This model is based on a training program at Chicago State University designed to train planners and operators of community education programs. Academic content is combined with field-based training. According to the model, first the needs of the communities of the participants should be identified. Then personnel from each agency involved should…

THIS BULLETIN GIVES AN ACCOUNT OF THE 1967 FESTIVAL AND LISTS THE ACTIVITIES AND ENTERTAINMENT PLANNED FOR 1968 (APRIL 20, ST. PAUL), IN WHICH ALL THE HIGH SCHOOLS IN MINNESOTA MAY PARTICIPATE. WORKSHOPS FOR BOTH TEACHERS AND STUDENTS, AND NUMEROUS FOREIGN-LANGUAGE SPEAKING PERSONNEL PROVIDED BY STUDENT, SCHOLARSHIP, AND WORK ABROAD ORGANIZATIONS…

Released time from classes for independent study by academically able high-school juniors and seniors is evaluated here after a four-year study. Concern was centered on the effects of this program on high school functioning and, later, on college records. Major hypotheses of the study were that: (1) independent reading groups would show greater…

Procedures are presented for training classroom observers to collect data in naturalistic research projects. Training methods are directed toward the collection of highly reliable observational data. Pre-classroom training prepares observers for data collection by working with the coding manual, video-tapes, and written dialogues, and through…

Four elements of the planning by objectives system (purposes, long- and short-term objectives, and planning details) are explained in this manual for people who work with high school or college student volunteer programs which provide experiential learning through community service. Following an introduction on the fundamentals of the system, a…

The resource guide is structured for Arizona history and social studies teachers as an aid in planning classroom activities for kindergarten through grade 12. Developed as part of the Bicentennial program, the guide focuses on the themes of heritage, festival, and horizons. The heritage section furnishes a historical perspective for organizing…

Five schools in northeastern Ohio were chosen to participate in this environmental education project. Students were assigned a natural area in their community to study in detail. This workbook is designed for recording data collected during the year long project. The topics to be studied are organized according to the month that they will be done,…

As a field learning experience, 14 students at College of the Mainland (Texas) examined the structure and components of community leadership in Texas City, Texas. The students were divided into two groups, under the direction of a humanities staff member. The first group, using the reputational study technique, asked community residents to…

This book gives a general explanation of, and information about, the laws and how they work, and is written very simply and clearly with numerous examples and illustrations. It was written by students and staff in the eighth-grade social studies class of Miles City Junior High School, Montana, with the assistance and advice of members of the…

Prepared as an aid to teachers, the document contains two parts intended to help correlate instruction of industrial arts at the elementary level with the recommended curriculum content in the Wisconsin Guide to Local Curriculum Improvement in Industrial Education, K-12. Pertaining to field objectives 1-4 in the guide, Industry for the Elementary…

The following description sets forth the aims and methodology of a project in Arkansas dialect studies; summarizes the preliminary work being carried on; and outlines the future course of the study. The urgency of the need for such research is pointed out by Moreland: The South is a "formerly distinctive region that is fast losing its…

To justify the use of a particular teaching method it should be followed up with a measurement of student achievement. Thus, the primary objective of this study was to determine whether the project method of instruction is accomplishing its task of training young men and women to enter the world of work without the benefit of first hand experience…