This article recounts how during COVID-19, the author's fine arts class was forced into an online mode. The old class design, which was based on physical classrooms and physical locations, was now unsuitable for online teaching. With Malaysian education's emphasis on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, and art dismissed as a minor…

Indiana's declining SAT scores prompted the publisher of a statewide magazine covering the literary, performing, and visual arts to take action and create a program to use the magazine as a supplemental resource for students. It was believed that such a supplemental resource could enhance critical thinking and writing skills and help raise SAT…

Emphasizing that media skills are an integral part of the school curriculum, this product provides a guideline for the planning and implementation of media skills in the middle school. A number of activities are outlined for reinforcing the following objectives: media center orientation (coordinatd by media specialists to be carried on throughout…

This publication is intended for those who wish to design or evaluate a map and globe skills program across several grade levels. The introduction discusses general considerations underlying effective map and globe skills instruction. A grade-by-grade outline of a map and globe skills program provides recommendations for the following categories:…

Briefly discusses traditional management education methods and concludes they cannot adequately fill present need for such education in developing and developed nations. Description of Henley Distance Learning Ltd.'s distance and open learning scheme for management education reviews its curriculum planning and media selection procedures and…

This guide presents a framework and offers alternatives for developing a logical and consistent K-12 social studies scope and sequence. Although written for use by Connecticut educators, the guide can be used by educators in any state. There are nine sections to the guide. Section one contains a definition of social studies. Section two deals with…

Procedures for revising a K-12 social studies program so that it includes thinking skill activities and for implementing the revised curriculum are discussed. Procedures are: the formation of a curriculum committee and sub-committees; current program assessment to determine needs regarding thinking skills; deciding on a rationale; selecting…

An instructional module designed to help prepare college-level teaching assistants (TAs) for their duties in second language instruction is presented. The module focuses on helping learners become skilled at second language listening. The first part provides background information about this language skill. It introduces the process of listening…

This guide is intended to assist vocational administrators in meeting their responsibilities in the area of planning and implementing programs to help vocational students develop the positive attitudes and behaviors that are essential to success in the workplace. The first chapter defines the types of attitudes and behaviors that are sought by…

Suggestions are made in this sourcebook for adapting teaching strategies and curriculum materials in social studies to accomodate the needs of the visually impaired (VI) student. It is presented in eight chapters. Chapter one explains why elementary grade social studies, with its emphasis on visual media, presents difficulties for VI children.…

This handbook outlines the kindergarten course entitled "Myself and Others in My World." A statement of the California philosophy of history-social science education precedes the handbook's three sections. The first two sections present major goals of the program, an overview of social studies content for grades K-6, and a chart of areas…

This yearbook contains the following papers discussing the types and uses of technology in business education programs at all grade levels: "Technology's Impact on Computer and Business Curricula" (Jaderstrom); "Teaching Technology vs. Technology as a Teaching Tool" (Kizzier); "The Impact of Technology on Undergraduate Business Education…

This handbook provides a detailed discussion of curriculum design for advanced French language instruction in British secondary schools, intended to assist in planning during a period of rapid educational change and newly mandated curricula. An introductory section offers background information on those developments, both statutory and…