This speech begins with a discussion of broad social and political patterns and trends that are currently developing and continues to the specific unresolved social issues which will affect the nature and structure of educational systems. Those issues seen by the author is most likely to produce the greatest amount of activity are integration, the…

This guide provides instructional and evaluative materials intended to help the classroom teacher improve the curriculum. Chapters include materials on articulation, evaluation, stating behavioral objectives, beginning a foreign language at the elementary level, the role of foreign languages in the junior high school, teaching culture, evaluation,…

This content analysis schedule for Building Bilingual Bridges of P.S. 2, New York, New York, presents information on the history, funding, and scope of the project. Included are sociolinguistic process variables such as the native and dominant languages of students and their interaction. Information is provided on staff selection and the…

This content analysis schedule for the Lubbock Independent School Program of Lubbock, Texas, presents information on the history, funding, and scope of the project. Included are sociolinguistic process variables such as the native and dominant languages of students and their interaction. Information is provided on staff selection and the…

This content analysis schedule for the Elementary School Bilingual Project of Las Cruces, New Mexico, presents information on the history, funding, and scope of the project. Included are sociolinguistic process variables such as the native and dominant languages of students and their interaction. Information is provided on staff selection and the…

This content analysis schedule for the Del Valle Bilingual Education Program of Del Valle, Texas, presents information on the history, funding, and scope of the project. Included are sociolinguistic process variables such as the native and dominant languages of students and their interaction. Information is provided on staff selection and the…

This content analysis schedule for the City of Lakewood School District of Lakewood, New Jersey, presents information on the history, funding, and scope of the project. Included are sociolinguistic process variables such as the native and dominant languages of students and their interaction. Information is provided on staff selection and the…

Designed for eleventh grade students, this guide incorporates the four disciplines of art, music, literature, and history. The objectives are for students to apply knowledge gained from the study of past problems toward the problems of contemporary society; to develop an understanding of cultural and societal patterns; to trace personal values of…

The reports contained in this collection are the results of separate working committees of the second National Defense Education Act Foreign Language Leadership Institute held at Central Washington State College during a seven- week period in 1967. Thirteen reports include: (1) "Job Description for Department Chairmen, Coordinators, and…

This elective course of study for grades seven through nine is part of a total effort to revise curriculum to fit the quinmester administrative organization of schools. The intent is to equip students to meaningfully analyze current events. Emphasis is placed on understanding the complex underlying political, economic, racial, and religious causes…

This guide, one of a series in the Quinmester Program, is intended to aid teachers in grades 10 through 12 as they prepare instructional programs dealing with current environmental crisis issues. The aim of this course of study is to help students understand political and economic ramifications of environmental problems and to motivate and provide…

In January 1972, the Education Commission of the States (ECS) collected information concerning educational legislation (both enacted and proposed), outstanding educational achievements, and major educational problem areas of the States. The compilation of this data in its present form represents an updating of a similar survey conducted by ECS in…

This guide is one of a series in the Quinmester Program to aid high school teachers in planning instructional programs concerning the origins and evolution of our system of law. The purpose of this course of study is to help students understand the rights and responsibilities of citizens under the law; to motivate them to make judgments upon the…

A project (MAPAR), designed specifically to explore and develop an educational program which will demonstrate effective methods for teaching the educationally disadvantaged adult, is discussed. The approach utilized by this project is that of an individualized learning center which incorporates paraprofessional teacher, self-instructional learning…

This elective quinmester program for grades 10 through 12 focuses upon the study of urban problems. Students analyze city problems taking into consideration ecology, city planning, model cities, and other factors in an attempt to provide creative solutions. The course is arranged into seven sections. Student activities are to: 1) discuss the…