Differential diagnosis of delayed language development in the preschool child at the Readiness Nursery of the New York University Medical School can be shown by three case histories. Diagnosis requires identification of factors involved in the origin and development of the child's language deficit both at the time of diagnosis and at the critical…

This document is a guide for a half- year elective course offering secondary students the opportunity to examine writers' insights on environments in a variety of literary types. In addition, language and composition experiences are developed utilizing the communications media. Though representative literary selections are suggested for…

This document stresses the increasing awareness in higher education of the impact student/environment transactions have upon the quality of educational life and details a model and design process for creating a better fit between educational environments and students. The ecosystem model uses an interdisciplinary approach for the make-up of its…

Produced for primary and intermediate grades, this student booklet provides a study of where water comes from, how we get clean water, and the operations of a water treatment plant. Photographs, a few line drawings, a minimum of narrative, and a glossary of terms make up its content. A related document is the teacher's guide, SE 016 490. This work…

Compiled in this teacher's guide are suggestions for using the student booklet, ECKY SAYS, "BRUSH UP ON YOUR ECOLOGY," SE 016 486. A variety of interdisciplinary activities are offered, together with ideas for multimedia instruction and background subject information. Basic environmental concepts and a series of questions to evaluate…

The Department of English and the Department of Speech and Theatre at Kutztown (Pa.) State College, with the assistance of the Dean of Teacher Education and the Director of Placement, have developed a new program for the preparation of teachers in the disciplines of English, speech and theatre. The project was begun locally to provide graduates…

Non-traditional courses recommended for the general education package at Los Medanos College are described. It is suggested that the core curriculum be six intra-disciplinary packages covering Behavioral Sciences, Social Sciences, Biological Sciences, Physical Sciences, Language Arts, and Humanistic Studies. Each semester, students would be…

This essay explores many of the theoretical and practical issues involved in the establishment and operation of interdisciplinary educational programs in child development. The discussion does not offer categorical answers, but raises provocative, complex questions about the qualitative and quantitative aspects of interdisciplinary educational…

Contained in this teacher's guide are educational objectives and numerous field activity suggestions for environmental education. Part one deals with the total environmental education program, primarily developed for fifth grade students, but adaptable to any level, age six to adult. Sample objectives of an environmental education program, general…

This document summarizes the discussion and recommendation made at a meeting held to consider ways and means of putting the syllabuses of teacher training colleges and subsequently those of primary schools on an interdisciplinary footing. The conference was attended by teachers on the staff of primary teacher training colleges in Cameroon, the…

The purpose of the conference was to discuss the following issues: (1) curricula relating to the pure and applied sciences of the environment; (2) programs designed to develop the technological skill necessary for the person who deals with some aspect of maintaining a healthful environment; (3) programs designed to develop managers of the…

The Hunter College High School Twelfth grade humanities curriculum was designed to end the artificiality between life and learning as found in the traditional program of studies. An effort was made to restructure the final year of high school to focus on Man rather than subjects, to see the interrelationships of the disciplines, and to end the…

The Team Reading Project at Suffolk Community College is designed to aid college students with academic, cultural, linguistic, or economic deficiencies through a 1-semester course in study skills and remedial work in reading, mathematics, and writing. Four instructors coordinate the program, aided by a counselor. The reading component is the focal…

Contained in this teacher's guide are educational objectives and numerous field activity suggestions for environmental education. Part One deals with the total environmental education program, primarily developed for fifth grade students, but adaptable to any level, age six to adult. Sample objectives of an environmental education program, general…

To make students aware of their environment, this student study manual has been produced to accompany the National Environmental Education Development (NEED) program. It is a book about the world, the way it works and the way we get to know and understand it. Man is portrayed as a central figure, surrounded by his world, the environment, with…