Two-hundred and ninety-three books and articles published primarily in the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1971 are listed in this annotated bibliography on secondary- and college-level economics education. The bibliography is divided into works in five major topic areas including: (1) general surveys; (2) nature, scope, and uses of economics; (3)…

The study was designed to discover and describe planning strategies used by persons developing continuing professional education (CPE) programs for six professional fields. From the descriptions of practice in the six professions, a general model portraying the program development process was developed and used for comparative analysis. The study…

This annotated bibliography summarizes 11 selected publications concerned with the general topic of textbook content and selection. The selections are intended to give practicing educators easy access to the most significant and useful information on school textbooks that is available from the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC). All…

Audiovisual technology can change the teacher-learning situation if various types of visual aids are employed in teaching English in the secondary grades. The use of overhead transparencies is an excellent way to prepare and present the student's ideas. Student's assignments can be produced on transparencies and projected for evaluation by the…

Evaluation procedures are presented in this sourcebook for individuals and institutions involved in innovative programs. The major evaluation instruments available are described, including the name of the instrument, its acronym, respondents on whom it has been used, the items and scales contained in the instrument, the instrument's response set,…

This publication is designed to help the teacher in developing environmental study areas. Numerous examples of study areas, including airports, lakes, shopping centers, and zoos, are listed. A current definition of environmental study areas is given and guidelines for their development and identification are included. The appendix, which comprises…

The Strands Walk is a simple field trip activity designed to acquaint students with an unfamiliar area and with each other. The teacher's role in this activity is to help the students express what they observe, experience, and question. Methods of study and concepts for emphasis are included in this publication. A major portion of the booklet is…

The purpose of this resource guide is to introduce teachers to a variety of instructional strategies and then relate these experiences to both natural and social environmental phenomena and settings. It is divided into six major parts. The first is concerned with developing student awareness of the outdoors through a number of methods, including…

"How can I best keep up with the mushrooming cloud of environmental news?" This bibliography of environmental periodicals was compiled as a guide to help a person identify the environmental periodical which will best fit his interests and needs. The bibliography is divided into three sections: Annotated Periodicals, Secondary Information Sources,…

One year ago the Bay Area China Education Project (BAYCEP) was begun by specialists in Asian Studies from Stanford University and University of California, Berkeley. The purposes of BAYCEP are to develop a series of programs which will encourage the use of China-related materials in elementary and secondary schools and improve the methods and…

A 4-man field team from the University of Colorado, under the auspices of the National Study of American Indian Education, spent 6 weeks in the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Montana, in the fall of 1968. The team studied the public school system of Browning, Montana, the major town on the reservation and reported on educational facilities,…

Part of the series "Coleccion Mini-Libros" (Mini-Book Collection), the booklet is a factual account of the life of a bee. Designed to provide a tool for education of the Spanish-speaking child, as well as to stimulate an interest in Spanish among the youth of our country, the publication is a compilation of photographs with a description of bees…

Part of the series "Coleccion Mini-Libros" (Mini-Book Collection), the booklet is a compilation of 50 short nonsense verses written in Spanish. The author and The Southwest Council of La Raza offer the collection for the use of parents and teachers dedicated to stimulating interest in Spanish among the youth of our country. (EJ)

This collection of conference papers by nine different authors deals with the following topics: (1) philosophy of educational management; (2) systems concepts and development, and the systems approach; (3) management information systems in education; (4) cost-benefit analysis; (5) educational resource management; (6) systems approach to project…

Nine key findings and major recommendations are listed, relating to state education department administrative policies, local school programs, teacher training, community assistance, and teacher materials. Each of these areas is then discussed in more detail, identifying needs and suggesting ways in which they can be met. Areas of responsibility…