"Teaching for the moment," an approach to teaching English as a second language (ESL), is described. In addition to using nonclassroom moments to expose students to language discovery, this approach involves changing instructional materials to get to the students' level of language and experiential development. It also involves taking advantage of…

This report presents guidelines that can be used in the development of post basic clinical nursing programs in British Columbia. It is presented in four sections. The first section contains the curriculum guidelines, preceded by an outline of the perspective from which they were developed. The second section is devoted to a presentation of some of…

Discusses the establishment of a resource bank for teachers and illustrates this idea by reference to the Oklahoma Earth Sciences Educational Improvement Systems Project (OESEISP). (PEB)

The dreams and predictions of a digital classroom never quite materialized in the social studies history area. For a variety of reasons teachers keep the technology just outside the door peeking in but never truly welcomed. Not welcomed because of the nature of courseware initially offered, not welcomed because the technology was advanced for the…

A K-12 career education project involving thirty-eight school corporations in Southwestern Indiana had several objectives, including developing a concept of career education, developing career education materials, developing a career education model for rural settings, and increasing the utilization of existing school and community resources. The…

This bibliography includes materials found useful in rendering technical assistance to various school divisions which are implementing multiethnic, multicultural curriculum programs. Books are listed by author and title. Films, filmstrips, multi-media programs, instructional programs, recordings, simulations, slides, study prints, tape cassettes,…

Most analyses of the effectiveness of educational systems or technologies report results in terms of the impact of educational resources on educational outputs, with virtually no attention to the decisions the student may make or the time the student takes to learn the course content. Focusing on the student as an important decision-maker leads to…

This selected bibliography on career education was developed to identify publications and resources for use by school administrators, governors, legislators, teachers and others in decision making at their respective levels of governance. Listed alphabetically by author or title, the 180 entries (books, journals, technical reports, and government…

The purpose of this module is to help the professional school counselor acquire and demonstrate a number of specific competencies in the area of information processing. Included are 33 indicators, or statements describing skills, in the general areas of referral, pupil appraisal, and resource management. This document is one of seven staff…

This package of camera ready masters is one of a set of twelve documents describing the Career Planning Support System (CPSS) and its use. (CPSS is a comprehensive guidance program management system which (1) provides techniques to improve a high school's career guidance program, (2) focuses on the skills students need to make decisions about and…

The monograph is one of the Fogarty International Center Series on the Teaching of Preventive Medicine, undertaken to: (1) review and evaluate the state of the art of prevention and control of human diseases; (2) identify deficiences in knowledge requiring further research (including analysis of financial resources, preventive techniques, and…

The contributions of maritime enterprises to the development of America is examined as part of the social studies curriculum for the upcoming Bicentennial. A selective list of resources and an annotated bibliography of materials are included. (JR)

The statewide plan for the continuing education of Florida library and media personnel described in this document is intended to increase the ability of those personnel to provide timely, accurate information and efficient library service to Florida citizens. The goals of the plan and its proposed activities are outlined, including the linking of…

Written in Spanish, this booklet describes the ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) system, who uses ERIC and why, and how to use ERIC. Brief descriptions of the 16 clearinghouses and the services of the ERIC Processing and Reference Facility, ERIC Document Reproduction Service, Oryx Press, and the U. S. Government Printing Office are…