A preliminary report on an educational program "Inside/Out", dealing with life-coping skills is presented. In Part I, life-coping skills are defined as the affective, cognitive, and psychomotor skills useful for dealing with life's problems and whose continuing acquisition promotes individual growth. An historical perspective reviews the…

This document describes the philosophy and courses of the curricular and co-curricular speech-debate-theatre program at Henry Sibley Senior High School in Mendota Heights, Minnesota. The document begins with a brief introduction and background on the school and community, including socioeconomic, cultural, and demographic information, and…

The context and design of a graduate program of the Department of English at the University of Michigan that leads to the Doctor of Arts degree and prepares English teachers for community colleges, principally open-door urban colleges, are described. The description covers the following points: Qualifications for Admission; Program of Studies; The…

Focusing on the communication arts, the articles in this volume include "Communication: The Echo in the Lives of Your Students"; "Communication through Interacting Curriculum Design"; "American Studies Provide Opportunity for Communication"; "Humanities-Oriented Independent Study"; "Composing for Real"; "The Editorial: A Teaching Device for…

This content analysis schedule for the St. Martin Parish Bilingual Program of St. Martinville, Louisiana, presents information on the history, funding, and scope of the project in its second year. Included are sociolinguistic process variables such as the native and dominant languages of students and their interaction. Information is provided on…

A project being conducted by the MITRE Corporation and Brigham Young University (BYU) is developing hardware, software, and courseware for the TICCIT (Time Shared, Interactive, Computer Controlled Information Television) computer-assisted instructional system. Four instructional teams at BYU, each having an instructional psychologist, subject…

This article describes an unusual program that has been developed without the use of federal funds, a new high school English curriculum that is in its third year of operation. In all, 50 courses are offered for students' pre-registration. Each student chooses six nine-week, one-quarter credit courses. He is assured of being enrolled in a minimum…

A planning cycle for any autonomous university entity contains five basic processes: information storage and retrieval forecasting, resource allocation, scheduling, and a term of study with a feedback loop. The resource allocation process is investigated for the development of shortrange planning models. Dynamic models wth linear and quadratic…

Discussions with council members, a review of relevant documents, contacts with legislative personnel, and interviews with vocational personnel in the California State Department of Education were the sources of information used to determine the feasibility of a "career ladder" curriculum. It was concluded that the career preparation of all people…

This document describes the efforts of program administrators to implement an organic curriculum in the Monroe, Michigan, high school. The chief program administrator coordinated curriculum revision activities to increase vocational guidance and training and to train teachers in individualized instruction methods. Organic curriculum is a learner-…

Language instruction for business students at Nijenrode College, Holland, is the focus of this article. The basic philosophy and development of the program currently offered are aimed at improving better coordination among departments in order to provide students with an integrated set of faculties which will qualify them to perform the functions…

Advocates of the new social studies have long urged the use of concepts as the basic building blocks in social studies. The question of what concepts and definitions of them should be taught is a matter of agreement among qualified judges. As qualified judges in the international relations-war/peace international education field, we can determine…

The 11 articles in this document are based upon actual classroom experiences, which draw attention to the fact that the language of failure is created by using other human beings selfishly. The language of success is established by concern, involvement, and love. "The Language of Failure: Retrospect" describes a seminar organized by the…

The primary objective of this study was to describe, analyze, and compare the vocational office education programs of the six European Economic Community countries. In these programs, specific emphasis was placed on the secondary school level. Facets of programs studied included: (1) philosophy and objectives, (2) organization, administration, and…

The terminal objectives for all eight chapters of the experimental multimedia leadership management course developed by Westinghouse Learning Corporation for the United States Naval Academy are presented in this report. Also included is the script to the film General Order No. 21, and the 41 Critical Behavior Categories of NAVPERS 92224A. Related…