Which programmatic principles of community engagement have a higher potential to irritate the beliefs that college students hold regarding their own power, privilege, understanding of social justice? This study takes a qualitative approach to the exploration of three groups of students representing curricular community engagement, co-curricular…

The character Education Project of San Antonio, Texas is producing a curriculum for character development beginning at age three and extending into adulthood. The materials, seen as closely related to the counseling program, are being given extensive field testing in several areas of the country. (Author)

This study tested the reliability and factorial validity of the Purposes for Engaging in Physical Activity Scale (PEPAS). The instrument is designed to measure motivational factors for the purpose of curricular decision making and curriculum research. (JD)

Chapter 9 in Life Skills in School and Society.

A preliminary report on an educational program "Inside/Out", dealing with life-coping skills is presented. In Part I, life-coping skills are defined as the affective, cognitive, and psychomotor skills useful for dealing with life's problems and whose continuing acquisition promotes individual growth. An historical perspective reviews the…

Topics of personal relevance to students can be used as a foundation for foreign language acquisition and become part of the developmental process of the learner. An example of a German unit of study incorporating interpersonal development is described. (CB)

This curriculum guide supplements the Alabama "Health Education Course of Study," which offers a comprehensive planned sequential curriculum for grades K-12. The largest section of the guide consists of classroom activities which are tied to specific student outcomes. A list of materials needed to carry out the activities is provided.…

The program planning guide was developed as a special project to help teachers in presenting a 1-year consumer and homemaking education curriculum at the seventh or eighth grade level. The units are presented under four headings: Personal Relationships, Personal Environment, Personal Development, and Personal Health. The units can be taught in any…

This publication was prepared to assist schools in developing curriculum to help children solve complex social problems and achieve their highest potential as human beings in a world society. A major objective is to provide students with competencies and skills necessary to cope with the interpersonal relationships and stresses faced by…

This document is one of three volumes (CE 018 032 and ED 143 814) which contain career education instructional units developed by college teachers to be infused in university-level courses. (See CE 018 030 for the report of inservice and curriculum development activities.) Chapter 1 of this document discusses the role of career education in higher…