Paper presented at Symposium on Research and Utilization of Educational Media for Teaching the Deaf (Lincoln, Nebraska, March, 1971m. (CB)

The major purpose of the center has been to improve the quality of instruction in the participating schools by providing in-service training to teachers in the use of instructional materials and equipment. At the onset, four global objectives were established to a) integrate more media (i.e., filmstrips, books, slides) into the teaching…

Arguments are presented for curriculum materials development to be treated as a separate entity from departments of agricultural teacher education. Reasons given for a separate curriculum laboratory include priority given to materials development, economy and efficiency of production, and improved cooperation between teacher educators, state…

Here are some tips on how to make your school's media center an integral part of the school program. (Editor)

Local production, particularly the do-it-yourself vaiety, should be approached from the point of view of a purposeful development process. Such a process has been implemented in the Curriculum Laboratories of the Detroit Public Schools and is outlined in the article. (Author)

An argument is presented for locating instructional materials development units in university departments of agricultural teacher education. Reasons given include the expertise in research, writing, and evaluation existing in those departments. (JH)

Following a statement of the problem of putting aging education in the elementary secondary curriculum, and a review of the relevant literature, a model for developing a curriculum on aging is presented. An overview of the 3-year project, developed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana schools for grades K-12, is offered, including activities and yearly…

Here's an example of how an instructional materials center can provide leadership in the development of curriculum materials for occupational home economics. (Editor)

This proposal for the use of various media materials available in school classrooms and media centers provides guidelines for utilizing the materials throughout the school. A second part of the document deals with the selection of instructional materials at the state and local levels. Included is a copy of a letter to superintendents on revised…

The materials included in this document supporting library instruction are divided into two chapters. The first chapter contains bibliographies of instructional materials, professional periodicals, general reference tools, and religious reference tools. Throughout the bibliographies, the approximate cost of the materials is indicated by dollar…

The Teaching Methods and Materials Centre of the University of Papua and New Guinea had four main objectives for 1973: (1) the collection of teaching and learning materials, (2) teacher and inservice education, (3) provision of information services for students and faculty at the university, and (4) research and curriculum development. Details are…

The main objectives of the institute program were to develop in the participants: (1) Knowledge about curriculum changes and emphases, and the impact of educational innovations on the library program, (2) An understanding of the broad field of learning resources that relate to an ever-changing curriculum. (3) Knowledge and skills concerned with…