CURRENTLY, FEDERAL AGENCIES AND VARIOUS STATE DEPARTMENTS OF EDUCATION ARE CONDUCTING LITERACY PROGRAMS AND PROGRAMS IN ESOL (ENGLISH FOR SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES) FOR SOME 1,500,000 MEXICAN-AMERICAN MIGRANT WORKERS. TO A GREAT EXTENT THESE PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN TO SOME DEGREE UNSUCCESSFUL BECAUSE THEY HAVE DISREGARDED THE LEARNER'S PSYCHOLOGICAL…

THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS THE SPEECHES PRESENTED TO EDUCATORS AT A CONFERENCE ON DISADVANTAGED YOUTH OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA. THE SPEECHES ARE DIVIDED INTO SIX SECTIONS, DEALING WITH VARIOUS PROBLEMS FACED BY DISADVANTAGED YOUTH. SPEECH TOPICS INCLUDE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH, SELF CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT, THE PROBLEMS OF GROWING UP AS A MEMBER OF A…

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THESE 1964 PROCEEDINGS INCLUDE DISCUSSIONS OF THE FOLLOWING TOPICS--(1) ACADEMIC ADVISING, BY TEACHERS AND BY COUNSELORS, (2) PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR INSTRUCTORS, (3) A STATEWIDE TV TEACHING EXPERIMENT, (4) THE BENEFITS OF A REMEDIAL READING COURSE FOR STUDENTS ON PROBATION, (5) A COMMUNICATIONS CLINIC TO CORRECT LANGUAGE DEFICIENCIES ON AN…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS BOOK IS TO PROVIDE BACKGROUND NEEDED BY ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS TO WORK EFFECTIVELY WITH THE NAVAHO PEOPLE. INITIALLY IT DISCUSSES THEIR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL LIFE, THE SECONDARY PORTION DESCRIBES THEIR RELIGIOUS LIFE, AND THE REMAINDER EXPLAINS PROBLEMS OF THE NAVAHOS AND TECHNIQUES THEY HAVE DEVELOPED TO COPE WITH THESE…

THE LITERATURE PROGRAM OF THE NEBRASKA ENGLISH CURRICULUM FOR GRADE EIGHT IS CONCERNED WITH THE THEME OF THE HERO--HIS CHARACTERISTICS AND HOW THEY HAVE UNDERGONE CHANGE IN THE HISTORY OF WESTERN LITERATURE, AS SEEN IN VARIOUS LITERARY GENRES. THE STUDY OF HEROISM IS DIVIDED INTO THE FOLLOWING UNITS--(1) "THE MAKING OF HEROES," (2)…

THE FIRST UNIT OF THE STUDENT PACKET FOR GRADE NINE OF THE NEBRASKA ENGLISH CURRICULUM IS A STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIPS WHICH EXIST BETWEEN AUTHOR AND AUDIENCE, AND AN EXAMINATION OF THE EPIGRAM, LIMERICK, PARABLE, FABLE, AND ODE. WITH THIS BACKGROUND, STUDENTS CONSIDER "ON AVARICE" AND "ANIMAL FARM" AS EXAMPLES OF FORMAL AND…

THIS IS THE THIRD IN A SERIES OF LANGUAGE GUIDES DEVELOPED AND WRITTEN BY STATEWIDE COMMITTEES UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. A COMPANION VOLUME TO THIS GUIDE IS "LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION--PERSPECTIVE AND PROSPECTUS," PREPARED BY NELSON BROOKS, CHARLES F. HOCKETT, AND EVERETT V. O'ROURKE, 1963. A 1964…

IN 1964, THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA, CONDUCTED AN EXPERIMENT REPLACING 50 PERCENT OF STUDENT-TEACHER CONTACT WITH PRE-RECORDED TELEVISION LECTURES FOR TWO OF SIX SECTIONS OF GERMAN. ELEMENTS NORMALLY PRESENTED BY LECTURES WERE ISOLATED FROM CURRENT COURSE MATERIALS FOR TELEVISION PRESENTATION. IT WAS BELIEVED THAT THE QUALITY OF…

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AS OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE LEARNING PROCESS AND OF THE NATURE AND FUNCTION OF SPOKEN AND WRITTEN AMERICAN-ENGLISH INCREASES, SPELLING INSTRUCTION IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IS UNDERGOING A DRASTIC CHANGE. RECENT RESEARCH HAS REVEALED A BASIC LOGIC BEHIND THE SOUND-TO-LETTER RELATIONSHIP HITHERTO THOUGHT TO BE HAPHAZARD. BASED ON THE PREMISE THAT…

THIS ENGLISH GUIDE FOR AVERAGE STUDENTS IN GRADES 7, 8, AND 9 CONTAINS A RATIONALE FOR STRUCTURING A LITERATURE CURRICULUM AS WELL AS SPECIFIC TEACHING UNITS DESIGNED TO DEVELOP THE STUDENTS' PERCEPTION OF VARIOUS CONCEPTS OF MAN AND TO TEACH THEM TO INDEPENDENTLY ANALYZE LITERATURE. UNITS ARE (1) "MAN AND HIS PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT,"…

ALTHOUGH "PLACE-NAMING" IS A BASIC HUMAN FUNCTION, THE STUDY OF THE ORIGIN OF PROPER NAMES OF PERSONS AND PLACES (ONOMASTICS) HAS BEEN LARGELY IGNORED BY AMERICAN PHILOLOGISTS AND TEACHERS OF ENGLISH. DESPITE A PAUCITY OF RESEARCH, HOWEVER, ANY ENGLISH TEACHER WHO WANTS TO INTEREST STUDENTS IN ONOMASTIC INVESTIGATION CAN EXPLOIT THE GREAT BODY OF…

PLANNING AUTHORITIES IN THE COUNTRIES OF ASIA SHOULD PLAN TO USE THE WIDE, INSTANTANEOUS RANGE AND INTIMATE APPEAL OF BROADCASTING TO LIFT THE LOW LEVELS OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, PRODUCTIVITY, INCOME, MOTIVATION, AND NATIONAL INVOLVEMENT OF THEIR PEOPLE. IN PLANNING FOR ITS USE IN FORMAL EDUCATION, THEY SHOULD ANTICIPATE NEEDS IN SCHOOL-BUILDING…

A PILOT JUNIOR HIGH SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM, PARTIALLY FUNDED BY THE U.S. OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND DESIGNED TO PROVIDE STUDENTS FROM ECONOMICALLY AND CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED AREAS OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVING THEIR SKILLS IN LANGUAGE ARTS (PARTICULARLY READING) AND ARITHMETIC, WAS EVALUATED AFTER ITS INITIATION IN THE OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA,…