This learning package is a conservative approach to pupil-teacher planning, the purpose of which is to enable teachers to use this type of planning with students. The package is divided into four tasks. Task 1 states that most students don't realize what it is they should be trying to learn and consequently are not as likely to learn it. It…

The teaching techniques outlined in this student-centered curriculum guide, provided by the Darien Public Schools, Connecticut, are intended for use by language arts instructors at the kindergarten through sixth-grade levels. The major goals of the curriculum are to foster clear thinking and sound judgment, to encourage awareness of the world, and…

This curriculum was designed for a beginning speech course using the individualized instruction approach. The orientation chapter discusses the approach rationale, the characteristics of individualized instruction, structure, materials, grading, procedures, and course mechanics. Five units have been developed, each focusing on a different aspect…

This curriculum guide presents a plan to implement an environmental education program. The main objective of the program is to develop environmental literacy including skills of inquiry, problem solving, managing, and communication, knowledge of environmental interrelationships, and positive attitudes and values toward environmental problems and…

This report begins with a brief historical sketch of the origins of the mathematics curriculum and the responsiveness of mathematics curriculum to the demands of society. The current North Carolina mathematics curriculum is then described and evaluated. A "strands" approach to the development of curriculum and a framework for planning are then…

A 3-year Literacy/English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) program is described that was established in 1988 to improve access to literacy for Rhode Island's adult non-native speakers of English. In this handbook, the two literacy facilitators associated with the program explore issues significant to a more learner-centered practice of addressing the…

This booklet presents ideas for structuring the learning environment of early childhood classes based on the Tucson Early Education Model (TEEM). The goal of the TEEM approach is to help all children develop the desire and the capacity to learn for themselves. TEEM emphasizes the use of learning centers and guided individual selection and pacing…

In the first part of this handbook, designed especially for the highly transient student in a county jail or prison, sociological and psychological factors central to education within the prison environment are discussed. Such issues as optimum scheduling of class time, the employment of tutor and peer help, the utility and appropriateness of…

The guide is a compilation of the student's book and supplementary information in the form of "helper notes" placed next to the appropriate student material. Features of the book include previews and reviews, student activities, and summarizing cartoon illustrations helpful to nonreaders. Based on the phases of learning--exploration,…

This collection of personal essays relates elementary classroom experiences representative of curriculum themes in open education. Essays are concerned with such topics as: (1) the question of what is the curriculum of the open classroom; (2) development of a curriculum on a medieval theme in a fourth-fifth grade class; (3) study of prehistoric…

This paper describes a curriculum that attempts to provide counselor trainees with the necessary abilities to improve their counseling after they leave the learning environment and enter the world of work. These efforts come through training in self-control techniques during a counselor education masters program. A first course exposes trainees to…

This curriculum guide suggests ways for teachers to provide students with learning experiences which develop communication skills and facilitate the learning of language concepts. The guide, whose design is process oriented and student centered, can be used as a basis for developing an individual language arts program for every student. Eight…

This alcohol curriculum guide was designed to assist school personnel to more effectively combat the alcohol problem through education as a primary prevention vehicle. "Practice experiences" comprise the most important components of the elementary health education curriculum for decision making. There are units with separate sections at…

After examining major concerns that have been developing in many schools and communities with regard to elective English programs, this paper notes the need for a "second generation" of English programs that will incorporate the successful features of electives yet will seek solutions to the obvious problems. It outlines a model curriculum based…

This student centered curriculum guide stresses learning activities. The first section offers a brief course description of the seventh grade, eighth grade, and ninth grade language arts programs. The second section describes in detail the skills objectives and activities for: written communication, oral communication, grammar, spelling,…