This manual is designed to provide guidance for local school districts in planning for the use of computers in the classroom, both as a subject for study and as a tool for teaching and learning in other subjects. Topics covered include goals and objectives, defining strategies for implementation, evaluating equipment and programs, training staff,…

This scope and sequence guide, developed for a commercial photography vocational education program, represents an initial step in the development of a systemwide articulated curriculum sequence for all vocational programs within the Metropolitan Nashville Public School System. It was developed as a result of needs expressed by teachers, parents,…

Intended for use by all general building trades instructors in the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, this guide provides a sequential listing of course content and scope. A course description provides a brief overview of the content of the courses offered in the general building trades program. General course objectives are then listed.…

Addressing the problems of access and time constraints, this curriculum guide describes a core undergraduate women's studies course in which college level students learn to research, prepare, and present nonsexist curriculum units for public school classrooms. The course was designed to: (1) compensate for the lack of information in the…

Noting that many of the functions undertaken by classroom teachers involve communication skills or skills dependent on an ability to communicate effectively, this paper outlines a course in speech communication specifically for teachers. The paper first lists the teaching, managing, and decision making activities teachers undertake that involve…

This guide presents a framework and offers alternatives for developing a logical and consistent K-12 social studies scope and sequence. Although written for use by Connecticut educators, the guide can be used by educators in any state. There are nine sections to the guide. Section one contains a definition of social studies. Section two deals with…

In summer 1982, at the request of Alberta Education, an evaluation study was undertaken of all learning resources presently listed in their publications "Alberta Social Studies Learning Resources for Elementary Schools" and "Alberta Social Studies Learning Resources for Secondary Schools, 1980/81," including recommended and…

In an attempt to serve underprepared students--students who are beginners in writing, reading, and logical thinking skills--the English department at Keene State College in New Hampshire has been evolving a developmental English composition course designed to enable these students to participate effectively in their subsequent general education…

As part of the high school vocational industrial program in Manitoba, this course has been designed to provide students with the foundation for a career in cosmetology. The program introduces and provides opportunities for student skill development in the techniques of hairdressing, hair cutting, facial preparation, and skin care. The program,…

This curriculum guide contains learning module outlines for teaching a series of courses in graphic arts in high schools in Alberta. Each module provides learning experiences selected to develop basic competence in trades in the graphic arts field. Each module consists of an introduction, objectives, learning resources list, content summary, and a…

Educators from 11 European countries shared information concerning how Canada as a subject is being and should be taught in secondary European schools. The seminar was intended to help teachers prepare students for living in an international community. Seminar objectives and content are examined, seminar reports are analyzed, talks are summarized,…

This report presents the results of surveys of Montana schools at all levels that offered business and office education subjects or units of instruction. Business education leaders from other states--representatives of the National Association of Business Teacher Education--were also surveyed. Chapter I is an introduction. Chapter II contains the…

Elements of good teaching and ways to master effective teaching techniques are examined, drawing on direct observation, the literature, and student accounts of outstanding professors. A model of effective college teaching that includes nine styles of classroom instruction is proposed. The dramatic and interpersonal aspects of teaching and the…

A high school project growing out of efforts to involve students in a German-American tricentennial celebration and designed to make student-centered activities educationally meaningful to both social studies and German language students is described. The project had the following objectives: (1) to view, through an interdisciplinary approach, the…

A 15-week semester graduate course in fund raising and philanthropy is described in this paper. After the course objectives are listed, the paper presents a course outline that contains five topical issues: the historical framework of charitable giving, the economics of philanthropy, benefactors, sources of philanthropic opportunity, and research…