The rationale for providing university teaching improvement courses is documented and explained. Although graduate students in modern universities are typically well prepared to criticize, formulate, and conduct high level research projects in their respective disciplines, no parallel training in critiquing, formulating, and carrying out teaching…

Instructional systems development (ISD) is a systems approach to curriculum development and instructional delivery. It is oriented toward occupational needs with an emphasis on what it is that students must learn to perform specific tasks, what facilities best provide a setting for the neccessary learning, and what instructional methods and media…

A 1977 inservice teacher training workshop in implementing energy education in Florida high schools is described. Designed for secondary teachers of science, social studies, vocational education, environmental studies, and home economics, the two-week workshop provided specific content instruction and teaching methods related to energy and energy…

In order to expand the base of foreign language study in an increasingly international society, a general curriculum guide to French instruction has been developed for all grades from kindergarten through junior college. The guide provides for the coordination of language programs at all grade levels within a school system. The guidelines, which…

In order to expand the base of foreign language study in an increasingly international society, a general curriculum guide to Russian instruction has been developed for all grades from kindergarten through junior college. The guide provides for the coordination of language programs at all grade levels within a school system. The guidelines, which…

In order to expand the base of foreign language study in an increasingly international society, a general curriculum guide to Latin instruction has been developed for all grades from kindergarten through junior college. The guide provides for the coordination of language programs at all grade levels within a school system. The curriculum guide,…

In order to expand the base of foreign language study in an increasingly international society, a general curriculum guide to German instruction has been developed for all grades from kindergarten through junior college. The guide provides for the coordination of language programs at all grade levels within a school system. The guidelines, which…

In a project designed to improve the recruitment, training and utilization of undergraduate social welfare workers in fourteen of the Southern states an attempt was made to arrive at a better understanding of just what the baccalaureate level social worker was to be. The definition was needed both for setting college curriculum objectives and for…

This vocational education curriculum guide for educable mentally handicapped high school students, an outgrowth of a Mississippi state research project, was developed by a professor from the University of Southern Mississippi's Department of Special Education to be field-tested, revised, and expanded. Under the general competencies of psychomotor…

The University of Chicago's Teacher Training Conference provided for an examination of opinion and research from the field of adult basic education; practice in skill development and application; an experience of an urban community; and encounters which centered on personal, political, and educational ideology. This report describes the planning…

A guide for infusing global perspectives on communication into the elementary social studies curriculum is designed to be used selectively by teachers. The four major objectives are to help students: (1) understand how the world's system can influence the individual's life; (2) recognize different viewpoints; (3) develop an ability to make…

The scientific community needs to reappraise its actions and become concerned with the real world problems that threaten existence in society. These include world poverty, starvation, and declining quality of life. Geographers need to develop greater concern resulting in evaluating their research, curricula, educational goals and course content in…

This book details how Harvard Medical School (Massachusetts) overcame prevailing educational inertia and developed a curriculum and educational program consistent with preparing students to practice medicine in the 21st century. The New Pathway in General Medical Education program emphasizes both acquiring current knowledge and developing learning…

This document provides guidelines to school districts, BOCES, and teacher training institutions regarding technology-related skills that Colorado teachers, school library media specialists and other certified staff should have in order to meet the ever changing needs of Colorado's learners. The document is the result of deliberations by a working…

Asserts that visual arts education contributes to a more profound understanding and appreciation of civilization. Maintains that art criticism offers teachers an opportunity to interact with students about their personal reactions to art and to involve them in critical thinking. (CFR)