A combination of facts, examples, models, tools, and sources useful in developing and teaching word processing (WP) programs is provided in this guide. Eight sections are included. Sections 1 and 2 present introductory information on WP (e.g., history, five phases of WP, problems occurring in WP offices, factors of people, procedures, and…

Designed for teachers and administrators in Mississippi, the resource guide provides basic information relating to the education of children with specific learning disabilities (SLD). Federal and Mississippi state laws and policies relating to SLD children are explained. A model is presented dealing with instructional aims and learning processes…

Prepared by a committee of eight secondary special education teachers, this curriculum guide is designed for secondary teachers who have specialized training in the area of mental retardation. It provides suggested techniques and resources for planning and implementing programs for a 4-quarter school year that will help the mentally retarded…

This guide is intended to be used as a model to develop Career Education Experiences in a classroom program. It includes eight sample learning modules for the primary grade level (K-3) and another eight for the intermediate grade level (4-6). Each module has three basic parts: instructional information, instructional activities, and culmination or…

This guide describes a model for training teachers in a multi-disciplinary, multi-process approach to environmental education. The model was developed and evaluated over a two-year period. The guide documents experience with the model and points out suggestions for building an inservice program in environmental education that makes use of…

This implementation guide was developed from a project to integrate career education into existing preservice teacher training courses and to prepare students in these courses to serve as career education catalysts in their schools. Integration schematics for core courses in the Secondary Education Teacher Preparation Program at the University of…

Contained in the curriculum planning guide developed by the Chapel Hill Gifted-Handicapped Project are a model, a training sequence, and 17 instructional units for use with preschool gifted children. The model is explained to be based on the hierarchy of cognitive tasks developed by B. Bloom. A worksheet for teachers suggests activities to help…

This teacher-training module examines the role of energy in changing cultural contexts. It is intended to assist the teacher in understanding the nature and uses of various conventional and nonconventional energy resources. Also examined are dimensions of energy policy making, implications of differing means of energy delivery in terms of…

These materials are the result of a summer curriculum development workshop during the summer of 1973. The participants purposely represented several subject disciplines and grade levels to give credence to the philosophy of environmental education as an interdisciplinary study that permeates all areas of the curriculum, kindergarten to grade…

The curriculum guide for Special Education is based on the Career Conscious Individual Career Education Model, designed to create career consciousness in students in all educational levels; to help them develop necessary life competencies, attitudes, and values; to assist them in visualizing possible careers; and to analyze and relate these roles…

A study was done (1) to delineate the parameters of economic education and consumer education and develop a tool (model) which can be used to assess the focus and content of the two fields at the kindergarten through twelfth grade (K-12) levels and (2) to assess the model by comparison with the content of teacher and student resources used in…

A vocational education project was undertaken to (1) design and develop a training package to train teachers and curriculum personnel in the development of instructional systems based on task lists and performance, (2) organize and conduct an institute for training teachers and curriculum personnel in the development of instructional systems based…

Urban agriculture may be defined as those areas of agriculture that are practiced in metropolitan settings, plus knowledge and skills in agricultural subject areas which lead to vocational proficiency and improved quality of life or effective citizenship. Agriculture areas that are especially significant in urban settings include ornamental…

The social studies curriculum guide is based on the Career Conscious Individual Career Education Model, designed to create career consciousness in all students at all educational levels; to help them develop necessary life competencies, attitudes, and values; to assist them in visualizing possible life career roles; and to analyze and relate these…

Designed to offer a developing American Indian Studies program basic lecture topics and source materials, this guide presents a model for both a quarter and year's course (three quarters) in contemporary Indian issues suitable for study at the college level. Major themes for the quarter course are identified as: (1) how the institutional structure…