This manual contains instructional materials for the course Media and Technology for Teaching, which is required for students in the teacher certification program at Miami University, Ohio. Based on 16 stated themes related to professional development, the program features the integration of and exposure to educational technology in the course,…

In this document, which is intended to give high school and college students realistic occupational information, 80 professionals tell what their jobs are like. The information was collected during interviews and is presented in a conversational tone. The professionals work in computer fields, business, hotel and restaurant management,…

Noting that instructional films can serve as a valuable tool to motivate students and to help them organize, interpret, and evaluate concepts presented, this program guide is designed to assist teachers in planning instructional activities that will effectively integrate films into the English language arts curriculum. The first section of the…

Listed and briefly described are resource materials on the mainstreaming of handicapped children, selected for use in the training of professionals, parents, and students. Included are references to 20 instructional materials (filmstrips, slides, and cassettes), 29 films and videotapes, and 30 print resources. Usually provided in the references…

THIS IS THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES WHICH ARE BEING DEVELOPED TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION CONCERNING DOCUMENTS ANALYZED AT THE ERIC INFORMATION ANALYSIS CENTER FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION. REPORTED ARE OVER 180 CITATIONS TO SELECTED DOCUMENTS RELATED TO INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES IN SCIENCE EDUCATION. THE DOCUMENTS INCLUDED REPRESENT…

The 30-minute color 16mm sound film, available from the International Film Bureau, introduces students to the science of archaeology. Originally intended by developers of the Anthropology Curriculum Project as part of an elementary school unit on culture, the film can also be used in high school and university level anthropology and history…

THE BIBLIOGRAPHY LISTS 183 HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE DEPARTMENT PUBLICATIONS (1957-66) CONCERNED WITH MENTAL RETARDATION. THE ANNOTATION FOR EACH ENTRY INCLUDES A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE CONTENTS OF THE PUBLICATION AND HOW IT MAY BE OBTAINED. BROAD SUBJECT HEADINGS ARE GENERAL (38 ENTRIES), LEGISLATION AND FEDERAL PROGRAMS (43), SPECIFIC…

The 26 major laws enacted between 1963 and 1967 which affected the handicapped are considered. The historical development of four major laws includes the Social Security Act Amendments of 1963, 1964, 1965, and 1967; the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act of 1963; the Elementary and Secondary…

A common instructional task and a set of educational environments are hypothesized for analysis of media cost data. The analytic structure may be conceptulized as a three-dimensional matrix: the first vector separates costs into production, distribution, and reception; the second vector delineates capital (initial) and operating (annual) costs;…

The population of the study consisted of 15 high school industrial arts students, 10 freshman and sophomore college students, and 10 adults. A polysensory, self-pacing instructional system was developed which included (1) pretests and post tests, (2) a general instruction book, (3) equipment to practice arc welding, (4) programed instruction…

This collection resulting from a workshop on language teaching methodology contains the following papers: (1) "Current Views and Principles on Unlocking the FL Treasure Chest," by R. Lado; (2) "Effective Ways of Teaching First-Year French," by J.G. Nicholas; (3) "Teaching Conversation and Comprehension Skills in Elementary…

The theme of this issue of ELT Documents is the use of the language laboratory in language learning. An article by A. Maley summarizes the conference on the use of the language laboratory for advanced learners, held in Paris, 2-4 Oct. 1974, from which two main perspectives emerged. One is critical of the structuralist audio-lingual assumptions…

St. Bonaventure University holds a Language Day each spring, hosting some 3,900 area junior high and high school students. The buildings and facilities of the university campus are used, and activities include language competitions (exhibits, interpretative readings, language productions, audio-visual presentations and essays); a fiesta; foreign…

The publication offers approximately 2,200 titles of films, filmstrips, slides, tapes, scripts, games, kits, printed materials, songs, records, and other aids which may be used by school counselors and instructional staffs to integrate career development into the total school curriculum. This new edition of the guide expands both on the number of…

The Project's report on its second year gives a detailed description of the construction and trial of its innovative 8th-grade American History course. Local history and local and national contemporary problems were interwoven with the traditional content of American history. Teaching-learning methods and activities included film-viewing,…