Maintaining that foreign language teacher training programs have improved substantially in the last two decades, the author comments on the contributions of professional associations and study programs. Also offered is a list of 27 topics which should be covered in methods courses. Some discussion of degree programs in foreign language study is…

Concepts pertaining to the language laboratory are clarified for the layman unfamiliar with recent educational developments in foreign language instruction. These include discussion of: (1) language laboratory components and functions, (2) techniques used in the laboratory, (3) new linguistic methods, (4) laboratory exercises, (5) traditional…

The purpose of the publication is to disseminate, in circles directly concerned with the theory and practice of functional literacy training, the fundamental principles and essential pedagogical methods yielded by the pursuit of Unesco's Experimental World Literacy Program. The guide is an attempted synthesis of the many and various experiments…

This guide was developed to acquaint teachers with the Continuous Progress Program, which is designed to recognize the individual differences of children in a nongraded curricular system and to make available to teachers a set of guidelines for implementation. The guide establishes the parameters within which the operation of an individualized…

The handbook outlines a course of study in social studies for grade 1. The overall course objective is to teach children about the family's needs, the ways in which it satisfies them, and the interdependence of people in families and communities. Questioning techniques are used throughout the course. Questions which develop student thinking…

A survey of nineteen American history high school texts and eight government texts attempts to discover if schools are still failing to teach adequately about labor unions, their history, procedures, and purposes. For each text a summary account is provided of what the text has to say about labor in terms of a set of pre-established criteria. At…

The primary focus of this module, one of five to be integrated into an 11th grade American history course, is on the question: Is law necessary? Understandings, or objectives, deal with the use of the law as a necessary means of social control over antisocial behavior and dispute resolution; treat the social guidance function of law; examine the…

Since South Carolina had depended on graduate library schools outside the state for its source of professional library manpower, it was necessary for the University of South Carolina to establish in the State's first graduate library school a program that was relevant to the information needs in South Carolina. During 1971-72, ten library…

Using data obtained from 51 male and 133 female undergraduates enrolled in six classes in educational psychology, the authors obtained evidence supporting the existence of slight sex differences in descriptions or appraisals of instruction and also suggesting a relationship between the overall past achievement of the males and their perceptions of…

This booklet uses materials developed during the High School Geography Project to guide teachers and other participants through the formulation of learning objectives, evaluation of those objectives, use of that evaluation to improve teaching, and the application of the process to the construction of an evaluation instrument. After completing the…

This guide describes a course designed to prepare students for employment as medical records clerks capable of handling all types of medical forms and reports, and using and spelling medical terminology correctly. The need for medical typists is critical. The guide contains enrollment guidelines, performance objectives (i.e., type medical…

An attempt to diversify the classroom experience at Simon Fraser University's Department of Geography has taken two thrusts: the large classroom integrative media use, and the student prepared multimedia "essay." The traditional lecture technique, which ignores the entire media revolution, is deplored. The first of two ways of conveying more…

A course on South west history part of a high school career curriculum project, is outlined. Objectives for each part of the course are listed. Course titles include: Urban Problems in the Southwest, Mexican Americans in the Southwest, Southwest History, Americans in the Southwest, Indians in the Southwest, Urban Problems, and History of Business…

This curriculum guide, one of a series developed to assist those involved in implementing career education programs concerned with public service occupations, contains the basic instructional material recommended for the area of social and economic services preparation. The units described are: (1) social service agencies and programs, (2) why…

Presented in the curriculum guide for teachers of mentally retarded (EMR) children in Brevard County, Florida, are preprimary, primary, intermediate, junior high school, and occupational training programs. Listed for preprimary level are skills objectives and suggested activities for such areas as auditory discrimination, constancy, and tactual…