The curriculum guide on School Pedestrian Safety was developed because of the need for an understanding of good safety practices. The guide covers three major areas: Pedestrian Safety, Bus Safety, and Bicycle Safety. The project has been developed in a loose-leaf binder to allow teachers a great deal of flexibility in developing their own program.…

The system for delivering career development information to the school personnel and 3,500 students in grades 9-12 in the North Hills schools outside Pittsburgh is described. Objectives of the career resource center were to make available career information, assist in its utilization, and provide professional help to students in their career…

This evaluation report of the Advisory and Learning Exchange (ALE) is divided into four sections. The first section explains the purpose of the evaluation as being to determine (a) what effect workshops have on participants, (b) what types of workshops are attended by which groups of people, and (c) to what extent and by whom the ALE is utilized…

This annotated bibliography contains a list of readings compiled for a course in magazine editing at the University of Illinois. This bibliography includes materials on the history of magazines, advertising in magazines, readership and audience studies, analyses of magazine content, information on magazine circulation, editorial research and its…

Revised in 1974, this directory lists 137 distributors from whom 16mm films and other media are available for purchase. Intended as an aid for film purchasers, this compilation summarizes the policies and specialities of each distributor. Among the items included in each entry are the name of the firm's chief executive, a summary of discounts…

One of a series prepared by the Hawaii Newspaper Agency, this teaching guide offers 100 ideas for using the daily newspaper to teach lower elementary classes language arts, social studies, and mathematics. The 100 ideas may be adapted to either group or individual instruction; however, the teachers highly recommend individualized instruction. (SW)

The statewide plan for computing resources in Illinois higher education is presented in this document. Chapter 1 discusses the history of this plan encompassing the board of higher education involvement, State Government planning, legislative actions, plan development, and a prospectus. Chapter 2 presents the procedure used to produce this report.…

The Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) takes the position that the definition of educational technology should be a broad one, involving the use of a systematic approach to develop a broad range of learning resources to meet the needs of individual learners. In order to translate these three concepts into reality,…

A survey was conducted to inform the community of the current concerns of area community colleges in the State of Illinois. The Guidelines for Two-Year College Learning Resources Programs were used as a basis for the questionnaire developed and administered. Findings include: (1) Provision is made for a Learning Resources program in the community…

This pamphlet describes and/or lists available mathematical publications of SMSG. Described are 12 high school texts, three junior high texts, four texts for slow learners, seven texts for elementary school, three texts for culturally disadvantaged students, eight booklets of supplementary materials, two pamphlets on probability for elementary…

Contained in this report are a variety of materials to help teachers and school administrators understand and develop environmental education curricula. Environmental Education: What is it? What should it be? is the introductory unit. Public statements from eight individuals are presented expressing positions taken on basic issues of the present…

The survey is the first comprehensive study of the library and audio-visual services in the schools of Prince Edward Island (PEI). The survey does not include any of the one or two-room schools as they do not have libraries (45% of the schools are one or two-room). The survey considers only the quantitative aspects of library collections and makes…

The purpose of this publication is to suggest ideas and resources that may help stimulate educational activities focusing on our environment. A cross-section of school programs, educational organizations and institutions, citizen and professional groups, and government agencies located in Massachusetts are described as well as bibliography…

Accessibility to the content of a curriculum materials collection is primarily determined by the simplicity of the classification scheme used to organize the materials in the collection. The classification system utilized to organize such a collection should structure and arrange materials in such a fashion that the patrons can serve themselves…

This booklet is a mimeographed listing of information and resources in environmental education. It is intended to be a tool for almost anyone with a general or specific interest in this subject. The foreword contains a rationale for environmental education which includes the U.S. Office of Education's basic characteristics of good environmental…