This guidebook is designed to help generate successful professional learning communities (PLCs) by providing a set of steps one may wish to consider when developing, recruiting for, and facilitating PLCs. Some aspects may not be relevant to a PLC (each PLC is unique), but this guidebook provides the structure to get started. In following the steps…

The document provides very thorough guidelines for planning, implementing, and evaluating "character education," (or moral/values education, or citizenship education) in elementary and secondary schools. Character education promotes students' positive and realistic self-image, respect for others, and decision-making skills for participation in…

The first booklet in a series of pilot materials developed by the University of Florida's Center for Latin American Studies is presented. Ten examples illustrating an integrated, multidisciplinary, and practical values clarification approach to teaching about Latin America are provided. The approach may be used by teachers in the languages,…

This booklet on economics is one in a series on environmental education for grades K-12. The activities explore economic systems, levels of benefits, and the use of the cost/benefit equation to assess the value of technology in modifying the environmental quality. Four basic behavioral objectives are developed with subject areas and activities.…

This booklet on technology is one of a series in environmental education for grades K-12. The activities in this booklet are concerned with the societal and environmental costs of technology. Three basic behavioral objectives are listed with activity options and appropriate subject areas. Information for the nine activities includes materials and…

This booklet on environmental ethics is one of a series on environmental education for grades K-12. In this booklet for high school students, the idea of a personal value system is developed and tested. Five basic behavioral objectives are given, along with a listing of appropriate subject areas. Three activity options are related to each concept.…

This booklet on ecosystems is one in a series on environmental education for grades K-12. The activities explore the structure and dynamic nature of ecosystems, as well as the interactions between humans and ecosystems. Four basic behavioral objectives are listed with activity options and appropriate subject areas. Each activity includes materials…

The material contained in this document is the result of an Education Professions Development Act Grant awarded to Miami-Dade Junior College for the fiscal year 1972. Much of the material was developed in a two-week teacher training workshop held in July, 1972, in Miami Beach, Florida. In this session, 46 faculty members from across the country,…

This multidisciplinary multi-period community-based environmental curriculum blends the academic traditions of the humanities and the sciences, namely: social sciences, language art skills, and the physical and life sciences. The centralizing theme of the program is directed toward defining environmentally related problems utilizing the community…

This booklet on population is one of a series in environmental education for grades K-12. The activities focus on populations and their impacts, as modified by culture and resource needs. Six major concepts are listed, along with three activity options for each. The concepts each include behavioral objectives and a history of appropriate subject…

Employing an interdisciplinary approach, this outdoor education guide to the study of cemeteries is designed for older elementary and younger secondary students. Suggestions are provided for activities involving the study of history, geology, mathematics, art, language arts, and values. For example, the cemetery markers lend themselves to art…

This booklet on environmental ethics is one of a series in environmental education for grades K-12. The concept of man's role in helping to preserve the natural order and the importance of maintaining a pleasant environment is presented in this booklet for grades 6-8. Five basic concepts are listed, along with the behavioral objectives, subject…

The most value laden of futures issues are raised by contemporary biological research. Current biological research has reached the point where we must now ask such questions as: What should be the nature of the human in the future? Who should make these decisions? How should humans interact with the universe? The problems and possibilities of the…

This booklet on economics is one of a series in environmental education for grades K-12. The activities in this booklet are concerned with the relationship of the standard of living to the level of technology and economic system developed by a society. The role of economics in determining environmental quality is also assessed. Three basic…

This guide is divided into seven major sections, each representing one of the following fundamental natural resources: (1) soil, (2) air, (3) water, (4) vegetation, (5) wildlife, (6) minerals, and (7) man. Within each of the seven major sections, there are three subsections which provide the following: (1) Background Information; (2) Suggestions…