Diverse urban youth are a priority for environmental education. This project focused on urban youth's perceptions of nature and suggestions for environmental education. A mixed-methods approach addressed urban youth through (1) informal discussions and questionnaires, (2) an autophotography project, and (3) interviews. This effort supported…

Discusses the direction in which language laboratory instructional practices should be developed. (Text is in German.) (Author/KM)

Bibliotherapy--guidance in the solution of personal problems through selected reading--has medical, social, and educational applications. Ancient libraries bear inscriptions implying the recognition of the value of bibliotherapy. From the nineteenth century, medical and educational people have utilized bibliotherapy in working with a number of…

THIRTEEN TEACHERS USED COMPUTER ASSISTED INSTRUCTION TO WRITE AND STORE THEIR OWN PROGRAMS OF COURSE WORK IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION. ALTHOUGH TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES AND TIME DELAYS WERE ENCOUNTERED, IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT MOST OF THE TEACHERS BENEFITTED FROM THIS INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER ASSISTED INSTRUCTION. (LH)

This investigation was designed to help articulate high school chemistry course content with college freshman general chemistry. One hundred high school teachers and 103 college instructors from New England, New York, and New Jersey were involved. Preliminary chemical items, from standard high school texts, were submitted to a panel of five…

Activity in the audiovisual teaching of French to students from Afro-Asiatic countries after the second World War at the Pedagogical Institute of St.-Cloud inspired Professor P. Guberin of Zagreb University to develop a course of 50 lessons for teaching Russian by this method. The use of tapes, films, and textbooks with records is treated here,…

Described is the development of a course that combines subject matter from introductory courses in biology, chemistry, and physics. The syllabus was written by four college science teachers, three of whom taught the course at Portland State College to 32 freshmen and sophomores. To evaluate the course, achievement tests and attitude surveys were…

Manuscripts of 158 individual conference presentations are included. Speeches in each general session were centered on one of the following major topics--(1) Philosophical Bases of Industrial Arts--Four Poles, (2) Industrial Arts and the National Image, (3) The Cultural and Educational Heritage of Our Technological Society, (4) How and Where Can…

The training manual is designed to prepare Naval personnel for advancement in the Legalman rating and for providing quality legal service to Navy personnel. Chapter 1 discusses the specific requirements of the rating, the responsibilities of the petty officer, the Navy advancement system, and the assignment possibilities for Legalmen. Chapters…

A required senior-level chemical engineering course at Colorado State University is described. The first nine weeks are devoted to the theory portion of the course, which includes the following topics: LaPlace transformations and time constants, block diagrams, inverse transformations, linearization, frequency response analysis, graphical…

Accidents are the first cause of crippling and, many times, of death, among older people. To help reduce the possibility of accidents among older people, the Administration on Aging and the National Safety Council have joined in preparing this booklet--a course of instruction in safety and accident prevention for Older Americans. It spells out…

The rate training manual and nonresident career course presents materials for individualized study that will assist Aviation Structural Mechanics in Hydraulics (AMH) in meeting the occupational requirements of their rating. The study materials seek to improve job skills among Navy petty officers in conjunction with their on-the-job training as…

The author has attempted to organize the many materials to be found on doll collecting into a course which will provide a foundation of knowledge for appreciating and evaluating old dolls. The course has been divided into sessions in which old dolls will be studied by type (images, idols, and early playthings; child, doll, and social realities;…

Since science fiction imaginatively explores the future, technology, and the human role in problem solving, it lends itself to the development of a process-oriented curriculum. Students may participate in planning, executing, and evaluating a study of science fiction, while they may learn through process goals to deal intelligently with change--a…

The development of new courses is described and weaknesses are identified. The current position of the project is reviewed in terms of production of syllabuses and books, production of equipment, acceptability in schools, and administration and staffing. Biology syllabuses and textbooks are discussed in more detail. Appendices include reports of…