Designed to integrate aesthetic education into the mainstream of an elementary school program,, the curriculum development process and sample units of the Aesthetic Education Program are described in volume one of this final report. The introduction describes the program, the curriculum development process, the curriculum, and the overall goals of…

Intended to serve as a guide to school personnel responsible for curriculum development, the course outline is designed to prepare high school students for entry into the medical field as an assistant in a doctor's office. Contents are divided into three areas: medical secretary, medical technician, and doctor's assistant (patient management).…

An argument is presented in this booklet for the formal study of controversial issues and materials in public secondary schools. The democratic ideal of freedom of discussion is cited as justification for this stance. Included in the examination of issues are discussions of: (1) the democratic point of view as it relates to educational goals, (2)…

Background reading resource materials and teaching units for elementary and secondary teachers interested in teaching about peace and justice are presented in this resource manual. The units are designed to help students learn that nonviolent conflict resolution is possible and that war is not inevitable; realize that sharing our resources,…

This dissertation describes a college level ethnic literature course, American Minority Literature, whose major objectives are to promote a receptive attitude toward expression that is different from the traditional norm and to establish the significance of ethnic literature as a literary form. The underlying assumption is that the divergence from…

The junior high school curriculum was designed to serve the dual purposes of career development and occupational exploration in marketing and distribution. The guide contains: a field-test summary, detailed introduction to the teacher (including purposes, outcomes and goals, instructional strategies, structure of the curriculum, the conceptual…

Though not comprehensive in scope, the guide presents credit recommendations and descriptions of over 600 courses sponsored by 38 government, industry, business, and labor union noncollegiate organizations, providing information for educational officials to consider when granting credit to students for learning acquired in noncollegiate programs.…

The instructor's guide presents material for structuring an engineering fundamentals course covering the basic laws of statistics as part of a mechanical technology program. Detailed behavioral objectives are described for the following five areas of course content: principles of mechanics, two-dimensional equilibrium, equilibrium of internal…

Described is a 2-year program to train child mental health specialists (CMHS) in providing care services to normal and emotionally disturbed children. Training of the child care professional is seen to involve three major areas: parenting (becoming aware of and dealing with the feelings of the disturbed child), clinical management (understanding…

Designed to improve inservice teacher training, this report surveys the kinds of inservice activities needed by social studies teachers in Indiana during 1975. Nearly 40 percent of the state's social studies teachers responded to the questionnaire which focused on how inservice activities should be designed, when they should be held, and what the…

With Circular H.S.1 1972/73, the Ministry of Education directed Ontario's secondary schools to provide an increased range of course offerings and to allow students as much freedom as possible to choose their own courses. To identify the effects of the individualized "credit system" established by this controversial circular, a number of…

A collection of recommended ideas, activities, and procedures, the teacher-developed curriculum guide is composed of lesson plans aimed at relating career education to subject matter already being taught in the classroom. Not intended to serve as a complete program in career education, the guide offers lesson plans for grades 1-8 and for high…

The Drive Line Services guide is designed to prepare students for employment in a specialized area of automotive services. The six units outlined are: an introduction (a course overview and a discussion of eye safety devices and the relevant legislation); clutches; drive lines; manual transmissions; overdrive units; and rear axle assemblies. Each…

The three major purposes of this project were to develop a programed text for teaching the writing of poetry, to validate the program, and to prepare a procedural guide for programing. A 156-frame program was developed, including procedures for: eliciting free written expression to serve as subject matter for poems; writing initial poems to fit…

This guide is a documentation of the curricular components which evolved during a two-year pilot course in one of the senior high schools of Prince George's County, Maryland. It is a one-semester, nonsequential course intended for students desiring an introduction to the language without in-depth exposure. The objectives of such a course involve…