Sources specifically designed for use in teaching a course on sex roles and communication have been compiled to provide suggested materials, class exercises, and assignments for units on awareness, assessment, and action. The awareness exercises are designed to give students insights into the ways in which sex-role identity affects self-concepts,…

Based on the proceedings of a two-week seminar about Afro-American literature, this book is designed as a carefully orchestrated presentation of the central ideas that sparked the meetings and made them significant. The essays are arranged in sections that discuss Afro-American literary history, black figurative language, Afro-American literature…

The Texas Real Estate Research Center-Texas Education Agency (TRERC-TEA) curriculum workshop was attended by over 40 participants representing 26 Texas community colleges. These participants divided into eight small groups by real estate specialty area and developed curriculum outlines and learning objectives for the following real estate courses:…

THIS SECONDARY SCHOOL MATHEMATICS CURRICULUM IMPROVEMENT STUDY GROUP (SSMCIS), COMPOSED OF BOTH AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN EDUCATORS, WAS GUIDED BY TWO MAIN OBJECTIVES--(1) TO CONSTRUCT AND EVALUATE A UNIFIED SECONDARY SCHOOL MATHEMATICS PROGRAM FOR GRADES 7-12 THAT WOULD TAKE THE CAPABLE STUDENT WELL INTO CURRENT COLLEGE MATHEMATICS, AND (2) DETERMINE…

THE GOALS OF THIS PROJECT ARE--(1) THE IDENTIFICATION OF KEY VARIABLES IN AROUSING MOTIVATION, AND (2) THE DEVELOPMENT OF CURRICULA WHICH INCREASE ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION. THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEED ACHIEVEMENT (N=ACH) THEORY AND RESEARCH IN THIS AREA ARE DISCUSSED. METHODS OF MEASURING MOTIVATION ARE DESCRIBED. PROPOSITIONS BASIC TO THE STUDY…

THE DATA PROCESSING TECHNICIAN SHOULD BE COMPETENT IN SYSTEMS, APPLICATIONS, AND METHODS. RECENT TRENDS HAVE EMPHASIZED COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY, WITH UNIT RECORD EQUIPMENT USED ONLY AS SUPPORT. PROGRAMS IN DATA PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY MUST INCLUDE BOTH THEORY AND APPLICATION, WITH BREADTH TO PROVIDE A BASIS FOR LATER ADVANCEMENT AND SPECIALIZATION. A…

Three components seem central to the definition of a documentary film: (1) the filmmaker should seek to provide as valid a record as possible of the facts, (2) the filmmaker must not neglect artistry in the portrayal of reality, and (3) a persuasive purpose is inherent to the form. Thus, documentary film provides for the artistic portrayal of…

REPORTED ARE THE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF A PANEL ESTABLISHED BY THE ADVISORY COUNCIL ON COLLEGE CHEMISTRY (ACCC) WORKING COOPERATIVELY WITH THE COMMITTEE ON THE UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM IN MATHEMATICS (CUPM). THE FUNCTION OF THIS PANEL WAS TO DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATENESS OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANGES IN THE UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS…

ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND POLITICAL CHANGES IN SOCIETY AT LARGE, AS WELL AS DEVELOPMENTS IN EDUCATIONAL IDEOLOGIES AND METHODS HAVE CREATED THE NEED FOR NEW UNIVERSITY COURSES IN THE FIELD OF PEDAGOGY. TO HELP MEET THIS NEED, A ONE-YEAR COURSE ON EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY, WILL BE INTRODUCED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG, BEGINNING SPRING SEMESTER…

The purpose of this handbook is to assist those who work with the Migrant Children's Summer Programs in providing improved educational offerings. Objectives of a migrant program instituted in Wyoming for the children of Mexican American migrant workers are enumerated, along with personnel and administrative requirements necessary to institute…

THE MOST RECENT BUSINESS EDUCATION PROGRAMS FROM ALL SECTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES ARE PRESENTED IN THIS MONOGRAPH, A REVISION OF A 1960 EDITION, DESIGNED FOR USE BY HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOM TEACHERS, SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, AND CURRICULUM SPECIALISTS IN PREPARING NEW BUSINESS CURRICULUMS OR REVISING OLD ONES. INFORMATION WAS DERIVED FROM (1) CURRENT…

This paper concentrates on two aspects in the development of curriculums for technical training: the identification of curriculum content for specific courses of study; and the organization of such content in training programs. Seven steps in the HumRRO procedure for systematic curriculum engineering are identified: determining the performance…

Linguistics ought to do something besides train new linguists; there is a good deal about language that has philosophical and social import and should be a part of general education. In developing curricula for linguistics courses, four major distinctions have special relevance: (1) a philosophical vs a professional introduction to linguistics;…

Producing a viable graduate program in curriculum requires identification of the audience for the program and determining new areas for professional participation. The program must be flexible enough to meet the individual needs of its participants and must make them capable not only of coping with change but also of using various methodologies to…

Reported is the implementation of a science seminar program and an "8 + 2 Program" at Masters School and Hackley School in Tarrytown, New York. Senior students in the seminar program were asked to conduct ecological studies of uninhabited islands in the U.S. Virgin Island chain and studies of the nutrition value of Central American grains. The…