THE METHODS, MATERIALS, AND CONTENT FOR A RECOMMENDED EIGHTH GRADE SCIENCE COURSE ARE DESCRIBED. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS INCLUDE DISCUSSIONS OF RECENT TRENDS IN SCIENCE EDUCATION, THE RATIONALE FOR AN EARTH SCIENCE COURSE, AND QUALIFICATIONS NECESSARY FOR TEACHING THE COURSE. THE EARTH SCIENCE COURSE CONTENT IS DIVIDED INTO SEVEN UNITS. THE FOLLOWING…

THE MATERIALS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR TEACHERS WERE DEVELOPED AT A 1961 SUMMER WORKSHOP FOR BUSINESS EDUCATION TEACHERS AND LATER REVIEWED AT CONFERENCES OF BUSINESSMEN AND BUSINESS EDUCATORS. BUSINESS EDUCATION PROVIDES AN APPROPRIATE SETTING IN WHICH TO EXAMINE AND DISCUSS THE APPLICATION OF BASIC ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES. SUGGESTIONS ARE GIVEN FOR…

THE DEBILITATING EFFECTS OF POVERTY AND CULTURAL DEPRIVATION CAN BE ALLEVIATED THROUGH EDUCATION. INCREASE OF ACADEMIC SUCCESS THROUGH CURRICULUM IMPROVEMENT AND REORIENTATION IS SOUGHT. SUGGESTED PRIORITIES ARE--USE AND EVALUATION OF NEW METHODS AND MATERIALS TO BE MADE AVAILABLE, COORDINATION WITH AND ASSISTANCE TO OTHER ACTION PROGRAMS, AND…

A FLEXIBLE PROGRAM INITIATED AT CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL TO DEAL WITH THE ACADEMIC AND HUMAN DETERIORATION OF STUDENTS IS DESCRIBED. A COMPARISON OF THE INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM STUDENTS WITH A MATCHED CONTROL GROUP FROM REGULAR CASES REVEALED THAT THE "CONTROLS" DID NOT IMPROVE AND, IN FACT, OFTEN SHOWED FURTHER DETERIORATION,…

THE DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRAM WAS INITIATED BY GROUPS OF TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS CONCERNED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF EACH CHILD AS A UNIQUE PERSON. TEACHING UNITS WERE NOT RELATED TO GRADE LEVELS, THEREBY ALLOWING FOR TEACHING CONSISTENT WITH GROWTH. THE CHILDREN WERE EXPOSED TO PROGRESSIVELY MORE COMPLICATED EXPERIENCES AND CURRICULUM CONTENT.…

CHEMISTRY PAPERS PUBLISHED IN 1964 IN LEADING SCIENCE TEACHING JOURNALS OF THE WORLD ARE INCLUDED IN THIS UNESCO PUBLICATION. THE PAPERS CONTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN CHEMISTRY TEACHING FOR CHEMISTRY TEACHERS IN UNIVERSITIES, TEACHER PREPARATION INSTITUTES, AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS. THE PAPERS ARE REPRINTS OF THE ORIGINAL JOURNAL…

TEACHER-STUDENT INTERACTIONS WERE STUDIED IN (1) A TRADITIONAL MATHEMATICS PROGRAM, AND (2) A NEW MATHEMATICS PROGRAM BASED ON PROCEDURES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROCESS OF DISCOVERY AND INQUIRY AND THE USE OF SYMBOLIC LOGIC. FORTY CLASSES OF REGULARLY ENROLLED FOURTH-GRADE STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN THE STUDY. DURING OBSERVATIONS OF EACH CLASS, THE…

This volume is intended for use by biology teachers in universities, teacher-training institutions, and secondary schools. It provides a means of international exchange of information on modern content, approaches, curricula, and techniques in the teaching of the biological sciences. Articles included in this volume are listed under three major…

This report of the National Conference on the Humanities includes summaries, with excerpts, of four major addresses--(1) "What the Humanities Programs in Schools Ought to Be" by Harry S. Broudy, (2) "Problems and Advantages of the Culture-Epoch Approach to the Humanities" by John R. Dahl, (3) "Humanities: A Great Ideas Course" by Morris Saxe, and…

Society is questioning the role of law and of legal education. The law curriculum is attacked for being oriented toward subject matter likely to produce retainers, and not to the quality of life for the citizen and consumer. Law teachers are accused of assuming a "hard nosed" stance in their teaching, debunking whatever passions students bring to…

Examined were the cognitive preferences of sixth grade students in relationship both to student involvement in a program utilizing Elementary Science Study Materials and to the teaching strategies employed by the teachers. Two-hundred twenty-six students of eleven teachers, who had taken part in summer workshops to gain experience in using ESS…

Outdoor education is described in this booklet as the current solution to the need for reinforcing abstract learning with concrete experience. Other basic needs met by outdoor education are effective learning, realism in education, environmental literacy, recreative experience, basic concepts, and awareness. Major topics include extending the…

This process model for individualized curriculum design and development is being used to produce extramural, self-instructional courses at the University of Pittsburgh. The model emphasizes curriculum analysis skills, making it particularly suited to complex subjects. It is an individualized, structured-curriculum model incorporating four…

This project was conducted for sixty members of the Paseo High School staff. The general objective for this workshop was to acquaint teachers with the social and psychological context of desegregation and with some approaches to teaching learners in situations of educational disadvantage. The participants met for three hour sessions five times in…

This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of the draft of new elementary school programs in Russian language, arithmetic, and natural history. Elementary Russian courses are regarded as an organic part of the entire course at the eight-year school. Such courses as phonetics and morphology figure in the draft program…