Study consisted of a six-item questionnaire sent to 155 district school superintendents, to advise Montana's secondary program planners of the availability and nationwide popularity of high school aerospace education offerings and to solicit input concerning interest in on-site capability of supporting a one and two semester aerospace elective in…

A program called OM (originally titled Olympics of the Mind), aimed at encouraging creativity in gifted and talented students via the industrial arts curriculum, is examined. Creative problem solving is discussed and examples of problems and format are included. Program effectiveness and public relations are described in detail. (CT)

This report and associated materials describe a project to develop and deliver a self-directed transition planning curriculum for high school students with and without disabilities. The NEXT S.T.E.P. (Student Transition & Educational Planning) curriculum was field tested with 300 teachers and 5,000 students in several states. Activities and…

The organization, instruction, and effect of Holocaust instruction at the secondary level in four public school districts--Brookline, Massachusetts; Great Neck, New York; New York City; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania--are investigated. The report consists of five chapters. Chapter 1, on the methodology, discusses how the data were collected…

Examines the degree to which high schools in the United States have integrated third world topics into their curricula. Topics discussed include curriculum patterns, course offerings, enrollment trends, attitudes of students and teachers, barriers to increased emphasis on the third world in secondary schools, and prognosis for development of third…

The author explores where the education system of England and Wales stands on three topics: the place and nature of vocational studies in the secondary school curriculum; the need for development work in methods, curricula, and examinations in further education; and the philosophical question of the relationship between liberal education and…

To facilitate local vocational curriculum evaluation and student job placement, a project was conducted to develop procedures that at a minimal yearly cost would appropriate the basic ideas of the V-TECS (Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States) catalogs. Focus was on the creation and maintenance of a catalog of job entry skills and…

Symposium participants met to develop guidelines for developing curriculum for the area of business and office education, K through adult. The session reports are presented in outline form according to topic definition, problem areas, and recommendations. Topics discussed include: organizational patterns in the business and office education…

Project SEISMIC (Sex Equity in Schools: Modules in Careers) grew out of a federal mandate to the New York State Educational Department to reduce sex bias in its educational system. Under the project a kit was developed containing four modules for use in staff development, secondary school classrooms, and workshops with the business community.…

A SUMMER PROGRAM FOR TESTING AND EVALUATING MATERIALS DEVELOPED AT THE HAWAII CURRICULUM CENTER WAS CARRIED OUT IN JUNE AND JULY, 1967, AT THE UNIVERSITY LABORATORY SCHOOL IN HONOLULU. THE PRIMARY GRADES LANGUAGE CLASS, USING FIRST-YEAR LANGUAGE MATERIALS WHICH STRESSED AURAL-ORAL SKILLS, READING, AND WRITING, ALSO TRIED OUT NEW METHODS IN…

This document, developed in Pennsylvania, contains guidelines formulated to provide local school districts and vocational/technical schools with step-by-step procedures that will assist in the development and implementation of successful job placement programs. The guide is organized in five chapters. The first chapter introduces the project,…

This final report presents five products of a health occupations project conducted (1) to update health occupations data, (2) to field test a performance-based curriculum in secondary programs, and (3) to develop materials (domain-referenced tests) to predetermine student and/or job incumbent competencies prior to entrance into a developed…

The Instructional Systems Development (ISD) approach for the accomplishment of vocational training programs provides a methodology for gathering and analyzing job information, for developing instructional materials and media, for conducting instruction, and for evaluating and improving the effectiveness of training programs. Included in the ISD…