This manual is intended for use in training a local career education program design group in the techniques involved in producing a program design document by giving group members step-by-step, hands-on experience. These materials, representing a one-and-one-half-day workshop consist of ten activities. Topics covered in the activities are an…

This manual presents the trainee's workbook and the trainer's guidelines for the sixth of six modules in a teacher inservice series developed to promote the unified effort of both regular and special education personnel in understanding and applying nationally recognized practices to implement fully inclusive education for students with diverse…

This module, which is one in a series of 127 performance-based teacher education learning packages focusing upon specific professional competencies of vocational teachers, deals with program planning, development, and evaluation. The three learning experiences included in the module deal with the rationale for and the concepts involved in…

Designed to help educators of health and medical personnel to increase their own skills so as to make learning easier for their students, this handbook contains information and activities to help teachers define the professional tasks that will provide the basis for determining educational objectives, plan a curriculum, and construct tests and…

This guide is designed to help teachers and administrators in higher education who are responsible for developing courses and other instructional products to become more aware of current research and thinking on systematic instructional development. Taken together, the five modules of the guide present a model for planning instruction and offer a…

This student handbook helps students in grades 6 and 7 to prepare for high school and college. It urges them to plan now so that they can get on the right track and take the classes they need. The handbook encourages these students to discover their strengths, weaknesses, interests, and abilities to learn how they can prepare them for their…

This course text outlines the objectives and content for a professional continuing education course on patient education for the hospital librarian. Topics covered include: (1) definition of terms; (2) national studies and surveys; (3) compliance issues; (4) patient/learner motivation; (5) elements of a successful program; (6) role definition; (7)…

This module on using available media resources to enrich instruction is the third of 11 modules in the set, Introduction to Teaching Adults. Designed to meet the learning needs of part-time continuing education instructors, these modules can be used as resource materials for local workshops or study-discussion groups, as self-instruction (each…

This module is one in a series of seven focused on skills vocational teachers need to develop and manage programs that are performance-based and fully individualized. Designed to allow for individualization of a teacher education program, these modules supplement those prepared by the National Center for Research in Vocational Education for…

This module is one in a series of six designed to help vocational educators develop skills needed to make use of the Vocational Technical Education Consortium of States materials and to develop and manage individualized instructional programs. Recommended for use by both pre- and inservice teachers and curriculum development specialist interns,…

This guidebook focuses on the final step included in a five-step planning system for improving local secondary and postsecondary programs and facilities accessibility: removing barriers. The guidebook is comprised of self-instructional discussions of three techniques that can be used in planning for implementation of barrier-removal strategies:…

This course text outlines the objectives and content for a professional continuing education course on teaching skills for health science librarians. It is intended for librarians planning to teach as peer instructors in library science continuing education, instructors or internship mentors in graduate library school education,…

This course supplies an historical overview of forces and factors which have led to changes in African educational philosophy and planning. Most landmarks in African education have been established by some important international conferences on education (held in developing nations), a number of which are discussed in the course. The course is…

This module is one in a series of seven focused on skills vocational teachers need to develop and manaqe programs that are performance-based and fully individualized. Designed to allow for individualization of a teacher education program, these modules supplement those prepared by the National Center for Research in Vocational Education for…

This module is one of a series of more than 125 performance-based teacher education (PBTE) learning packages focusing upon specific professional competencies of vocational instructors. The competencies upon which these modules are based were identified and verified through research as being important to successful occupational teaching at all…