A CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION HAS BEEN INSTALLED FOR $15,000 THAT REINFORCES AND EXPANDS THE ENTIRE CURRICULUM. TELEVISION IS USED IN MOST CLASSES ONLY ONCE OR TWICE A MONTH TO RELATE DIRECTLY TO WHAT IS BEING TAUGHT AT THE TIME, AND THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY THAT ALL TEACHING WILL EVENTUALLY BE DONE BY TELEVISION ALONE. THREE QUALIFICATIONS ARE…

THE PROTION OF THE OVERALL GUIDE (FIRST THROUGH THE EIGHTH GRADES) IS DIVIDED INTO SEPARATE SECTIONS FOR THE THIRD AND FOURTH GRADES. INCLUDED IS AN EXPLANATION OF THE GOALS OF THE SOCIAL STUDIES PROGRAM AND AN APPROACH TO TEACHING IT, AN OUTLINE OF THE THIRD- AND FOURTH-GRADE PROGRAMS, GROWTH CHARACTERISTICS OF THE THIRD- AND FOURTH-GRADE PUPILS,…

Over the past decade and a half, states in all regions of the United States have formed Holocaust councils, advisory groups, and other agencies for the purpose of developing educational programs in response to a growing interest in the Holocaust. Some states have called upon educators and Holocaust agencies within the state to develop curricula…

This book provides 29 readings that provide a detailed overview of those elements that might take environmental education from the intuitive to the valid, to a field where there truly is a defensible, substantive structure. Contents include: (1) "Tensions in Environmental Education: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow" (Disinger, John F.); (2) "The…

IN LIGHT OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS DISCUSSED, THE FOLLOWING SUGGESTIONS ARE MADE FOR THE SET-UP OF A MATHEMATICS PROGRAM FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN. IN PRE-SCHOOL, CHILDREN SHOULD BE SUBJECTED TO PERCEPTUAL TRAINING AND CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT RELATIVE TO SPACE, NUMBER, TIME AND RELATED CONCEPTUAL DOMAINS, SINCE THESE LATER BECOME THE…

THE CHILD WITH NO SPEECH HANDICAPS NEEDS TRAINING IF HE IS TO DEVELOP A SPEECH PATTERN WHICH IS AN ASSET RATHER THAN A LIABILITY. THE REGULAR CLASSROOM TEACHING MUST BE PREPARED TO PROVIDE INSTRUCTION IN CORRECT SPEAKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES. THE CURRICULUM SHOULD PROVIDE FOR INSTRUCTION IN THE BASIC ATTITUDES AND…

This volume, the 10th in the "New Thinking in School Science" series published by the Directorate for Scientific Affairs of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, is the outcome of international cooperative work by the Organization to inform teachers on current development and modern views in the teaching of secondary school…

Teachers can enrich the mathematics curriculum by taking examples from our own diverse society and other societies. A multicultural perspective can also be adopted through the study of the history of mathematics, through which students can learn that the foundations of precollege mathematics were laid in Africa and Asia. This bibliography lists 25…

The use of the Remote Associates Test (Mednick & Mednick 1967) is recommended as a way to increase student involvement and enthusiasm in a beginning psychology course. The procedures and results of the test are analyzed as a classroom model for the teacher. (Author/DE)

Designed for business educators desiring to understand their role and responsibility in training students on the subject of metrics, this guide is a compilation of information supplemented by resource lists and discussion of the implications for specific business education courses. An introduction discusses the U.S. government and the metric…

Author suggests that contemporary song lyrics can illustrate the pluralism of male and female relationships. Social themes suggested are positive and negative self-images, submission, dominance, independence, and rebellion. Songs and performers are listed for each theme, and an extensive songbook and women's studies bibliography is provided. (BC)

Presents an annotated list of resource materials useful for developing programs and materials about aging for elementary and secondary students. The list is divided into five categories: curriculum development, films/filmstrips, resource guides, organizations, and children's books. (KC)