Argues that a Pan-African educational system has the task of nurturing the child's own self, while at the same time instilling a sense of the collective: this approach is based upon the assumption that children who are self-confident, and who have a sense of themselves as creative people, possess an inherent will to grow and to discover.…

Literature-dominated foreign language courses, and their failure to develop cross-cultural understanding, are discussed. Changes in language syllabuses to include other aspects of the foreign culture are suggested. (RM)

Based on the premise that world history courses should stress general educational goals, Fenton examines his curriculum package which focuses on six major objectives: developing positive attitudes, self esteem, learning and inquiry skills, acquiring knowledge, and valuing. (JR)

Intended to assist Ohio music teachers in long-range instructional planning, this publication is a comprehensive guide for curriculum development for all levels and types of music instruction. It can be used by educators in other states as well. The guide is comprised of an introduction and five chapters. The introduction expresses the purpose of…

This report discusses some of the activities of the Iowa Problem-Solving Project (IPSP). The document has three main sections: (1) Materials Development, where IPSP teaching materials and test development are discussed; (2) Summative Evaluation of Materials, presenting the procedures, results, and findings of the 1978-79 evaluations; and (3)…

NINTH GRADE STUDENTS REFUSED TO READ THEIR LITERATURE ASSIGNMENTS BECAUSE THEY CONSIDERED THEM TO BE "PHONEY." AFTER CONVERSATIONS WITH TEACHER, THE CHILDREN ESTABLISHED SOME LITERARY CRITERIA--"PHONINESS" REFERRED TO ONE-DIMENSIONAL CHARACTERS, UNBELIEVABLE SITUATIONS AND DIALOGUE. THE CHILDREN WERE PERMITTED TO EVALUATE NEW…

THE FORD FOUNDATION PROJECTS INCLUDE--THE PREPARATION OF READING MATERIALS FOR NONENGLISH SPEAKING BILINGUAL PUPILS ENTERING THE FIRST GRADE, THE REVISION OF "FRIES AMERICAN ENGLISH SERIES" FOR NONENGLISH SPEAKING BILINGUAL PUPILS WHO CAN READ AND WRITE IN THEIR OWN VERNACULAR, THE PREPARATION OF AUDIOVISUAL MATERIAL FOR BILINGUAL…

THE STEPS NECESSARY IN ESTABLISHING AN ADVANCED PLACEMENT PROGRAM IN LATIN ARE DISCUSSED IN THIS BULLETIN FOR TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS. GUIDELINES ARE SUGGESTED FOR SELECTING STUDENTS, ASSIGNING TEACHERS, DESIGNING THE COURSE, ADMINISTERING THE PROGRAM, AND DEVELOPING METHODOLOGY FOR IMPROVING STUDENTS' LANGUAGE SKILLS AND TEACHING LITERATURE.…

THE STEPS NECESSARY IN ESTABLISHING AN ADVANCED PLACEMENT PROGRAM IN GERMAN ARE DISCUSSED IN THIS BULLETIN FOR TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS. THE COURSE DESCRIBED IS AN ALTERNATE FOR THE REGULAR 6TH-YEAR COURSE OFFERED IN THE 12TH GRADE. GUIDELINES ARE SUGGESTED FOR SELECTING STUDENTS, ASSIGNING TEACHERS, DESIGNING THE COURSE, ADMINISTERING THE…

The paper offers recommendations for an ethnic studies curriculum at the elementary school level which would be interdisciplinary in nature and integrate the basic skills of reading, writing, and critical thinking. In the social studies, for example, concepts of cultural diversity and universality can be presented in simple form in the early…

This report describes the development of a complete set of curriculum materials that uses the Teams-Games-Tournament (TGT) instructional process for elementary language arts instruction for grades four through six. The TGT instructional process is a cooperative group-teaching method that requires materials to be objective based and presented in…

This paper forucses on the problems and challenges facing the American teacher working in Europe. The discussion is divided into 16 main topics: (1) the limited teaching opportunities in Europe, (2) standardized procedures for employment, (3) the teaching contract, (4) assignment at different levels, (5) teaching benefits, (6) daily changes in the…

Applying the principles of American Pragmatism to college composition offers a solution to the general problems of program design, syllabi development, instructional effectiveness, and student behavior modification. American Pragmatism involves the classic problems of meaning and knowledge. These problems stem from the linguistic possibility of…

Part of an Office of Education three-year project on metric education, the position paper is intended to alert and prepare teachers, curriculum developers, and administrators in vocational, technical, and adult education to the change over to the metric system. The five chapters cover issues in metric education, what the metric system is all…