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Light, Richard L. – 1969
Education for minority group children has been completely inadequate through the failure of educators to understand sympathetically the children's linguistic and cultural backgrounds and through the erroneous emphasis upon replacing "poor speech habits" rather than adding a second dialect (standard English). To help reduce the gap between ideals…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingual Teachers
Burns, Paul C.; Schell, Leo M. – 1969
The 59 readings in this collection are grouped into eight chapters: (1) introduction, (2) language learning and linguistics, (3) listening and speaking, (4) literature and creative writing, (5) words and their use, (6) spelling and handwriting, (7) curriculum topics and resources, and (8) evaluation of language learnings. Final readings were…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Curriculum Development, Educational Trends, Elementary Education
Jenkins, William A., Ed. – Elementary English, 1964
The articles in this publication are (1) "The Children's Literary Heritage" by Dora V. Smith; (2) "Some Approaches to Teaching Standard English as a Second Language" by Charlotte K. Brooks; (3) "Detroit Great Cities School Improvement Program in Language Arts" by Clarence W. Wachner; (4) "Teaching and Testing Critical Listening in the Fifth and…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Books, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education
Kinder, Robert Farrar; And Others – 1969
Designed to offer guidance to educators in creating a local curriculum guide (K-12), the four-part organization of this bulletin directs the curriculum planner "from need to intention, from intention to plans, from plans to paper, and from paper to practice." Among the topics covered are the conditions desirable for creating a curriculum guide;…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Course Content, Course Organization, Curriculum Design
Renbarger, Ray Nisch – 1969
This study investigated whether the self-esteem of disadvantaged adult students can be influenced by group guidance experiences; and to what degree, and how, academic achievement is influenced by changes in self-esteem. Subjects (59 Negro women in a clerical training program in Detroit) were divided into two experimental and two control groups. A…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Dropouts, Adult Students, Analysis of Variance
Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corp., IN. – 1968
By emphasizing the contributions of Negroes to the culture of the United States, this K-12 curriculum guide seeks to point out the fallacies which hinder the development of intercultural and interracial education and, simultaneously, to foster racial and cultural understanding in a desegregated school system. Materials include (1) suggestions for…
Descriptors: Art, Audiovisual Aids, Black Culture, Black Literature
Gadsden County Board of Public Instruction, Quincy, FL. – 1970
GRADES OR AGES: Grades 1-12. SUBJECT MATTER: Language arts. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is divided into four sections, one each for grades 1-3, 4-6, 7-9, and 10-12. Each section is laid out in three parallel columns, one for each grade. The guide is offset printed and staple-bound with a soft cover. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES:…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Elementary Education, Grade 1, Grade 10
Heissler, John M. – 1968
A fact-finding survey based on a questionnaire answered by 418 Illinois English teachers examined the teaching of language arts in grades 7, 8, and 9 in Illinois. It showed that teachers get very little supervision, that they feel that they need improvement in teaching composition, reading, and the "new grammar," and that composition…
Descriptors: Departments, English Instruction, Inservice Teacher Education, Junior High Schools
Cincinnati Public Schools, OH. – 1968
In response to the research findings of Head Start programs, in particular, and of research in early childhood education, in general, this manual was created by the Kindergarten Study Group of the Cincinnati Public Schools to examine the kindergarten program. The purpose of this manual is to help teachers broaden and extend the learning of the…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Concept Teaching, Curriculum Guides, Early Childhood Education
Braddock, Richard – 1969
This article summarizes major research in the teaching and learning of written composition from the elementary grades through college. The research is discussed under the following headings: (1) "History to 1900," (2) "Objectives and Curriculum: 1900-1935," (3) "Influences on the Curriculum: 1935-1965," (4) "Difficulties in Research," (5)…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Research, English Curriculum, English Education
Brown, Kenneth L. – Elementary English, 1967
An examination of 54 language arts textbooks (grades 3-6) was made to determine textbook content criteria and the amount and specific nature of the speech and listening contents. The results indicated that authors and publishers feel that language skills (1) are used primarily for communicating, for social compentency, and for thinking, (2) are…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Content Analysis, Creativity, Elementary Education
Arkansas State Dept. of Education, Little Rock. Special Education Section. – 1968
A guide for the special education instructional program gives directions, scope and sequence, subject matter skills, and teaching suggestions for educable mentally retarded elementary students. At the primary level, activities are centered around readiness materials, motor and sensory training, personal hygiene, habit training, speech improvement…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Curriculum Guides, Exceptional Child Education, Handwriting
Case, Maurice – 1966
The effects of blindness in adults, activity programs, and the administrative technicalities of these programs are discussed. A definition of blindness, historical background, and mention of social group work serve as introduction to the impact of blindness. Under these activities are included the following subjects: arts and crafts, study and…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Policy, Adults, Dance
Hawaii State Dept. of Education, Honolulu. Office of Instructional Services. – 1967
This listing of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I projects in the State of Hawaii has a two-fold arrangement. The first is a summary tabulation of the schools under grade levels and categorized by the following general program areas: reading, guidance, after school study, English as a second language, social studies, science,…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Compensatory Education, Cultural Enrichment, Disadvantaged Youth
Oxford Hills High School, South Paris, ME. – 1969
The Specialized Language Activities Program (ESEA Title 3 Project) to motivate students to improve their oral language was conducted in an essentially rural section of Maine with an experimental group and a control group of 80 ninth-grade students with an I.Q. range of 85-100 and poor language usage. Sixty-seven percent of them had repeated at…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Experimental Programs, Grade 9, Individual Reading
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