This booklet identifies major competencies for each course offered in the secondary music education program in the Philadelphia school system. Music is seen to be a mode of expression in responding to and interpreting life and nature. It promotes the development of aesthetic judgment. The booklet outlines up to eight competencies for each of nine…

The goal of European immigrants to the United States was characterized by the "melting pot" image up until the late 1960's. Then a trend of revival of the identity of ethnic minorities changed the slogan to "from the melting pot to the salad bowl." Cultural pluralism and maintenance of native languages became the goals of the movement. The massive…

Austin's Title I program provided 6,300 students with supplemental reading instruction, guidance and counseling, and parent involvement services. The evaluation focused upon answering and providing supporting data for two system-level and twelve program-level decision questions; forty-one evaluation findings were reported. Supporting data were…

The overall purpose of this volume is to provide concrete suggestions for foreign language methods instructors to choose from in designing methods courses according to their goals and in conjunction with the needs, interest and capabilities of their students. The eight chapters comprise: "Listening, Reading, and the Methods Course," by Bonnie B.…

Results of New Hampshire's first biennial Educational Assessment Program involving 7,500 public school students in grades 5, 9, and 12 are reported. Multiple choice and essay tests were administered in reading, writing, mathematics, state and national history, and government. Instructional assistance--including workshops, suggested classroom…

Twenty stories and essays suitable for intermediate and secondary grades illustrate the enduring spirit of Mexican American life, legend, custom, and culture. The Spanish language book describes the ceremonies of baptism, engagement, marriage, and the "quinceanera" (a girl's 15th birthday). Folklore (magic spells, superstitions, "cuentos" or…

A series of 18 fact sheets provide basic information on specific subjects of interest to those working with gifted and talented children. The fact sheets, produced by the Council for Exceptional Children, are in question/answer format and have resource references. Following are the topics of the fact sheets: career awareness for the gifted and…

The field of Spanish language instruction for bilingual Chicanos has been an area of pedagogical neglect within most college and university language departments. In the past, teachers wishing to implement a significant modification in their approach and methodology found the task virtually impossible because of a scarcity of commercially prepared…

Curriculum development efforts at Columbia University occurring as a result of social changes and four years of seminar discussions are analyzed, and the seminar transactions and resulting programs discussed. A detailed description is given of Columbia's General Education Program, established after World War I. It is shown how and why the original…

These proceedings on applied linguistics and language learning contain the following papers: (1) "Audio-visual and Applied Linguistics; The State of the Question," by V. Ferenczi (in French); (2) "Research in Fundamental Language: The State of the Question," by B. Pottier (in French); (3) "Psycholinguistic Insights into Language Learning," by F.…

Nearly 15,000 Wisconsin public school students in grades 4, 8, and 12 were tested in Spring, 1977, as part of the Wisconsin Pupil Assessment Program. Objectives were: (1) to measure student progress in attaining specific mathematics objectives; (2) to determine how students compared nationally in reading, language, and mathematics; and (3) to…

THIS REPORT EVALUATES NEW YORK STATE'S COMPENSATORY EDUCATION ACTIVITIES ACCORDING TO THE FORMAT SPECIFIED BY THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION. THE FIRST SECTION DEALS WITH PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION AND DESCRIBES THE TYPES OF SERVICES OFFERED, DISSEMINATION OF DATA, EVALUATIVE PROCEDURES, MAJOR PROBLEM AREAS, PROJECTS THAT WERE NOT APPROVABLE, COORDINATION…

THIS ANNUAL EVALUATION OF IDAHO'S 1966-67 TITLE I PROJECTS ACKNOWLEDGES SOME INITIAL NEGATIVE ATTITUDES TOWARD TITLE I ON THE PART OF SCHOOL BOARDS, ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS, PARENTS, AND STUDENTS. PART I OF THE EVALUATION LISTS MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS AS (1) A DOUBLING OF THE NUMBER OF KINDERGARTENS FROM NINE TO 18, (2) AN INCREASE FROM 10 TO 31…

SELECTED PAPERS AND GROUP REPORTS FROM A FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY TRAINING INSTITUTE ARE PRESENTED ON PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY AND ILLITERACY, ADULT BASIC EDUCATION METHODS AND OBJECTIVES, PRINCIPLES OF ADULT LEARNING AND BEHAVIOR CHANGE, AND RELATED CONCERNS IN TEACHER TRAINING AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT. SPECIFIC PROBLEM…

DISCUSSED AT THE FIRST GENERAL SESSION OF THIS STATEWIDE CONFERENCE WERE (1) THE OBJECTIVES OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT TITLE I PROGRAMS, (2) THE PREPARATION OF TEACHERS OF THE DISADVANTAGED, AND (3) IMPRESSIONS OF THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION OF THE DISADVANTAGED, WHICH SOME OF THE CONFEREES HAD ATTENDED. THE CONTRIBUTION OF…