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Ford, Alison; And Others – 1983
The paper examines issues involved in providing instruction to severely handicapped individuals in their natural environments. Factors that influence the arrangements made for instruction in community environments are classified according to student factors (such as chronological age, post-school projections, and unique learning and performance…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Models
Doyle, Charles – NJEA Review, 1982
Knowledge of the student's own community should be part of his or her education. An innovative method of teaching community awareness which incorporates the use of transparencies of teacher-developed maps is described. Detailed suggestions for use of the transparencies are given. (Author/LC)
Descriptors: Community Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Integrated Curriculum, Natural Resources
Basman, Sharon; And Others – TESL Talk, 1975
Describes specific community resources and discusses how they can be used as educational tools. (PMP)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
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Nelson, Murry; Singleton, H. Wells – Social Studies Journal, 1975
The author discusses the use of oral history in social studies classrooms K-12. The validity of oral history and problems to solve are examined; the Native American Oral History Project is described as an example of an oral history teaching technique. For journal availability see SO 504 433. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, Case Studies, Community Resources, Elementary Secondary Education
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Andrews, Gwenyth – History and Social Science Teacher, 1978
A survey of valuable techniques for introducing children to the museum as a learning place. Museums can be helpful when used intelligently by a teacher who integrates tours into the curriculum. Scouting out local resources, developing the subject matter, designing the tour, and planning participatory activities, pretour preparation, and posttour…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Comparative Education, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
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Taylor, Catherine; And Others – History Teacher, 1978
Architecture can be a topic in high school community studies. A program in Boulder, Colorado, is described as a case study. Learning activities include walking tours, library and city archive research, and slide shows. Tips for teachers and an annotated bibliography are included. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Architecture, Community Resources, Community Study, Course Content
Peters, Richard O. – 1991
This paper discusses the importance of using community resources to supplement classroom instruction in the social studies to enhance the students' comprehension of the importance and immediate application of classroom instruction to the real world. Community resources can be used by classroom teachers in all subject areas, and at all grade levels…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Community Schools, Curriculum, Ecology
Hartz, Roger L. – 1983
Project CIRCUIT (Curriculum Improvement Resulting from Creative Utilization of Instructional Two-Way Television), a two-way interactive video and audio system serving the schools of Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, was evaluated in its second year through interviews with teachers, students, administrators, and the project director, and examination…
Descriptors: Administrators, Community Resources, Electronic Equipment, Elementary Secondary Education
Roger Tory Peterson Inst. of Natural History, Inc., Jamestown, NY. – 1991
This document reports on a conference about the use of existing resources to teach nature education to urban children. The conference was organized around the question of how to encourage more positive use of parklands for outdoor nature education. The conference was held in New York City's Central Park and over 80 leaders representing city…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Nature Centers
Townsend, Catherine M., Ed.; McAbee, Patti, Ed. – 1992
These materials are designed to serve as an in-service program for South Carolina teachers interested in using local history and culture in their classrooms. The materials are organized around four different topics, each of which stems from an interview with educators expert in the incorporation of local culture in the classroom. The four topics…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Cultural Education, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education
Peters, Richard – 1994
This paper is a collection of learning activities that can be used by social studies teachers from K-12 to enrich the social studies curriculum. Field trips and excursions are discussed as ways to utilize community resources and resource persons. Community service by various groups is suggested as a way of focusing on participatory citizenship.…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Community Resources, Curriculum Enrichment, Ecology
Little, Judith Warren; Haley, Frances – 1982
The importance of following prescribed principles in the implementation of an effective law-related education (LRE) program is emphasized. Based on research findings that law-related education is a delinquency-prevention technique, the fact sheet lists six prescriptions for providing effective law-related education programs: (1) the use of…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Delinquency Prevention, Educational Principles, Elementary Secondary Education
McKay, Donald J., Ed. – 1977
Presented are 15 papers on topics relevant to Project PRICE (Programing Retarded in Career Education), a project designed to develop a methodology by which school districts can educate school, community, and family personnel to provide more relevant instruction and supportive services to retarded students. The following titles and entries are…
Descriptors: Career Education, Community Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Potential
Georgia State Dept. of Education, Atlanta. Office of Instructional Services. – 1981
The resource manual is designed to help teachers in Georgia provide quality education programs for trainable and severely mentally retarded children. State guidelines are presented for six major topics (sample subtopics in parentheses): definitions; eligibility criteria; due process (referral, individualized education program); program…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Definitions, Due Process, Elementary Secondary Education
Peters, Richard – 1981
A proactive individual can perceive, research, evaluate, and act upon a problem in a manner that is responsible to both himself and to the society. The development of proactive students requires changes in teacher training strategies. Teachers must behave as "directors" and not "dictators" of student learning, and curricula must be changed to…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Citizen Role, Community Resources, Elementary Secondary Education
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