The interaction of teacher, learner, content, and instruction is the process of teaching and learning, a single activity. The theoretical and the practical elements of this process are examined in the context of a model that explains the key elements of the process: identification, prescription, application and evaluation. These elements are…

Judgments on content emphasis reflect on the commitments that teachers have to course content, their attitudes toward teaching certain areas of the curriculum, and teacher's assessment of their own competence in teaching these areas. Three questions were considered: (1) What relationship, if any, is there between an internal factor and the actual…

This course manual is intended for use in training Veterans Administration line managers and supervisors who have responsibility for work organization, position design, and manpower utilization. Contents are in five sections. Section I gives a brief overview of instructor information: course purpose, objectives, methodology, schedule (five…

The problems of instruction in interdisciplinary fields of college curricula are addressed in this guide, which is an outgrowth of a seminar. The observations on interdisciplinary studies apply both to programs of interdisciplinary studies as well as to individual interdisciplinary courses. The problems faced by the practitioner of…

This teacher-oriented learning module for secondary level consumer education teachers, the second in a series of three, was developed to provide information on credit and ideas for conveying this content to students. The module begins with a definition and general goals of consumer education, an overview and rationale, five performance objectives…

This teacher-oriented learning module for secondary level consumer education teachers, the last in a series of three, was developed to provide information on the metric system and ideas for conveying this content to students. The module begins with a definition and general goals of consumer education, a rationale, an overview, ten module…

Guidelines for the development of courses and programs of industrial arts for local school districts in New York State are provided in this guide designed for administrators, curriculum personnel, supervisors, and teachers. Following a discussion of student program options, a basic series of suggested courses (titles and course topics) are…

The Norfolk State College (VA) has a multifaceted approach to the inservice training of special education teachers. The model has four main components. The first component is personnel; not only have teachers been served, but also administrative personnel, and more recently parents and paraprofessional personnel have taken courses offered at the…

The faculty of Dartmouth College was surveyed to measure the extent of instructional computing in undergraduate courses, including the total amount, the spread across the curriculum, and the variety of individual efforts. The on-campus teaching faculty received a short, four-question card asking if they had used computing in their courses. Those…

This is a complete environmental studies course for high schools. It may be used as a year-long elective, a semester course, or infused by individual units into science, social studies, health, or other courses. The course is composed of thirteen separate units entitled: (1) Investigating Environmental Problems and Issues; (2) Energy; (3) Water;…

This syllabus provides occupational education teachers in secondary schools with a guide for developing a course in trade graphics which meets the minimal requirements that an acceptable two-year program in New York State must provide. The content is presented in six sections, and each one includes terminal objectives and suggestions for…

A study examined historical changes in the content of consumer education and factors associated with these changes. Analysis was based on key writings on consumer education and an examination of fifteen high school texts published between 1938 and 1978. Only a few topics--budgeting, savings and investment, life insurance, and housing--received…

A redesigned college composition/humanities program that has as its primary goal the raising of the self-esteem of a predominately black student body is described in this paper. First discussed are the deficiencies of an earlier program, traditional freshman composition followed by sophomore humanities, that centered around the cultural…

A course in technical writing has justification for appearing in a college English department curriculum if course content as it is currently taught is somewhat modified. In general, business or technical writing has been primarily a study of a wide variety of letter and report writing forms. To be taught as a liberal arts course, a technical…

A college survival skills course, designed to help college-bound high school seniors develop an efficient, organized approach to college reading and study skills, is described in this paper. After outlining the steps taken in developing and promoting the course, the paper notes favorable reactions to it, lists the course textbooks, and describes…