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Klas, Walter L.; And Others – Thrust for Educational Leadership, 1979
The author suggests that schools facing the challenge of declining enrollment and reduced budgets should seek community and student input on educational priorities and should review their programs to find more flexible options. (SJL)
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Curriculum Development
Weber, Joseph A.; Forbes, Sheila – Illinois Teacher of Home Economics, 1991
This discussion of the development of the Oklahoma Community Youth Effort curriculum guide includes information on problem solving, issue identification, public and community issues, decision making, action plans, proposal writing, and information addressing adolescent concerns. (JOW)
Descriptors: Community Education, Community Involvement, Curriculum Development, Decision Making
Nation's Schools and Colleges, 1975
A class at the University of the Pacific is learning how loneliness can be turned into a positive experience; home economics students are learning how to manage a household and a budget in a housing project apartment; and a gourmet restaurant operated by students is open to the community. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Career Education, Community Involvement, Curriculum Development, Foods Instruction
Gillin, Betty Glasgow – 1974
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…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Community Involvement, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides
Idleman, Hillis K. – 1973
The document was developed to help districts in the planning and carrying out of successful programs for disadvantaged pupils. It provides a rationale for curriculum development as it relates to the disadvantaged, directed to administrators, curriculum workers, and teachers. The three compensatory education priorities are reading, mathematics, and…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Compensatory Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides
Wright, John R. – 1975
This document describes "Project Open," a curriculum development services agreement between the Wetzel County Board of Education and the West Virginia University Board of Regents, to be implemented in two county high schools. This agreement is designed to provide the school system with a planned educational curriculum and personnel…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Course Objectives, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Ewert, William B.; Merriam, DeWolf – 1973
This environmental education plan, developed for the State of New Hampshire, is based on the premise that environmental education is most likely to be meaningful if implemented into the schools at the local level. The purpose of this publication is threefold: first, to define environmental education and comment on environmental education…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Curriculum Development, Educational Programs, Elementary Education
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1971
Environmental awareness experiences described in this guide are designed to serve as models or suggestions for teachers conducting activities directed toward environmental improvement. "Man: Steward of His Environment" is the theme of the 14 experiences utilizing behavior profiles, audio-visual exhibits, area studies, service projects, mass…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Environmental Education
Overly, Norman V. – 1983
An ethnographic project to develop a model for an ethnic studies program based on community education, community involvement, and a study of community history is described. The project took place in New Harmony, Indiana, a town of 600-700 persons with a strong European heritage, especially German. Part of the project staff was selected from the…
Descriptors: Community Education, Community Involvement, Curriculum Development, Educational Anthropology
Heilman, Cas F.; And Others – 1972
Summarized are the components and outcomes of a career education project begun in Oregon in June of 1969. One of the first comprehensive programs in the field, the Careers Oriented Relevant Education program had as its objectives to: (1) plan a program for the public schools based on life career roles, (2) establish effective communication between…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Education, Community Involvement, Curriculum Development
Gourley, Robert N. – 1979
The purpose of this competency-based education program is to help interested school districts implement, manage, and evaluate a comprehensive program at the high school level. The final report discusses the definition and collection of selective practices that have potential for further use; targeted development activities, including planning and…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment
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Olson, Gerald B. – Design for Arts in Education, 1986
Proposes that the nature and need of the learner dictate decisions about who teaches arts and what an arts education should be. Maintains that teaching partnerships be established within the arts education community to revitalize the arts curriculum and outlines a model for a school arts program. (TRS)
Descriptors: Art Education, Community Involvement, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Northwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR. – 1996
This guidebook offers suggestions for teaching survival skills to students. It provides strategies for implementing key elements of an approach to learning survival skills that engages students as active, self-directed learners in the community. The guidebook is designed to help educators link students to resources in the community so that they…
Descriptors: Basic Business Education, Career Planning, Communication Skills, Community Involvement
Gill, Walter; Frierson, Sylvia – 1995
The rush to establish conflict resolution strategies in the schools has created a maze of programs based on a number of models. By themselves, these programs are not sufficient to promote peace among youth, since they do not transcend the interpersonal level to consider the involvement of groups of students, the community, and families. Resolving…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Cooperative Learning
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Educational Evaluation. – 1980
This is an evaluation of a Title VII bilingual program that was conducted at Thomas Jefferson High School in Brooklyn, New York, in 1979-1980 to serve Spanish speaking students. The goal of the program was to facilitate their transition to mainstream classes. The evaluation provides a demographic context, information on student characteristics,…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Bilingual Education, Community Involvement, Curriculum Development
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