This study examines physical education (PE) curriculum development in an elementary school. Our goal was to understand the daily construction of a curriculum. We sought to analyse the theoretical and methodological framework and documents that a PE teacher uses each day while putting a curriculum into practice (lived curriculum). The data…

This directory lists 111 curriculum development projects in social studies and social science education at precollege levels. For each entry information is presented concerning the project director, name and address, the purposes of the project, a summary of what the project has done or intends to do, the grade level, the subject area, and the…

This report is intended to focus attention on the fact that disparate forms of English communication all belong to one language and that the principles of rhetoric are central to a unified approach to the teaching of rhetoric. After describing the history of rhetoric and the need for a modern rhetoric-oriented curriculum, it presents course, unit,…

Theoretical background materials for the development of an overall curriculum are presented in this first report for teacher use. Following descriptions concerning the middle years of schooling, current trends of curriculum objectives are discussed in connection with value systems, children's social adjustments, learning theories, and balanced…

Details the process used by two teachers to translate multiple intelligence theory to classroom practice by preparing a transformational health curriculum for first-grade students. (ET)

Many career education programs have been criticized because they concentrate on dispensing information instead of developing competencies. Part of this weakness can be traced to the absence of a rationale derived from the body of literature and research and supported by a knowledge of child growth and development. This project was designed to show…

The American Institutes for Research (AIR) Career Education Curriculum Project for grades K-3 was the first Federally-sponsored career education project to develop a comprehensive career education curriculum broadly available to the public. The 28-month project, carried out in cooperation with nine California school districts, emphasized creating…

The objective of this paper is to bring information about 40 social studies/social science centers and projects up to date as of late spring 1971. This publication differs from the directories and summaries of the projects begun in the late 1960's in that the reports are based on personal interviews between the Social Science Education Consortium…

The purpose of the project was to find ways to bring about the implementation of more career education and occupational information in all levels of education. Specific objectives of this project include: (1) broadening occupational orientation at the elementary and secondary levels, (2) preventing dropouts, (3) developing opportunities for work…

Prepared for an exemplary project in vocational education, this seven-part interim report provides instructional materials useful in career awareness and career orientation programs. Designed specifically for grades one through eight, each part of the multiple volume report includes: (1) general objectives, (2) behavioral objectives, (3) teaching…

This research project examined the potential role of agricultural experiences as a vehicle for meeting the diverse learning needs of rural primary students in developing countries. Volume 1 of the project report represents a literature review that investigated a "new role" for agriculture as a key element for developing rural students'…

EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, INFORMATION DISSEMINATING ACTIVITIES, AND TRAINING IN RESEARCH ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION'S BUREAU OF RESEARCH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF TITLE IV, SECTION 2(D), OF PUBLIC LAW 89-10 ARE DESCRIBED. THE COOPERATIVE RESEARCH ACT, PASSED IN 1954 (AMENDED IN 1966), BECAME OPERATIONAL IN FISCAL YEAR 1957…

Computer-assisted instruction was utilized in seven separate programs at Stanford involving children. In the Brentwood Mathematics program, multivariate data analysis for 73 first graders led to identification of factors affecting performance on mathematical problems. In the reading program for first and fourth graders, progress was made in…

This paper constitutes a report based on a project reported in full in ED 034 322 to develop and test information systems designed for use by elementary school children in studying world cultures and a set of research studies to explore children's thinking about human society and culture. A data bank was built on the category system of the Human…

A research project of environmental learning in children is discussed. Most of the studies conducted during the research involved observation of children aged 3-12, in mapping and free environmental behavior, and in curricular experiments using perceptual surrogates for map-learning and macro-environmental conceptualization in the lower elementary…