THE HISTORY OF THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS (CCC) AND ITS CONTROVERSIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM IS REVIEWED. CREATED IN MARCH, 1933, THE CCC PROVIDED WORK FOR UNEMPLOYED YOUTH (18-25). THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR RECRUITED THEM, THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR RAN THE CAMPS, AND THE DEPARTMENTS OF INTERIOR AND AGRICULTURE DIRECTED THE CONSERVATION WORK. IN JULY…

THE TWO COURSES, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN INDIAN EDUCATION AND EDUCATION OF THE INDIAN ADULT, WERE OFFERED FOR THE SECOND TIME DURING THE SUMMER OF 1963 AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY. THIS DOCUMENT IS A RESULT OF THE COMPILATION OF 32 PAPERS PREPARED BY THE STUDENTS FROM THESE 2 CLASSES. THESE PAPERS PERTAIN TO VARIOUS SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY…

TELECLUBS, BECAUSE OF THE NOVELTY OF TELEVISION, WERE SO POPULAR THAT OVERCROWDING, AS WELL AS UNEVEN ATTENDANCE BY CLUB MEMBERS, AFFECTED THE GOAL OF EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF TELECASTS ON CITIZENSHIP. GREATER SUCCESS WAS REALIZED IN BRINGING ABOUT SHIFTS IN INFORMATION THAN IN ATTITUDES, PERHAPS, BECAUSE THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP STARTED AT A HIGHER…

Containing a series of activities that complement the mathematics programme in the primary and junior division (grades 1-6) of an Ontario school system, this resource book relates mathematics skills to everyday usage, allowing children to recognise the value of mathematics in the practical sense. All objectives and strategies are designed to…

This document contains the proceedings of the combined 27th and 28th annual meeting of the Far Western Philosophy of Education Society in March, 1980. Twenty-eight papers discussing various aspects of the philosophy of education are presented. In the first paper "Presidential Address: Dialogical Dilemmas and the Philosophy of Education," the…

This guide is intended as a resource for educators who wish to use films on aging to teach humanistic values. There are three main divisions in the guide: (1) descriptive and analytical notes on 12 films about aging, (2) suggestions for instructional programming, and (3) an annotated filmography. The first section includes film-study questions on…

This instructional handbook is one of a series of ten packets designed to form a comprehensive course in nutrition for secondary students. This unit provides a brief overview of the world food crisis, the proposed U.S. Dietary goals, and the conflict between freedom of speech and the proliferation of nutrition misinformation. It contains a page of…

School teaching is becoming essentially and not merely marginally a genre of political behavior. For most contemporary teachers, most of the time, work consists of interpreting diverse ideological pressures, and attempting to appease those who produce these pressures in a manner that will allow them to retain their positions, self respect, and a…

The purpose of this Personalized Activity Kit is to help the participant develop the skills necessary to collect facts related to concerns already gathered. Specifically, these skills are methods for collecting a full range of facts and a means for sifting out the statements that are not true or valid. Guidelines and exercises for distinguishing…

Four concept papers prepared by the director of the Office of Career Education, U.S. Office of Education, during 1976-77 are presented in this monograph. "Career Education and Manpower Training" presents a treatment of jobs versus work, specific vocational skills versus adaptability skills, paid employment versus productive use of leisure time,…

The purpose of this Child Development Associate (CDA) training module is to provide guidelines for the CDA intern to use in: (1) becoming aware of and understanding parents' values for their children, (2) recognizing the major role that parents have in their child's education and, (3) helping parents gain more understanding about children and…

Research was done to determine the degree of acceptance of others exhibited by two groups of randomly selected preservice teachers in order to determine whether special workshop and field experience training modified their attitudes towards others' patterns of behavior and beliefs. The study was set within the context of a muti-ethnic neighborhood…

The manual contains affective educational materials and methods for use with delinquent students (grades 4-12). The introductory section explores a suggested timetable for the activities provided and gives suggestions for setting up the classroom, the use of a 'group circle' and an opening exercise or icebreaker. Each activity is described in…

These instructional materials on Filipino Americans for elementary students were developed through the K.E.Y.S. project (knowledge of English Yields Success). The contents include statistics on the Filipino American population, background information about the Philippines becoming a U.S. territory, early immigration and more recent immigration to…

These instructional materials on Samoans in the United States for elementary students were developed through the K.E.Y.S. project (Knowledge of English Yields Success). Information is included about Samoa, migration of Samoans to the United States, cultural background, and Samoan students. Resource guides describe the purpose of the unit, how to…