This guide is a complete directory of nearly 5,000 films available free of cost (except, in most cases for return postage) in the United States. The major portion of the guide lists films alphabetically within each of these categories: accident prevention and safety, aerospace education, agriculture, arts and handwork, business education, clubs…

This report represents the deliberation of two subcommittees of the Youth Service Development Council in England and Wales, and brings up to date the work of the earlier Albemarle Committee. An introductory section reviews the work of this Committee, that 9 years ago gave a chart for action to make the Youth Service a more significant part of the…

An integrated secondary curriculum is outlined in this particular guide for Canadian schools. The grade 11 World Geography course is intended to help students place geographic concepts developed in the first ten years of school into a systematic framework. Here conservation of all resources is an important topic: water resources and pollution,…

A number of problems are identified and questions raised about the usefulness of conventional instruments of educational and psychological measurement in curriculum evaluation and research. Four purposes of curriculum evaluation data are identified: (1) advancement of science, (2) curriculum revision, (3) provision of data for the formulation of…

Given the general recognition that what we do is influenced as much or more by our value commitments as by our factual knowledge, it is ironic that social studies, the area of the curriculum supposedly focused on citizenship education, has paid so little attention to values. There are many reasons for this, but one of them, the author believes, is…

As in most developing countries, education in Kenya is reported to have developed through three broad, overlapping phases: traditional, missionary, and governmental as influenced by the country's geography, climate, population growth, economy, and striving for independence. In the process, long-range educational goals have evolved: 1) to provide…

The unit experiences for the K-12 curriculum guide, including these for grade 5, are outlined in SO 001 139. These units include the study of the culture, history, geography, and economics of regions of the United States. The depth study of Colorado draws relationship between the state, the nation, and the world. The emphasis for both grade 5 and…

This report presents information on length of operation of Section 3 programs, personnel, program components, summer program planning, and problems brought about by funding uncertainty. The information is grouped by region and community type, where applicable, to denote the differences and similarities of the programs in various regions and…

The following papers were presented at the Adult Education Research Conference in Saskatchewan: (1) Three Channel Theory of Communication in Small Groups; (2) Communicating with Low Income People: CSCS Research; (3) Focus on the Future: Futurology for Correctional Education; (4) Using Experimental Design in Educational Research in a Volunteer,…

Previously faced with the problem of curriculum reform, elementary and secondary schools now must deal with the deeper social problems of poverty, racial discrimination, sexism, and relevance. Since the survival of many schools hinges on their adaptability, they will require procedures for studying ways of responding to change and of evaluating…

The Commission was commended to investigate social, economic, and technological trends in Alberta for the next 20 years; to examine the needs of all individuals in the Province; to analyze total educational requirements; and to recommend future changes, structures, and priorities necessary for a comprehensive educational system. Between 1969 and…

This course of instruction, one of a series of curriculum guides revised to fit the quinmester administrative organization of schools, attempts to prepare tenth through twelfth grade students to deal with complex war-peace issues. The model framework allows the teacher to use the total guide or to select certain ideas. The guide is divided into…

A children's television program "Sesame Street," is discussed. The objectives of this program is to promote the intellectual and social and cultural growth of preschool and kindergarten children. Specific goals include: symbolic representation, problem solving and reasoning, and familiarity with the physical and social environment. The…

Designed as an elective course of study for grades seven through nine, this curriculum guide provides a study of the political, economic, and social aspects of ecological problems in the community, state, or nation. The focus is on the causes and effects of pollution and alternative courses of governmental and student (citizen) action. A suggested…

This report of the 1969 Second International Congress for Applied Linguistics contains summaries of papers and speeches on the following topics: (1) linguistics applied to literary texts, (2) computer analysis of texts, (3) research in the psychology of first language learning, (4) research in the psychology of second language learning, (5) speech…