTICULATION COMMITTEE OF THORNTON, ILLINOIS, REPORTED TO THE TOWNSHIP STEERING COMMITTEE UPON THE SPECIFICS FOR BUILDING LANGUAGE PROGRAMS FROM THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL THROUGH JUNIOR COLLEGE. THE REPORT COVERS CONTINUITY OF A CHOSEN LANGUAGE, TEACHING METHODS, EVALUATION, COOPERATION WITH OTHER CURRICULUM AREAS,…