Article summarises preliminary observations resulting from the introduction of microteaching techniques into a basic course in audiovisual aids at Didsbury College of Education. (Author)

The module deals mainly with some of the service problems experienced by consumers, examines the causes of some problems, and suggests some solutions, attempting to present the standpoint of the producer as well as the buyer and user. The module may be presented as a semester or part semester course. Organized by expected student understandings,…

The guide is designed to give Texas school personnel detailed suggestions for developing career awareness beginning with kindergarten and continuing through grade 6. The document opens with a rationale for career education and lists career concepts and objectives. The responsibilities of the elementary school principal and teacher in integrating…

Developed for senior high school social studies classes, this Alberta (Canada) curriculum guide provides: (1) a social studies program rationale and philosophy; (2) social studies education's goals and objectives; (3) a general statement of the content and time allotment of required and elective social studies courses; and (4) evaluation…

The career education curriculum guide for grades 9-12 contains activities that can be integrated with existing curricula. Career education activities are organized under the headings of goals, objectives, materials, procedures, anticipated results, and evaluation within the subject areas of art, business, consumer education, distributive…

The four teacher's guides, emphasizing career education and its infusion into existing curriculum, are for the following units of instruction and suggested grade levels: entering the world of work, 5-12; making money with a classroom store, 8-12; meteorologist/radio station, 9; and banking, 9-10. Each unit is organized under several strategies and…

The 12 teacher's guides, emphasizing career education and its infusion into existing curriculum, are for the following units of instruction and suggested grade levels: the department store, K-2; the airport, K-3; measurement and its relationship to baking, K-3; people behind the scenes at school, K-3; books, 1-3; can I be a scientist?, 3-5;…

The extrication course is part of a planned program of courses designed to upgrade the training of ambulance attendants in life-saving and life-sustaining techniques. Contents include objectives and scope; a course outline; comments on instructors, students, class size, training facilities; and wrecked vehicle sources, safety precautions, and…

The carpentry curriculum guide was developed as a basic guide to be used by instructors in formulating their own courses of study. The material is designed for use in vocational carpentry classes at grade levels 10, 11, and 12. Planned as a two-year sequence, it incorporates 1080 class hours of instruction and emphasizes light or residential type…

Designed to challenge the special abilities of musically talented and gifted elementary level students, this Gateways music curriculum guide presents enrichment programs that enhance, rather than supplant, the regular music program. Part 1 describes this program's philosophy, which is based upon Joseph Renzulli's Enrichment Triad Model which…

The six teacher's guides, emphasizing career education and its infusion into existing curriculum, are for the following units of instruction and suggested grade levels: go metrics, 5-7; where does all our money go?, 6-7; let's go--travel, 6-8; life style and the Hudson River Valley, 7; economic awareness, 8; and the rise of American business, 8.…

This two-part manual for college teachers of education is designed to provide information about individualized instruction along with resources for teaching a unit on it. Part 1, a general introduction to individualized instruction in teacher education, contains discussion of background historical development in the area of independent study;…

Five resource units constitute the Kindergarten level of the Project Social Studies curriculum. The five units, on the theme of earth as the home of man, are preceded by a grid showing the concepts, generalizations, sequential development of skills, and attitudes appropriate to each unit. All the units follow a similar format, consisting of an…

The Project Social Studies Curriculum Center at the University of Minnesota developed this teacher's guide for an eighth grade course on Our Political System. The course, part of an articulated curriculum for grades K-12, draws heavily upon political science while using concepts from other social sciences. The emphasis is on decision-making at the…

This guide is a sampler of ideas and activities based on 22 minimum objectives in speech, reading, writing, and research that have been identified for American literature study. Many of the activities involve an integration of several skills that are cross-referenced to other skills in the margins of the guide. A separate section on research…