This booklet introduces elementary school teachers to the methodology, climate, aims, and objectives necessary for the teaching of philosophical thinking to grade schoolers. The methodology casts the teacher as a facilitator whose primary task is stimulating children to reason about their own problems. The discussion process with hints and guides…

That being a self involves being different is the unique focus of the teacher's guide. The learning experiences, developed for use at the grade 1 level, are designed to make each student aware of himself through a variety of activities that point out what is uniquely his: his physical makeup, his family, his friends, his interests, and his school.…

In many areas of higher education there is a growing trend away from the traditional demonstration-lecture-discussion format of instruction toward a participative, experiential approach to teaching. This is particularly evident in the field of psychology. In conducting an undergraduate course in the psychology of personal adjustment, if one views…

The Future Farmers of America (FFA) have been devoting a great deal of effort to identifying in performance terms the competencies related to personal development. This leaflet was written for vocational agriculture teachers, to provide a systematic approach to personal development through relevant FFA activities. Performance objectives are…

The main focus of this secondary-level psychology course is that of enhancing student interest in and understanding of psychological concepts, principles, and hypotheses through exploration of their relationship to current and arresting topics and problems, including problems of individual development and interpersonal relations. The curriculum…

A practical approach to using bibliotherapy in the classroom is presented in this manual. Among the materials included are discussions of definitions and dynamics of bibliotherapy, qualifications of a bibliotherapist, objectives and benefits of bibliotherapy, values of individual and group bibliotherapy, and basic human needs; suggestions for…

This instructor's training guide for the Job Corps four-unit World of Work curriculum contains instructional units and teaching methods for the program, which is designed to provide corps members with the opportunity to learn the skills and behaviors necessary for getting and keeping a job. The four units in the guide and their respective contents…

Study skills are comprised of both reading and thinking skills, and they can be classified as receptive, reflective, or expressive abilities. The objective of teaching study skills is to enable young people to study efficiently and independently in a variety of learning activities. The approaches to teaching study skills that are discussed in this…

One of nine products developed for a comprehensive program (kindergarten through university level) of vocational education for career development in Florida, this activities manual for elementary school counselors, teachers, and other users contains six federal career education objectives broken down into sub-federal objectives. These six federal…

This curriculum guide for seventh-grade teachers contains values-based classroom lessons which are intended to assist students in the development of (1) a positive self-concept, (2) rational thinking processes, (3) inter- and intrapersonal skills necessary for individual and group effectiveness, and (4) a personal and societal value system.…

Volume 1 of the six-volume articulated elementary education career guide deals with the self-awareness level of career awareness and aims at developing student self-identity. The lessons in the volume are divided and color-coded by grade level (early childhood, primary levels one, two, and three, and intermediate levels one, two, and three…

Volume 5 of the six-volume articulated elementary education career guide deals with the appreciation--attitudes, decision making, educational awareness, and employability levels of career awareness and aims at developing student social self-fulfillment, career decisions, educational identity, and career placement. The lessons in the volume are…

Classroom activities for directing student inquiry into the role of the individual in the future are provided in this text. Activities are presented within a framework of respect for and understanding of the past and the present. A matrix for the study of the individual as a whole person is presented. The matrix is devised along the present, past,…

The handbook contains curriculum objectives, suggests directed activities for the United States Dependent Schools in the European Area (USDESEA) Cooperative Work Experience Program, and provides information and guidance for instructor/coordinators and supporting staff. Designed chiefly for small group instruction, the activities can also be…

The guide is part of a set of materials designed to provide educators with activities infusing career education concepts into existing curriculum on the K-6 grade level. The first section provides a perspective of career education, and the second contains detailed methods and procedures necessary for the implementation of the underlying concept…