In order to implement a cooperative career exploration program for Grade 9, a group of 50 Grade 9 students was interviewed concerning their self awareness with respect to vocational interests and planning. A lack of vocational knowledge indicated a need for career education programs. A 1-month pre-pilot program for six Grade 9 students was…

As the second report on a cohort of 5,083 women between 32 and 46 years of age who were first interviewed in mid-1967, contacted by mail in 1969, and reinterviewed for the first time in 1969, three topics are considered in this longitudinal study: (1) changes in labor force participation, (2) interfirm mobility, and (3) changes in job satisfaction…

This extensive color-keyed program guide for general, exploratory, and vocational work experience education programs in California was developed by work experience coordinators, professors, state and local administrators, and various district teams to pilot test at the secondary and university levels. General, exploratory, and vocational goals are…

Designed for eleventh grade students, this guide incorporates the four disciplines of art, music, literature, and history. The objectives are for students to apply knowledge gained from the study of past problems toward the problems of contemporary society; to develop an understanding of cultural and societal patterns; to trace personal values of…

This guide, one of a series in the Quinmester Program, is intended to aid teachers in grades 10 through 12 as they prepare instructional programs dealing with current environmental crisis issues. The aim of this course of study is to help students understand political and economic ramifications of environmental problems and to motivate and provide…

This handbook consists of materials written in Spanish and English and serves as a reference book to aid the bilingual classroom teacher and instructional aide at the primary level by providing material for language enrichment and supplementary learning activities. There is material to supplement each area of the curriculum; the handbook is…

This handbook, for use in a prevocational program providing special education students in high school with occupational skills, provides guidelines and teaching procedures for use in implementing a program at district or school level. An overall description of the program delineates roles and responsibilities of all program participants, and…

This tentative student workbook provides occupational guidance for students in Grades 7, 8, and 9 by means of nine units focusing on self appraisal, general educational and vocational awareness, and specific career and school planning. A wide variety of worksheets includes reading materials, tests, vocabulary lists, games, check lists, and…

This elective quinmester program for grades 10 through 12 focuses upon the study of urban problems. Students analyze city problems taking into consideration ecology, city planning, model cities, and other factors in an attempt to provide creative solutions. The course is arranged into seven sections. Student activities are to: 1) discuss the…

Ninety-three book and article citations which appeared during 1971 are included in this English translation of an annotated bibliography containing information about Yugoslavian educational resources and school systems. Works cited refer to history, educational development, school reform, teacher training, and various levels of the schools and…

This handbook is based upon a new social studies curriculum designed to give students guided experience in the responsible use of personal freedom. The new approach seeks to provide actual experience in the making of choices and judgements in order to improve man's relationship to his social and physical environment. Thus, the new social studies…

This guide for an elective (10-12) course was written as part of a total effort to revise curriculum to fit the quinmester administrative organization of schools. The guide is divided into: 1) a broad goals section; 2) a content outline; 3) objectives and learning activities; and, 4) recommended and supplementary teacher and student resources. The…

This quinmester course of study for grades seven through nine provides a framework for analyzing election processes in a democracy by investigating democratic societies of the past, and contrasting democracies with totalitarian types of government. Major emphasis is upon analyzing the system of institutionalized political parties, the…

This quinmester curriculum guide for grades 10-12 provides a framework for studying ancient history through medieval history. Emphasis is upon examining the formation and evolution of Western Civilization and considering the political, philosophical, and cultural impact that these periods exerted in the past and how they affect the present. How…

THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS CENTER (IMC) OF THE CONTINUOUS PROGRESS SCHOOL WAS DESCRIBED. THE CONTINUOUS PROGRESS SCHOOL PLAN WAS DEVISED BY DR. EDWIN READ AND WAS BEING DEVELOPED AT THE LABORATORY SCHOOL OF BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY. THIS REPORT DESCRIBED HOW AN IMC MIGHT OPERATE RATHER THAN HOW ONE IS OPERATING OR IS PLANNED TO OPERATE. AS…