SUGGESTIONS ARE MADE TO AID THE KINDERGARTEN OR FIRST GRADE TEACHER IN DEVELOPING A PROGRAM, FINDING NEEDED EQUIPMENT, AND PROVIDING A PROPER ROOM ARRANGEMENT. PARTICULAR KINDS OF GAMES FOR ATTENTION, MEMORY, PERCEPTIVE-COGNITIVE, AUDITORY AND VISUAL DISCRIMINATION ARE DESCRIBED. LANGUAGE IS DEVELOPED THROUGH TEACHERS' ROUTINE USE OF SPECIFIC…

THIS DOCUMENT WAS A PRIMARY SOURCE OF INFORMATION TO EDUCATORS CONTEMPLATING THE USE OF PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION DURING THE ACADEMIC YEAR 1962-63. EACH ENTRY CONTAINED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION--(1) SUBJECT MATTER, (2) TITLE, AUTHOR, AND PUBLISHER, AND (3) TEXT DESCRIPTION. (LP)

This handbook is designed to aid directors of continuing education programs in New York State. The chapters of the guide are as follows: I. Overview--Why Continuing Education?; Historical Backgroun; Goals, Purposes, and Principles; Role of the Public Schools in Continuing Education; II. Regulations of the Commissioner of Education and…

These guidelines for developing and maintaining a library in a resident nursing home, for use by either staff members or volunteers, recommend an individual survey of each resident as a way of determining reading preferences and deciding what materials should be ordered. Other areas examined are the location of the library, including space and…

Guidelines for the development of courses and programs of industrial arts for local school districts in New York State are provided in this guide designed for administrators, curriculum personnel, supervisors, and teachers. Following a discussion of student program options, a basic series of suggested courses (titles and course topics) are…

To assist regional planning efforts, this study reviews methods for successful articulation programs (between secondary and postsecondary occupational education) that have been identified and suggested by previous studies. Thus, it can serve as a guide for those leaders who are planning articulation programs or those ready to launch and promote…

Techniques employed in a "Joint University-Community Urban Problem-Solving Course" in promoting discussion among two diverse sets of population are described in this handbook. The course, offered during the Fall 1971 and Spring 1972 semesters at Syracuse University, comprised approximately 30 undergraduates from the university and 30…

Intended for school districts and/or other agencies and groups in New York State (but having applicability to other states) which plan to begin career education programs or desire to improve or modify a program already in existence, this catalog summarizes the ideas contained in the more than 250 products reviewed. The catalog does this in two…

Americanization is in the end a task for the individual citizen and not for the Government. The individual can be successful in so human a problem only by having a sympathetic knowledge of this task and of those with whom he must deal. To supply at least the foundations of this knowledge is the purpose of this book. The contents are taken largely…

The goal of this guide is to provide information, support and practical tools that may help educators design, implement, and evaluate their school's standards-based education program. In order to work, a comprehensive, standards-based educational program must, by definition, be the organizing structure upon which the school program operates.…