From the 24 institutions of higher learning in the Baltimore Region, 20 report one or more activities in the field of urban affairs. In all, about 350 activities were reported, including a summarized list of individual consultative services from the Johns Hopkins University. Over 100 research projects dealing with urban problems were reported.…

This publication summarizes the responses of reading teachers to a questionnaire about teaching reading in the secondary school. The information is divided into six sections. The first section lists components of a secondary reading program, describes current and proposed model secondary reading programs, and lists prospective secondary teachers'…

Project PEOPLE (Personal Enhancement of Occupational Preparation through Life Centered Education), developed to design a world of work curriculum and appropriate units for each level, is described in this booklet. (Project PEOPLE involves 269 staff members of the Bowling Green Independent School System, who attended a 4-week summer workshop for…

The International Conference on Education (ICE) is convened every second year to provide an occasion for senior officials from Ministries of Education to meet and discuss developments in education. Participants at the conference, held in Geneva from 30 August to 8 September 1977, considered main trends in education and a special theme: "The…

This teacher's guide provides elementary teachers (grades 2-6) with supplementary learning activities centered around the subject of aviation, which may be used to enrich their regular programs. The guide is divided into the following five subject areas: communication arts, science, social studies, health, and careers in aviation. The guides vary…

Part I of this document describes a model for occupational program planning in two-year colleges. The planning process begins with an estimation decision, i.e., whether the program idea is worth investigating. This decision can be divided into seven sub-questions or systems: (1) Identity--what should be the general content of the program? (2)…

This report is in four sections. The first describes the needs for ethnic studies, their role, how they can best be effected, and the philosophy behind them. The interdisciplinary nature of ethnic studies is noted: that they must draw on many disciplines within the social sciences and humanities. And as with all inter- interdisciplinary programs,…

Films, videotapes, transparencies, recordings, and multimedia presentations about vocational and technical subjects, including engineering education and photography, are included in this 646 page catalog. Titles are listed alphabetically, and each entry provides a short summary of the materials, describes which medium is used, the running time,…

This annotated bibliography of Mexican American materials gathered from 1971 to 1974 offers teachers and students a listing of available print and nonprint resources on Mexican American history, primarily concentrated in the social studies areas. The materials address themselves to the history, heritage, pride, and contributions of Mexican…

The document contains recommendations and section reports from the National Conference on Lifelong Education, which the Australian Association of Adult Education organized and held in Canberra on November 23-29, 1973. Aims of the conference were to examine: (1) the present condition of Australian society as this bears on lifelong education, (2)…

A description of the curriculum dissemination system of the New Jersey Curriculum Management Center (NJCMC) is provided for the use of educators needing these services and for other states who wish to establish similar curriculum dissemination systems. As a curriculum management center in the National Network for Curriculum Coordination in…

Developed for the Carroll County Public Schools, this Learning Activity Package (LAP) for grade 8 offers a way to provide individualized learning about China before the Communists came to power. Learning activities are based on curriculum and audiovisual materials available in the Carroll County Schools. The focus of the unit is on the life styles…

A self-instruction module on basic library skills for students in education is presented for use in the F.W. Crumb Library of the State University of New York at Potsdam. Following statements of objectives and an introductory overview of the module, maps and instructions for a walking tour of the library are provided. Instructional activities…

This is the final report of a project initiated in August 1974, designed to determine the feasibility of the home as a learning center. The report is written for the practitioner, the family-living and occupation teacher, teacher educators, and nonformal community educators. Five major sections comprise the final report. The first section presents…

This guide was developed in order to assist school districts to provide equal education opportunities for students of limited or non-English speaking ability. It is hoped that this guide will be of assistance to educators who are attempting to deal with the special problems of children who speak a language other than English in the home. State and…