Children having problems in adjusting to school are referred to the Center. An interdisciplinary team evaluates each child for possible placement in a controlled therapeutic classroom. Provided here as preliminary project evaluation are a sample psychological report and a psychometric summary sheet. Case studies are given for children in the…

The publication provides guidelines for local school personnel to use in the development of programs of study. In the preparation of this resource, the objectives were: 1) to detect and correct historic distortions, fallacies, commissions and omissions in the teaching of the history of the United States and the State of Illinois; 2) to examine…

The purpose of this study was to compare the post-school adjustment of educable mentally retarded students having off campus work experience with a contrast group without school sponsored placement and supervision on jobs in the community. The major hypothesis in the investigation was that among educable mentally retarded youths who are enrolled…

The revised annotated bibliography contains abstracts of 345 documents published between January 1960 and March 1968 on specific instructional methods and techniques for groups and individuals. Among methods included are: job instruction, apprenticeship, demonstration, coaching, internship, correspondence and independent study, programed…

This monograph studies the policy-making process of public schools at the elementary and secondary levels. Variables include legislative bodies and courts at the local, State, and national levels and special interest groups (e.g., labor unions and religious bodies, professional educators, and qualified voters). Public expectations have contributed…

This guide to the series of seven, thirty-minute, color, television programs developed for the middle grades deals with the topics of urbanization, culture clash, mobility, nationalism, morality, ideology, and privacy. The films are designed around the inquiry/discovery approach and utilize introductory, simulated situations followed by three…

The book is intended as a relevant teaching tool for schools, churches, and other social agencies interested in upgrading the service occupations. It was developed from the experience of the Household Employment Association for Reevaluation and Training (HEART) in developing such a program into a non-profit, licensed, private trade school which…

This is the seventh of seven resource units for a twelfth grade course on value conflicts and policy decisions. The topic for this unit is: "What is the good life?" The objectives are listed as to generalizations, skills, and values. The double-page format relates objectives to pertinent content, teaching procedures, and instructional…

Attention is drawn to the programs funded under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, defining this law as a basic attempt to change the interrelationships of social groups in America. This paper presents as a case study the relationships between a community action agency (CAA), on the one hand, and the local school districts (LEAs)…

In this book, twenty-two contributors offer their individual perspectives on teaching the humanities and social sciences to non-majors in secondary and higher education. Rather than a coherent discussion of classic curricular problems, the book offers a collection of pieces of evidence about what teachers chose to when they had a free hand to…

Case studies in each of the parts deal with specific problems in the mainstream of United States history and are designed to help the general level student relate the case study and the theme of the past to similar problems today. Each theme deals with the resolution of conflict in historical ideologies. 1) Studies on intolerance in American life…

Curriculum change and the dynamics of this change were explored by means of a case study of secondary social studies, science, and vocational education curriculums in Gary, Indiana, between 1940 and 1970. The time period is characterized by both unprecedented effort to produce change and slow change in schools. Talcott Parson's hierarchy of…

Six major conference papers cover selected planning activities for eight institutions of higher education. Discussed are academic planning for the University of Houston; circulation, parking, and landscape planning for the University of California at Irvine; planning office organization and staffing at Harvard and Ohio State Universities; building…

The third booklet in a second series of subject presentations intended to advance the effectiveness of small business management is presented. The lecture is designed as the basis for a presentation to the businessman in nontechnical language. The Lesson Plan is an outline of the material covered which may be used as a teaching guide or as a…

The 20th publication in a series of subject presentations in the field of administrative management for use by educators and businessmen who teach management courses is presented. These presentations are intended to be particularly useful to Distributive Education in the smaller community where library research facilities are limited and equipment…