These selected papers are organized into four categories: general environmental concerns, general environmental education, environmental education programs, and environmental education materials. Altogether, the reports provide environmental personnel with current information on the present and proposed future status of environmental education.…

This paper discusses articulating the language arts curriculum. Articulating the language arts curriculum is talking about it to and with peers, with students, and with oneself. It is argued that this dialogue and internal searching for a directional sense for the language arts curriculum is actually the basis for the curriculum itself. Language…

This workshop was in response to the need for developing and implementing vocational guidance and career development programs in compliance with legislation passed by the State Assembly which provides for comprehensive vocational education in Grades 9-12 and appropriate counseling and prevocational education in Grades 7-8 in all of Tennessee's…

This manual had its origins in a training project at the University of Michigan directed at the staff and directors of area planning agencies on aging. The manual is a revised version of a manuscript used in the regional workshops to facilitate the planning and coordination of services and programs for older people. Its purpose is to provide an…

This manual was developed by the United Day Care Services, Inc. and is intended to serve as a guide for others who are planning to work in the area of family day care. The history of the development of the United Day Care Services' family day care unit is summarized and a brief resume of how the unit operates is presented. The areas covered in the…

During 1971, Carl Goebel prepared for the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) a report entitled "Evaluation of the WICHE Intern Program in the State of Oregon." In this evaluation he pointed out a number of the deficiencies, as well as the strengths of the program. In concluding, Goebel made a number of suggestions…

This guide to creative movement, relevant to all age groups, opens with a discussion of historical and present trends in movement and dance. Chapters treat (a) the body--body awareness, body activities, and relationships; (b) principles of movement--space, force, time, dynamics, and fluency; (c) topics within the sphere of movement, from the world…

This document presents the standards, policies, and procedures for implementing the approved program approach to the certification of professional school personnel in Pennsylvania. Part 1 states the policies and procedures for institutional and program approval of undergraduate and graduate programs. Part 2 states general and specific program…

This manual is designed to facilitate efficient director preparation for the Project on Team Teaching Modular Workshop. Although the director has many set responsibilities throughout the workshop, there are also many options left open in workshop design. Responsibilities are listed and options explained after an introduction. Certain workshop…

The purpose of the Career Education Personnel Model (CEPM) was to develop competency-based models for the preparation and training of education personnel (K-12) who will plan and implement career education programs at the local level. The CEPM staff identified educational personnel competencies essential to local career education programs by…

In this document, the author lists nine things that he would look for in a performance-based teacher education (PBTE) program requesting funds for implementation. The nine items are: (a) in addition to a brief statement of rationale, a fairly explicit statement of total program goals including competencies a teacher candidate would be expected to…

In a competency-based teacher education (CBTE) program the competencies to be acquired by the prospective teacher and the assessment criteria for those competencies are made explicit, and the prospective teacher is held accountable for meeting those criteria. Specified competencies should be those understandings, skills, behaviors, and attitudes…

This monograph discusses the developmental stages of career education in Michigan, and describes eight local-level career education projects in the state. Some of the specific programs in operation in Michigan include: (1) a placement project which finds jobs for students and graduates of a vo-tec center; (2) a career-oriented curriculum project…

Approaches which recognize the inadequacy of many existing faculty preparation programs, while facilitating role and career transition of new faculty members are needed by today's 2-year colleges. Recognizing these facts, this monograph looks at the orientation program as one solution. Recent research on faculty background in terms of occupational…

Based on a literature survey of union cataloging, and New England libraries it was determined that: (1) New England's collective union catalog needs and problems had not been specified, especially regarding the possibilities of machine application; (2) crucial data and analysis needed for such specification was unavailable; and (3) the absence of…