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Increasing the Intensity of Science Instruction in the Half-Day Kindergarten.
Starr, Michele – 1988
An early childhood specialist teaching kindergarten classes in a small city in the northeast designed this practicum to improve the science instruction provided kindedrgarten children. Practicum goals were to: (1) increase the effectiveness of the kindergarten science program by providing science experiences based on the recognition of the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Experiential Learning, Instructional Improvement, Kindergarten
Incorporating African Culture in the Early Childhood Environment.
Shareef, Intisar – 1986
This practicum addressed the need for an African Studies curriculum guide for early childhood education by developing 30 activities which could be integrated into the practical life, language, geography, art, and music areas of child care centers. Practicum goals were to (1) develop a curriculum guide of age appropriate learning activities for…
Descriptors: African Culture, Black Culture, Black Education, Black Youth
Improving Music Skills of Elementary Students with Notation-Reading and Sight-Singing.
Harding, Mary H. – 1988
A music educator designed for elementary school students who were musically unskilled a curriculum that was based on the methods of Kodaly and Orff, the philosophy of Warrener, and traditional music education concepts. A heterogeneous group of 606 second- through sixth-grade students in 4 schools participated in implementation of the curriculum.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Learning Activities
Make More Time for Laughter in a Preschool Setting.
Hamlin, Barbara B. – 1985
Based on the idea that laughter and humor are basic components of a healthy childhood, this practicum paper emphasizes the concern that preschool programs have become too academic and are creating stress for children. Similarly, adults in preschool settings, pressured by parents and public school academic expectations, have become too serious in…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Comedy, Creativity, Curriculum Development
Integrating Computers into a Reading Readiness Curriculum for Pre-Schoolers through Teacher Training and Computer-Assisted Instruction.
Nemiroff, Joanne – 1988
An elementary school guidance counselor serving as a volunteer computer education consultant to a preschool implemented a practicum to introduce computers into a community center's preschool program. Goals were to: (1) provide teachers with the knowledge and understanding needed to operate a computer; (2) acquaint teachers with computer software…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development
Integrating Computers into an Interdisciplinary Ninth Grade Science-Centered Academy.
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Murray, Marlene – 1995
This practicum was designed to integrate the use of computers into the curriculum of a ninth-grade interdisciplinary science academy through staff development and a management plan dealing with division of time and space. Inservice training in the areas of computers and interdisciplinary planning were provided and a management plan for students…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development, Grade 9