The bulletin, a revision of Practical Nursing for High Schools published in 1963, is a guide for the licensed teacher of nursing in educating the practical nurse student. The publication can be used as a resource for developing the program in individual schools of practical nursing or to develop the behavioral objectives for each procedure. Part…

This study examines the quality of the education programs offered by colleges and universities preparing high school journalism teachers. Following a lengthy review of the literature dating to the 1920s, the results of a questionnaire survey on journalism education are reported. The questionnaire was mailed to 117 persons associated with…

This teaching guide is designed to prepare prospective teachers to assume the communication tasks demanded by today's interactive educational environments. This guide is designed to be both theoretical and pragmatic, attempting to provide prospective teachers with the underlying rationale for the use of certain communication strategies and the…

The training manual provides information related to the tasks assigned to the Electrician's Mate Third and Second Class who operate and maintain power and lighting systems and associated equipment. Individual chapters deal with: career challenges for the Electrician's Mate, safety precautions, test equipment, electrical installations, A-C power…

This report attempts to establish the conditions under which students will choose to enroll in Black Studies courses. Out of 500 Black Studies students at Santa Ana College, 100 were randomly chosen to answer questionnaires regarding motivation for course selection and personal educational needs. A 100 percent response rate was reported for both…

This document results from a conference designed to compel participants to identify and develop curriculum content from the Chicano viewpoint. The speakers provide alternative perspectives for developing the desired content. Issues discussed are: an action model for education, the role of linguistics in shaping the individual from his personality…

The purpose of this study was to determine how well today's students are being trained to deal with the persuasive messages which they receive through the mass media. The study involved two questionnaire surveys: the first a survey of 235 chairpersons of departments of speech and English in institutions of higher education in the state of…

The first section of the business education curriculum guide for grades 9-12 provides brief statements concerning program descriptions, goals, course offerings, and objectives. Section 2 provides detailed descriptions and objectives for the following courses: accounting, advanced typewriting, bookkeeping, business economics, business information…

The content and organization of freshman composition curricula in Illinois public junior colleges during the 1973-74 school year were analyzed. The five tracks of junior college composition (transfer, remedial, honors, vocational-technical, and adult) were investigated, and data were collected about English requirements for graduation, tracks of…

This second of three units to the 12th-grade first-semester "Comparing Political Experiences" course provides 20 student activities that examine political resources such as wealth, skills, status, information, and ideas. The activities and readings are divided into six sections which stress the alternative patterns of political resources…

This book was designed to meet five specific criteria which allow development of a course parallel to the treatment of the book's subject matter, active student involvement in testing and developing their own nonverbal communication capacities, delineation and analysis of the functional capacity of different nonverbal communication systems, an…

The assessment of current practices in college reading improvement courses offered by four-year, degree-granting public institutions in the Midwest was the focus of this survey. Undertaken to determine the availability of such courses and to identify current practices, materials and methods utilized, the survey tapped one hundred thirty-two…

The instructional program of the Demonstration and Research Center for Early Education (Darcee) preschool is discussed in terms of the skill development objectives of the curriculum and the role which content plays in the instructional program. The primary purpose of the program is to implement research activities through a curriculum sequentially…

The course of study in farm management was planned primarily for use by instructors in farm training, production agriculture, and continuing education programs but could also be adapted for use in secondary level vocational agriculture programs. Written for a minimum of 20 hours of classroom instruction, the course material is supplemented by an…

The unit was developed as a guide for use by teachers in planning and conducting adult classes in horticulture. The target audience is adults employed in agriculture in Kentucky. Because of the diversity in age, expertise, and experience levels of class members and instructors, the unit was designed to cover the basic areas of greenhouse…