This training and development manual discusses guiding principles and elements of evaluation: (1) philosophy and goals; (2) administrative planning, organization, staffing, direction, and control; (3) plant and facilities; (4) staff and faculty composition, qualifications, screening and selection, promotion, duties, compensation, and incentives;…

This comprehensive report of an 18-month ESEA/Title III study outlines the recommendations of the project staff regarding the establishment of a secondary level educational park as a preventive strategy for meeting emergent educational, vocational, ethnic, and societal demands in a school district with 11,000 students enrolled in seven high…

The six essays in this collection indicate the new specializations and the shifting boundaries of the English teaching profession. John C. Gerber surveys the effect of recent research on the teaching of language, literature, and composition; on curriculum revision; and on teachers' professional attitudes. J. N. Hook defends the practical value in…

EIGHTY-SIX NURSES FROM 25 STATES AND CANADA ATTENDED A WORKSHOP TO REVIEW THE PHILOSOPHY AND PURPOSE OF THE CURRICULUM IN ASSOCIATE DEGREE NURSING PROGRAMS, IDENTIFY OBJECTIVES AS WELL AS CONTENT AND LEARNING EXPERIENCES TO MEET THE OBJECTIVES, AND CONSIDER MEANS OF EVALUATION. PRESENTATIONS WERE--"THE ASSOCIATE DEGREE NURSING CURRICULUM--ITS…

TO DETERMINE HOW SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS PERCEIVED SUPERVISORY STIMULI, A 36-ITEM QUESTIONNAIRE WAS ADMINISTERED IN 15 THREE- AND FOUR-YEAR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NEW YORK STATE, REPRESENTING A STRATIFIED RANDOM SAMPLE ACCORDING TO STUDENT POPULATION, GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION, AND STATUS AS A CITY OR VILLAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT. RESPONDENTS…

STANDARDS ARE PROPOSED FOR STUDENT UNDERSTANDING IN THE SOCIOCULTURAL COMPONENTS OF A LEVEL II LANGUAGE COURSE, OR AFTER THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF A LANGUAGE IN HIGH SCHOOL. BRIEF STATEMENTS OF STANDARDS FOR LEVELS I, III, AND IV ARE PROVIDED AS BACKGROUND. IT IS ASSUMED THAT NO ENGLISH WILL BE USED IN CLASS, AND THAT CULTURAL INSIGHTS WILL BE TAUGHT…

The philosophy undergirding a social studies program developed for the BIA by the University of New Mexico is discussed to aid the teacher in helping Navajo children view with insight their own unique culture and the cultures about them. A beginning or pre-school teaching unit ("When I Come to School") dealing with easily mastered…

A status report on the teaching and learning of English reviews and assesses a decade of change and innovation in the discipline. It surveys trends in the preparation of teachers of English, the English curriculum at all levels, and patterns of school and college organization which affect the teaching of English from kindergarten through graduate…

Developed by teacher educators in cooperation with state supervisors of agricultural education, this curriculum guide is for use by teachers, teacher educators, guidance departments, and school administrators. The 4-year curriculum was designed for vocational agriculture students in grades nine through 12 interested in occupations in production…

The environmental technician, a new but necessary subordinate of a professional environmentalist, might be employed by a health department, natural resources commission, state agriculture department, municipal water plant, or by business or industry in self-inspection and corrective activities. The Program of Teacher Education for Environmental…

The Minnesota Social Studies Curriculum Center has developed a social studies curriculum for grades K-12. Recommendations for grades 13-14 have not been made yet. The curricular framework provides continuity and sequence for those key concepts, generalizations, skills, and attitudinal behaviors identified as goals for the program. The curriculum…

Written chiefly for a wide variety of specialists who have responsibility for special educational provisions for mentally retarded pupils, the book also is intended for general school and special education administration courses. Each chapter starts with a set of guiding principles, followed by expanded examples, and concludes with a summary which…

Trends in computer technology and electronic data processing as they relate to different facets of instruction and educational research are presented under four main topic areas: individualized instruction and social goals, computers in instruction and research, teaching the computer sciences, and information processing for education system.…

Computer-assisted instruction has many potential applications, particularly at the elementary level, in the teaching of skill subjects such as mathematics, reading, and foreign languages. Since 1963 at Stanford a study has been made of programing a total curriculum for elementary mathematics, grades one through six, and for reading, grades one and…

The project developed an experimental curriculum guide for training persons at the high school and post-high school levels in food handling and distribution. Data were gathered through interviews with over 200 food industries in Connecticut. Courses and curriculums were obtained from six secondary schools and seven post-secondary schools. Some of…