There are cognitive, social, personal, and practical reasons for studying a second language, and the syllabus is shaped by these and the identity of the learners, general and specific course objectives, educational principles, course components, learner input, and student evaluation procedures. A dynamic syllabus addresses four language competence…

This paper lists the standards for a course in driver education approved for Texas schools. The guidelines cover administration and supervision; teacher certification; teaching assistants; course requirements; scheduling; instructor hours, class size, and age level; driver education course records; signatures; control of standards; and procedures…

This manual is designed to provide ready access to information about the industrial education program in Alberta to junior and senior high school teachers, counselors, and administrators. The manual is organized in 10 sections. The first three sections introduce the concept of industrial education, define it, and set forth the objectives of the…

Discusses offering of a modular course designed to acquaint the student with methods of observing and quantitatively measuring the properties and reactions of chemicals. Included is a brief sketch of course content and requirements. (CC)

The second-year French course at Dalhousie University was divided into two semesters and redesignated as separate, half-credit courses, allowing science students to complete the basic program in less than two years and allowing the others more options for the second semester. (RM)

Summary of Author's Ed.D. Dissertation, University of Nebraska, 1969

A model framework for course materials construction is presented as an aid to Coast Guard course writers and coordinators, curriculum developers, and instructors who must modify a course or draft a new one. The model assumes that the instructor or other designated person has: (1) completed a task analysis which identifies the competencies, skills…

At Michigan State University, a "hands on" approach to the advertising campaigns course has proven successful. The course is limited to 25 students who work in groups of five to develop and prepare an advertising campaign for a client who has agreed to provide information and funds for the course and who in return will get a plans book…

First in a series of fourteen instructional outlines, this document provides an overview of a fire service training program designed for use by recently formed fire departments in which firemen have had no previous formal training. (Each of the other volumes in the set contains a more complete instructional outline of one portion of the program.)…

THE NORTH CENTRAL ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS SURVEYED THEIR MEMBER COLLEGES TO FIND WHAT ATTITUDES PREVAILED AND WHAT EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES WERE OFFERED IN THE AREA OF HUMAN RELATIONS. ALTHOUGH THERE IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF AGREEMENT AMONG THE RESPONDENTS THAT INFORMATION ABOUT AND UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN RELATIONS IN GENERAL…

GENERAL POINTERS ON A NURSERY SCHOOL AND KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM FOR YOUNG CHILDREN ARE GIVEN. SUBJECTS DEALT WITH ARE--CHARACTERISTICS OF 2- TO 5-YEAR-OLDS, DISCIPLINE PROBLEMS, THE CURRICULUM AND THE TEACHER'S RELATIONSHIP TO IT, SCHEDULING, SUBJECT AREAS OF ART, MUSIC, LANGUAGE, DRAMATIC PLAY, NATURE, AND OUTDOOR PLAY, SANITATION AND SAFETY,…

THE COURSE IS INTENDED TO GO BEYOND THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ADVANCED PLACEMENT PROGRAM IN MATHEMATICS AS DESIGNED BY THE COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION BOARD. THE ADVANCED PLACEMENT PROGRAM CONSISTS OF A 1-YEAR COURSE COMBINING ANALYTIC GEOMETRY AND CALCULUS. PRESUPPOSED HERE ARE--A SEMESTER COURSE IN ANALYTIC GEOMETRY AND A THOROUGH KNOWLEDGE OF…