Law-related education programs for elementary school should be based on children's perceptions of reality. Psychologist Jean Piaget's studies of cognitive development indicate that children constantly reconstruct reality as they undergo new experiences. Children at early developmental stages may not be capable of understanding the origin and…

The annotated bibliography contains 98 citations of journals, newspapers, and government publications from Pakistan published during January through March, 1977. Entries are arranged alphabetically by author in 28 categories: administration, organization, and financing of education; childhood education; curriculum; development of education;…

In this North Carolina council on education report concerning vocational education in the state's public schools and community colleges/technical institutes three sections are presented: (1) North Carolina advisory council commendation and recommendations to the state board of education, (2) components of the council's annual evaluation report…

One of seven career education programs chosen for nationwide dissemination by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare's Joint Dissemination Review Panel (JDRP), Project CAP (Career Awareness Program) is being conducted for grades 1-8 in Greenland, Arkansas. For the years 1974-77, it received funding from both federal and local sources. It…

The bibliography lists approximately 300 English language periodical articles dating from 1967 to 1977 that are directly concerned with methods, projects, teacher education, and curriculum developments in bilingual/bicultural education of the American Indian. The entries are organized by topic: General, Federal Guidelines and Funding, Community…

This paper is concerned with the educational responsibility of changing present negative attitudes toward the aging process and toward aged persons. In spite of the dramatic increase in the number of older people, contemporary influences foster a belief that aging is a process of decline rather than of fulfillment. These influences include the…

A project was organized around a series of activities to prepare materials or disseminations for small business management education programs. Activities were as follow: (1) prepare needs assessment procedures for determining the number and types of businesses to be served by a small business management education program; prepare model…

Twelve instructional modules, concerned with the human aspects of working in organizations, have been designed for utilization at various educational levels ranging from high school to adult and continuing education and in both academic and vocational programs. The modular titles are the following: (1) working in organizations, (2) motivation for…

A case study of the Sri Lanka Institute of Distance Education, an Open University school, is presented. Areas of discussion include characteristics of the country, the educational system of Sri Lanka, and the university. Specific topics include: the physical setting of Sri Lanka; the population; society and culture; the economy; the political…

This document consists of a collection of papers presented during the 1979 Utah Inter-Institutional Seminar in Childhood Education. Introductory lectures provide an overview of theories of human development and indicate techniques for understanding child behavior. Self-reflection by teachers and techniques for influencing children are emphasized.…

Annotated bibliographic citations of literature relevant to women's educational equity are presented, drawn from computerized data bases from spring 1978 through October 1978, with slight exceptions. Topics covered include: curriculum and educational materials development and dissemination; preservice and inservice personnel training; research and…

Sixth grade students' attitudes toward school were studied to determine if outdoor education investigations conducted on the school site and in the community would effect a positive change, similar to the change noted with students involved in residential outdoor programs. An experimental group of 28 students participated in outdoor activities…

The curriculum guide presents a working draft of the fourth 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…

This handbook contains samples of instructional materials for teaching career education concepts in the business classroom--lesson plans, factual information, games, and exercises. While many of the examples are in a form readily usable by students, other examples have been edited or condensed to fit the handbook format. All original sources are…

This monograph covers strategies, methods, and practices best suited for infusing career education into the teaching of business. Chapter 1 considers the relationship between business education and career education, including the career education movement, career development tasks, responses of business education, and goals and objectives of…