Teaching environmental awareness is one of the most important tasks of schools today, yet there are still considerable societal shortcomings in the area of environmental protection. Based on UNESCO's recommendations for education and the Math and the Biosphere Program, the authors drafted a theoretical model for imparting environmentally…

This book presents a curriculum to educate students about the risk of AIDS and HIV infection. The opening chapters of the book presents a discussion of: how teachers can create an environment of support for an AIDS education program; the political and educational implications of winning principal, district, and parental support for an AIDS…

An important component of sound middle school education is a commitment to providing coordinated advising and counseling services in the school setting. This handbook describes how middle school professionals can develop small group advisory support for each student. Known variously as home-base, advisor-advisee, or teacher advisory (TA) programs,…