The booklet presents goals and activities to help practitioners of nonformal education design workshops for developing nations. Major objectives are to help nonformal educational practitioners become more sensitive to the needs of learners and to develop techniques for dealing cooperatively with people in other cultures. The document is presented…

A project was conducted to design and implement an educational delivery system that incorporated both assessment and instructional services for adult basic education (ABE) exceptional learners in an urban adult learning center in New Jersey. Two areas were considered of priority in developing the project design: the development of an assessment…

This curriculum guide for Levels I and II home economics teachers in New York State provides guidelines for developing instructional program content for grades 5-8. An introductory section describes the design of the homemaking-family living curriculum; presents procedures for utilizing modules in planning instruction with an example of plans for…

Sixteen award-winning teacher-developed programs, projects, courses, and materials in economics education are presented. The projects are designed for use in primary, intermediate, junior high, and senior high schools and are organized into four chapters. Chapter I suggests ways to teach economic concepts in grades K-3. Projects include an auction…

The curriculum guide presents a working draft of the sixth grade component of a K-6 social studies program using the expanding environments approach which was developed by the Allegany County Board of Education in Maryland. The overall objective is to help teachers assist their students in gaining the understanding needed to deal with the problems…

Teaching techniques for motivating students to acquire a second language are discussed. The methodology must be suited to the aptitudes, interests, and personalities of learners and teachers. Objectives must relate to the student population, linguistic performance, and communicative competence. Crucial to motivation are the techniques of…

Based on the premise that familiarity with art forms of other cultures can broaden students' cultural understandings, the teaching guide presents instructions for creating two West African art forms--batik and tie-dye. The unit is intended as the basis of a three and one-half week minicourse for students in art courses in grades eight and nine.…

A two week unit on the cycle of life in the African family for secondary school students is presented. General objectives are to help students value and respect marriage and the family as basic constituents of all human cultures; to create cultural awareness; to identify aspects of traditional family life which may serve as models for social…

The purpose of this handbook is to help vocational educators and others provide appropriate vocational education for handicapped students through the modification of vocational programs. (A companion user's guide and an annotated bibliography are also available--see Note.) Possible uses include vocational instruction, administration, interagency…

ARTICULATION PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY A 3-YEAR STUDY OF STUDENTS WHO HAD BEGUN THEIR LANGUAGE STUDY IN AN ARIZONA HIGH SCHOOL AND CONTINUED THE STUDY OF THE SAME LANGUAGE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA. PROBLEMS INCLUDE AN ADMINISTRATION POLICY WHICH PERMITS MOST UNIVERSITY STUDENTS TO REPEAT LANGUAGE STUDY AT THEIR OWN DISCRETION, POOR HIGH…

THE HISTORY OF SMALL SCHOOLS REVEALS THAT EVEN AFTER MASSIVE REDISTRICTING IN THE 1950'S THERE WERE OVER 5000 SMALL HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES WHICH COULD NOT BE REDISTRICTED. MOST OF THESE SCHOOLS WERE FINANCIALLY UNABLE TO PUT MORE MONEY INTO THEIR PROGRAMS, AND AS A RESULT MANY BECAME INVOLVED IN PROJECTS (10 ARE DESCRIBED HERE) WHICH…

COMPILED AS AN IDEA AND INFORMATION GUIDE FOR TEACHERS OF ADULT BASIC EDUCATION, THIS DOCUMENT INCLUDES DETAILED TEACHING OBJECTIVES, METHODS, AND MATERIALS (FILMS, FILMSTRIPS, BOOKS, TRANSPARENCIES). THE COURSE INCLUDES (1) READING AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS--PHONICS, VOCABULARY, REFERENCE, AND SO ON, (2) SOCIAL STUDIES--GOVERNMENT, GEOGRAPHY,…

INTENDED FOR PARENTS AND CLASSROOM TEACHERS, THE BOOK TRANSLATES THE OFTEN TECHNICAL PROFESSIONAL LITERATURE WHICH ALREADY EXISTS CONCERNING CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DISORDERS. DYSLEXIA (THE LACK OF ABILITY OR INABILITY TO READ) IS DISCUSSED, AND TWO CASE STUDIES ARE PROVIDED. MINIMAL BRAIN DYSFUNCTION AND THE RANGE OF ITS TERMINOLOGY AND SYMPTOMS…

PERIODICALS, BOOKS, PAPERS, DISSERTATIONS, AND RESEARCH REPORTS FROM 1954 TO 1966 WERE REVIEWED IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH A BASE FOR CURRENT RESEARCH. THE TOPICS REPORTED ON ARE (1) PHILOSOPHY AND OBJECTIVES, (2) MANPOWER NEEDS AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, (3) CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, (4) EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, (5) INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND DEVICES,…

DISSERTATIONS, THESES, STAFF STUDIES, PERSONAL RESEARCH, PERIODICAL ARTICLES, YEARBOOKS, AND SPEECHES FROM 1960 TO 1966 ARE REVIEWED. TOPICS DISCUSSED ARE (1) PHILOSOPHY AND OBJECTIVES, (2) CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, (3) INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND DEVICES, (4) LEARNING PROCESSES AND TEACHING METHODS, (5) STUDENT PERSONNEL SERVICES, (6) FACILITIES…