The objective of the Central Atlantic Regional Educational Laboratory (CAREL) visual arts program was to develop a curriculum that would increase children's visual knowledge of artists and art work, develop their visual sensitivity and perceptual ability, and encourage creative production and perception of art work. Workshops were conducted to…

Addressed to future teachers, this treatment of the junior high school years contains records of teachers presently in the field. Chapter 1 summarizes the characteristics of disadvantaged youth. Chapter 2 deals with the problems of establishing rapport, motivation, and discipline. Chapter 3 focuses on diagnosing the students' needs and readiness.…

The general plan of a teaching activity is described in terms of specificity, component composition, and techniques of preparing such plans. Recommendations for writing behavioral and instructional objectives for the mentally retarded are outlined, and writing exercises are presented for practice by the teacher in implementing these…

The present project provided for the development of a detailed quantitative curriculum appropriate for use in Head Start classes, trial of the developed materials with preschool children in Hawaii, and preliminary assessment of the curriculum in comparison with a more spontaneous, informal quantitative classroom experience. Directions for tasks…

TESOL instruction has made some progress over traditional forms of education in meeting the needs of bilingual students. However, there is a danger that in the defense of orthodox concepts and methods, the actual needs of the students will not be met, and guidance from the new directions in linguistics, psychology, anthropology, and education will…

According to Wellesley A. Foshay, in order to achieve a humane curriculum subject matter and each experience must be responsive to the human condition in the context of all pedagogical intentions of the teacher. Six classes of experience--intellectual, emotional, social, physical, aesthetic, and spiritual--make up the human existence. Teachers may…

This textbook, which focuses on teaching health at the middle and secondary school levels, is a source book for curriculum development designed to help teachers organize major health topics. Chapter one discusses new directions in health education, including ecology, population control, and the national economy. Chapter two discusses the secondary…

The purpose of this curriculum guide is to help the kindergarten teacher in his endeavor to fulfill his teaching responsibilities. Space is provided for teachers' additions, deletions, notes and criticisms which will be useful when the guide is revised. The guide is sectioned according to subject matter (English, math, science, and social…

Interdisciplinary functioning in the graduate education of mental health professionals is the focus of this paper. A step-by-step approach to curriculum development through the use of an interdisciplinary model is provided. The reader is guided through the steps of identification of philosophy, methodologies of instruction, program goals, content…

This document, the first of three volumes, summarizes and describes how behavioral science in health care has developed in response to recent trends in medical education and health care in the U.S. and presents the policy recommendations of an interdisciplinary study committee. Summary reports concern: health care and medical education,…

The 30th annual American Industrial Arts Association (AIAA) Convention was held in Minneapolis in 1968. Topics for the AIAA general session addresses were: (1) "A Fresh Look at Industrial Arts," (2) "New Curricular Concepts," (3) "Making Education Relevant," (4) "Industrial Arts in an Educational System for the Seventies," (5) "New Concepts in…

Three types of instruction were used in the Ohio Module Project: traditional classes, programmed learning centers, and home instruction. Four major objectives of the project are: (1) to determine the kind of training program necessary to prepare paraprofessionals to operate an instructional program utilizing programmed materials, (2) to compare…

The Process Oriented Interactive Learning System postulated in this paper starts with the generation of a set of process objectives for children which are based on the principles of development - intellectual and social - and related to the substance of the basic goals which society holds for education: reading, language, number, independence, and…

In a controlled experiment, the IIEP attempted to develop efficient teaching materials in the field of educational planning. Informal instructional materials were compiled from the tape recordings, transcriptions, and summary notes of seminars, lectures, and discussions conducted by the IIEP in its training and research program. This instructional…

Questions of identity, and the encounter with the draft, are central issues for teenagers, and secondary schools should be capitalizing upon such concerns to facilitate the general education and development of their students. The relationship between each student and the biggest problem of our times--war and peace--should be a thoroughly…