Part I of this book discusses the basic instructional problems in teaching ethnic studies. Some of the major trends are reviewed and the need to expand the definition of ethnic studies and to include content about a range of ethnic groups is discussed. Part II is designed to help teachers acquire the content needed to teach about ethnic groups, to…

The purpose of this bibliography is to identify and to annotate the sources which can be helpful in presenting materials to deaf students and to reinforce learning in various vocational areas. Vocational resources for selected areas of vocational education were reviewed, evaluated, and annotated by two committee members in each of the following…

By way of introduction to this report on adult and community education in the Washington, D.C. schools, it was suggested that the improvement of adult education divisions in urban schools involves examining the interaction between community needs and the purposes of adult education, recognizing that such educational programs are interdependent…

The vocational education needs assessment for Oklahoma City and Tulsa school systems reported here was conducted by the Research Unit at Oklahoma State University and the Center for Vocational Education at Ohio State University. Objectives listed are to determine (1) the vocational education needs of the people in the districts and the extent to…

Approaches to improving students' skills in reading social studies materials are presented in this book. The first chapter discusses reading problems and orientations to reading in the social studies. The remaining three chapters deal with three problem areas: making a suitable match between pupil reading abilities and instructional materials,…

This volume is the third of a series of publications developed by the Massachusetts Dissemination Project and intended for use by educators, parents, and students. One goal of the project is to encourage greater exchange and sharing of resources among educational organizations, service providers, and client groups. Volume three has been prepared…

This document has been prepared to encourage teachers in Oregon to plan environmental trips with their classes. It is organized into three major sections--Awareness in a Living Environment, Teaching and Planning Resources, and Directory of Overnight Sites in Oregon. Using a series of questions as guidelines, children become aware of their…

The first section of the manual for developing career education in existing Louisiana junior high school programs is an introduction to the concept and rationale of career education and to the roles of career education personnel; it also provides a two-page summary of evaluation statistics for St. Charles Parish. Section 2 discusses the…

Intended as workshop guidelines, the model for career education implementation contains six modules which outline the procedure for integrating career education into the instructional process, and describes a multi-media approach to guide administrators through the developmental process. Module one, Preparation for District Career Education…

This survey provides a moderately detailed description of each of 13 projects funded under 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act Title III. Freedom High School is an alternative school. The Resource Room for Visually Impaired Children was established in 1972. The Remediating Motor Dysfunction project helps elementary school students to enter a…

The guide presents 15 learning tasks for students preparing to teach business education. Each task contains problem areas, performance objectives, prerequisites, and learning activities. The learning tasks are: orientation to basic business; systematic planning of instructional units; writing objectives for teaching bookkeeping or a basic business…

The paper describes progress in the development of the Advanced Instructional System's Instructional Strategy Subsystem. Described are procedures for developing the Student Evaluation Component (which includes selection and validation of preassessment and within-course measures necessary for the development of a Student Data Profile) and the…

Educators from throughout the State of Missouri contributed to the training workshop handbook which presents guidelines for implementing career education programs. Six sections include: (1) Missouri Career Education Today and Tomorrow, discussing current and future trends, and presenting a conceptual framework; (2) Getting Started, refers the user…

What are the primary functions of graduate education and research in the United States, and how can these functions best be performed? Areas of concern shared by all the major universities offering doctoral programs include: (1) the general assessment of the Association of Graduate Schools of the status of graduate education and the proper…

The teaching guides are designed to aid students in the development of concepts and perceptions about minority cultures. Designed to supplement Ferguson-Florissant's minority program, the guides can be useful to other educators as a model and as a resource for learning activities in teaching ethnic studies. The elementary program focuses on three…