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Brehm, Shirley A. – 1969
The many resources for learning that exist beyond the confines of the classroom provide outstanding opportunities to extend learning for students. The major purpose of this book is to help teachers use these resources. The book is not a series of recipes for taking field trips but is an aid to planning. For a teacher inexperienced in the…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Evaluation, Field Trips, Human Resources
Minnesota Environmental Sciences Foundation, Inc., Minneapolis. – 1974
This booklet contains the final report of an environmental education project designed to make use of the local community as an environmental learning resource. This three year program was developed by the Minnesota Environmental Science Foundation, Inc. in conjunction with three local school systems. The booklet is divided into five major…
Descriptors: Community, Community Resources, Conservation Education, Educational Facilities
Osborn, Nancy A. – 1994
This booklet is one in a series of resource manuals to help teacher educators conduct environmental education (EE) teacher workshops or promote EE programs. This unit is for teacher workshop facilitators who want to help use community resources in EE. The introduction begins with the definition of community resources. The unit is presented in six…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education
Calhoun, Olivia H. – 1972
To help teachers make effective use of ten curriculum guides in career education for the seventh and eighth grade levels, the manual comments upon several topics: the career development philosophy, the basic ingredients of the D.C. program, the roles of the classroom teacher and the guidance counselor in the program, and the setting for the…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Education, Class Activities, Community Resources
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Chiodo, John J. – Social Education, 1984
Background information and ideas to help K-12 social studies teachers teach about local government are provided in this guide. Activities that involve the study of local governments may be a means by which positive attitudes and skills for citizenship education can be developed. Such activities can give students first-hand experience with the…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Class Activities, Community Involvement, Community Resources
Northwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR. – 1975
This handbook includes information, ideas, and methods to help the teacher effectively use community resources in career education and focuses on relationships between curriculum subject areas and careers. Two major sections are included. The first section is a discussion of the role of community resources in career education, covering goals of…
Descriptors: Career Education, Community Cooperation, Community Involvement, Community Resources
Fantini, Alvino E., Ed.; And Others – 1984
This guide explores three ways for teachers to increase speech and culture samples in the foreign language classroom: using foreign exchange students, using U.S. students returning from overseas experience, and identifying and using community resources. The guide includes six chapters, which cover the following topics: the value of bringing in…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Community Resources, Cultural Awareness
Tucker, Dorothy
The guide is intended to help teachers teach mentally handicapped children who have been mainstreamed into preschool, nursery school, or first grade public school classes. Part 1 answers frequently asked questions regarding the definition of mental retardation, realistic expectations, emotional needs, discipline, and teaching approaches. Part 2…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cognitive Development, Communication Skills, Community Resources
Institute for Political/Legal Education, Sewall, NJ. – 1978
Two guides are presented for the development and teaching of political/legal education based on a model designed by the Institute for Political and Legal Education (IPLE) in New Jersey. IPLE has developed curriculum materials and community study projects to instruct secondary students in the political, governmental, and legal processes. One part…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Resources, Decision Making Skills, Elementary Secondary Education
Gruber, Samuel C. – 1997
This document contains information from and about Project AchievE (sic), a program that was developed in Pennsylvania's Cumberland Valley School District to enable adults with or without a General Educational Development certificate to earn a regular high school diploma by mastering competencies in the following categories: government and law;…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Basic Skills
Women's Center of Dallas, TX. – 1980
This document is a guidebook for counselors working with Black and Hispanic American women, women reentering the workforce, and underemployed/career-changing women. The material contains workshop designs, activities, checklists, readings, techniques for recruiting women, and other community outreach suggestions. Topics covered included evaluation,…
Descriptors: Blacks, Career Change, Career Choice, Career Guidance