This monograph provides an annotated listing of suggested audiovisual materials which teachers should consider as they plan consumer education programs. The materials are divided into a general section on consumer education and a section on specific topics, such as credit, decision making, health, insurance, money management, and others. The…

Audiovisual teaching aids for history, social history, and social studies, that may be bought or rented from suppliers in Britain, are listed in this 270-page catalog. Audiovisual materials include film, filmstrips, slides, overhead projector transparencies, wallsheets, prints, records, tapes and teaching kits. Each catalog entry describes the…

Audiovisual aids for teaching about the geography of North, Central and South America, Africa, Asia and Australasia, that may be bought or rented from suppliers in Britain, are listed in this 150-page catalog. Audiovisual materials available include films, filmstrips, slides, overhead projector transparencies, wallsheets, prints, records, tapes,…

Some 500 audio and videotapes, scripts, and transcriptions which are available to schools in the U.S. without charge are listed in this catalog. The materials are classified into 15 topics including environmental education, fine arts, health, home economics, industrial education, science and social studies. Each catalog entry describes the…

This report summarizes the number of educational personnel prepared by institutions of the State University of New York. The period covered by the report is July 1, 1966, through June 30, 1971, with a detailed description of the last 3 years of this 5-year period. The data of the report may underestimate the number of educational personnel for…

This book provides over 100 ideas and activities developed and tested by teachers to help students become independent learners. Specific strategies are suggested that may aid students in defining problems, planning individual studies, finding information, and recording, reporting, and evaluating results. The six chapters are "Independent…

This annotated bibliography provides a survey of black literature which is of particular interest to students at the elementary and secondary levels. Lists of bibliographies and critical works concerning the teaching of black literature in the grades and of additional resources and periodicals of interest to the teacher of black literature are…

The statistical data generated by the Pennsbury, Pennsylvania school district's assessment of the needs and resources of the community are presented here. The study itself consisted of two phases: (1) an Opinion Inventory to find out how a random sampling of community and school staff felt about the ideas of community education, and (2)…

Describes the expediency of searching the ERIC data base by computer. (MKM)

Provides a checklist for program planning. Includes the following considerations: the place, the room, the people, outside speakers and guests, the program, equipment, and arrangements. (CSS)

If an educational program provides a theory of learning (defining specific competencies), and if community subsystems are understood and used in conjunction with academics, and if other learning resources (persons, events, media, etc.) are identified and catalogued, then the "community" can function as a total learning resource. (Author/JC)

Discusses the four papers from the Second International Learning and Technology Congress that are included in this issue. These papers provide a theoretical and experimental background for technology and verbal processing, and suggest a number of sensory and learning aids designed to benefit deaf learners. (JEG)

One school librarian from the rural west, "Roughing It from Alaska to Oklahoma," and another from the urban east, "Back to Basics in New York," share some of their experience-tested ideas for maintaining effective instructional media centers with very little money. (JPF)

Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday has been made a legal holiday in New Jersey. NJEA believes his work in fighting the injustice of racial discrimination and for the civil rights of all people merits a special day of public recognition. Teachers are encouraged to refer to this guide, developed from a background of information about Dr. King and the…

Lists resources which can be used to enrich classroom instruction or which are helpful professional reading for junior or senior high school English teachers. (DD)