Stages in the development of international and intercultural education in the American secondary schools are discussed in this report. The author describes different sets of rationale for teaching toward international understanding which have evolved through the years. Cited are six social studies projects which represent productive materials and…

This issue of the Panoplist is devoted to a comprehensive review of Museum education at Old Sturbridge Village. The museum's collections support the educational purpose of providing an accurate knowledge of the arts, thought, and natural resources of 19th century New England. The program has made use of new educational techniques which apply to…

This is a teacher's guide and end of year summary for an eleventh grade course on area studies. The course is part of an articulated curriculum for grades K-12. The guide contains goals for the course which are related to values, skills, and concepts and generalizations. The focus of the course is on problems of four selected areas: Western…

This subunit on Western Europe is one of four resource units for an eleventh grade area studies course. One section of the subunit contains an introduction and the other the geography of Western Europe. The introduction contains objectives, an outline of content, teaching procedures, and instructional materials. The geography section focuses upon…

In this book, specialists and organizations identify the emerging concepts in curriculum for their particular fields, the emerging concepts in the organization and application of knowledge, and the emerging methods of instruction. One chapter each is devoted to a discussion of (1) adult education, (2) art education, (3) business education, (4)…

This Quinmester world studies elective course for grades 7, 8, and 9, focuses on the comparative study of three far eastern nations: China, India, and Japan. The study examines the successes and failures of each nation in dealing with the common problems of over-population, industrialization, and literacy education, leading to speculation as to…

This non-annotated bibliography contains references to some of the more significant articles and documents from 1965 to 1972 related to the type of educational program now referred to as career education. The bibliography is divided into four sections. Section One, "Selected References on Career Education," lists 144 key documents dealing with the…

This paper proposes an educational study to determine the best way to educate Mexican American children. It suggests an experiment comparing the traditional approach, the English as a second language approach, and a bilingual-affective approach as described by the authors. The detail of the proposed program are presented, and the three language…

A review of the college foreign language requirement and the general status of language instruction in the curriculum leads to suggestions for curricular reform at all educational levels. The malaise of the college student is explored and a call is made for reexamination of the rationale and content of language programs. A two-stage curriculum is…

This is the first volume in an annual series which collects, catalogues, analyzes, and compresses basic information intended to help improve foreign language instruction in America. The review, covering all levels of instruction, ranges from equipment selection standards to planning of bilingual programs. It concerns itself with materials…

This monograph reviews theory and procedures of evaluation as reflected in the professional literature and in correspondence from chairmen of departments of English and the Humanities. Introductory comments are followed by chapters on: the evaluation of teaching; teaching and values; student evaluation of faculty and courses; observation of…

The curriculum material the Nanaimo District Senior High School curriculum development project is designing is based on the City of Nanaimo and its environs. The problem selected for their substantive research is the socio-political process in a growing city including the role and impact of: 1) civil service, elected officials, voters, and…

In the summer of 1968, the second conference on new developments in the teaching of economics was conducted at Stanford University. For four weeks forty selected professors revised ideas on many basic economic education issues: methodology, innovative techniques, effective teaching, and ways of improving economics courses. As a result of this…

Sterling M. McMurrin, Chairman of the Commission on Instructional Technology, introduces this volume with a description of the Commission's work to date and a discussion of the relationship of technology to education. The following 91 papers comprise the remainder of the state-of-the-art papers submitted as working papers to the Commission. For…

Since the first graduate course in educational media was offered in 1940, the program at Indiana University has grown into an integrated Audio-Visual Center/Division of Instructional Systems Technology program which offered 45 courses in 1968-69. The program seeks to combine opportunities for advanced study, practical experience, and research with…