The document examines a number of sex education programs and reviews some of the problems and issues educators encounter in planning and initiating sex education programs. Included is a discussion of population background of Polk County, Iowa and a presentation by school administrators of five reasons which favor the teaching of sex education: (1)…

Prepared by a technical writer for the Division of Manpower Development and Training, this guide is intended to aid instructors, supervisors, and administrators of vocational education and manpower training programs in establishing training programs for mechanics and technicians entering the occupation of servicing heavy construction equipment.…

This curriculum guide is for administrators and their advisors to use in meeting local, state, and regional needs in training architectual and building construction technicians at the post-high school level. It was developed by a technical education specialist at the national level. The guide provides: (1) a suggested curriculum plan, (2) course…

This publication is a revision of a preliminary curriculum guide on family living including sex education which was developed and implemented during 1967-1969. Among the objectives listed for this program are: (1) to promote an awareness that, within the various patterns of family living, love and mutual concern are basic to harmonious…

This handbook is a description of the preschool program of Fresno City, California, Unified School District and was expressly designed (1) to provide specific direction to the preschool program, (2) to provide a ready source of information about the preschools, (3) to establish uniform practices where required or necessary, and (5) to provide…

This handbook is designed as a guide for persons engaged in planning, improving or managing programs and operations of schools and institutes of administration which offer academic degree and nondegree programs, research, and advisory services. It focuses on public, development, municipal and business administration. Although the handbook is…

Presented are "Seven Steps" which can be utilized in developing an educational program focused on the outdoor environment. A map of an area likely to be found outside almost any school in any community is provided. On the map 19 teaching stations are indicated along with a description of each station. The descriptive material is followed…

"Rocks" is a prototype kit of rock specimens, demonstration materials and activities for 5th and 6th grade classes to use over a two-week period. It is designed to allow students to discover that rocks were not always the same as they are today, that rocks contain clues to the changes they have undergone, what life on earth was like…

The National Task Force Interim Statement of 1970, regarding the utilization of the Continuing Education Unit (CEU), provides the basic framework of these five documents. All agree in their definition of the CEU as 10 contact hours of participation in an organized continuing education experience and set forth criteria for applying the CEU to their…

This report advances several proposals for protecting the educational interests of parents and children. The thrust of these proposals does not begin with a particular idea about how the interests of families might better be served by the schools, but rather seeks to determine whether there are mechanisms which might achieve that end. Consumer…

This publication consists of a curriculum guide and a separate foldout program planning guide for office occupations education. A synopsis is given for each training program plotted on the grid of the planning guide. The curriculum guide presents a detailed description of each of the 59 instructional modules shown on the planning guide. A…

This handbook describes the nature and content of art education and includes some suggested possibilities for implementing art programs. It is directed to principals, directors of instruction, superintendents, and boards of education, and is intended to help school districts improve, expand, and develop an art curriculum that is suitable to each…

Intended as a guide to acquaint interested persons with the facts and developmental efforts surrounding the career education concept, this publication provides: (1) a definition of career education, (2) the goals and objectives of the program, (3) concepts upon which career education is based, (4) suggested action steps for developing a career…

As a supplement to the principal reports, the underlying management system of the U. S. Naval Academy Self-Paced Physics Course is presented in this documentation report. The management system is discussed on three "levels" which are intrinsic in the programmed-instruction format, focused on remedial activities, and related to the…

This second edition of the Louisiana Cultural Resources Directory provides an expansion of the scope of information to include artists and organizations engaged in arts activities targeted to adult and general audiences as well as those whose efforts are aimed primarily at school children. The overall intent is to facilitate connections between…