This report describes the strategy adopted by the Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia) for the implementation of Elementary Science Study (ESS) materials in its schools. A plan was prepared for the implementation: (1) inservice teachers were given training in the use of ESS kits and motivated to use these effectively, and (2) an Instructional…

Guidelines and alternatives for planning cooperative vocational education programs in small rural schools are presented in this document, which proposes methodologies to promote the range of opportunities for occupational exploration and training via a learning-earning program that utilizes community resources. The document contains guidelines…

The author discusses the use of oral history in social studies classrooms K-12. The validity of oral history and problems to solve are examined; the Native American Oral History Project is described as an example of an oral history teaching technique. For journal availability see SO 504 433. (Author/RM)

Outlines reasons for including a discussion of contraception within the context of a science curriculum, provides examples of contexts in which contraception can be discussed, and suggests the Family Planning Association as a resource. (GS)

Interviewing is used as a primary resource in studying women in Canadian society. Suggests that students interview family members first, and then branch out to women in the community. Resources on the role of women are listed, including nonfiction sources, memoirs, autobiographies, regional treatments, and historical novels. (BC)

A survey of valuable techniques for introducing children to the museum as a learning place. Museums can be helpful when used intelligently by a teacher who integrates tours into the curriculum. Scouting out local resources, developing the subject matter, designing the tour, and planning participatory activities, pretour preparation, and posttour…

Lists and annotates documents on the relationship between business/industry and career education which were screened from a computer search of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) collection by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Career Education. Includes information on ordering the documents. (MF)

Family context therapy attempts to change environmental conditions that cause or accentuate family difficulties and to construct contexts that promote family well-being. This approach moves the center of family interventions from the arena of the clinical office into the larger society, to helping agencies and institutions for therapeutic effort.…

Improved housing fails to promote increased social interaction, educational achievement, lower delinquency rates, or better family relationships. Habitat aspirations and housing satisfactions vary among people, dependent on the values and norms of their social reference groups, as well as individual roles, family structure and stage in the life…

Described is a program in which mental health services coordinated by a physician intern were provided in a New York City school. (CL)

The author discusses the following methods which she found to be interesting additions to textbook material and the curriculum for training legal secretaries: questionnaires sent to attorneys, special projects (written reports, speakers, oral reports, typing projects), office observation, legal office work experience, courthouse fieldtrip, and…

The school, the home, and the community have joint responsibility for the education of the child. (JD)

Describes an effort to develop a cooperative network of university-based social scientists and representatives from various education-related organizations within a community for the purpose of exchanging their limited resources in effective and mutually productive ways. (JG)