This document presents a learning model for training teachers to effectively deal with physically handicapped and mildly retarded children in their regular classroom. The modules are organized in the following fashion: Phase One; Development of an awareness of the concept of mainstreaming, of labels and their consequences, and of the psychological…

This paper outlines a process that can be applied to the analysis or design of instructional programs and materials. The role of values in decision-making is discussed, with special emphasis on desisions concerning energy education. In addition, some criteria are given for effective programs and instructional materials for energy education. This…

Three methods of sequencing coordinate concepts (simultaneous, collective, and successive) were investigated with a Bayesian, computer-based, adaptive control system. The data analysis showed that when coordinate concepts are taught simultaneously (contextually similar concepts presented at the same time), student performance is superior to either…

Presented is the final report of the Career Associate in Special Education (CASE) Program, a training program structured to prepare individuals to be teacher aides or teacher assistants in exceptional child education settings. Noted among problems encountered during the program was the lack of knowledge by professional staff as well as lack of…

Concluding the story of Countesthorpe College, the author looked at the results of Britain's most wholehearted experiment in state secondary education. (Editor/RK)

Article provided a brief survey of past motives for music education in order to put present objectives in perspective. (Author/RK)

Condensed from "Grade Teacher, Volume 86 (December 1968), 70-75.

This document is seen as a framework that presents suggestions for mathematics programs to fill the void left with the demise of "new math." The child is identified as the central figure in the educational scene. The material is in two major parts. The first part is a framework for mathematics as revised for 1975, and covers all grades.…

This descriptive report looks at Pensacola Junior College's (PJC's) efforts to: (1) define the competencies students are to acquire through the college's vocational and general education programs; and (2) map out a sequence of courses for each program, based on a hierarchical ranking of these competencies. The report first discusses an employer…

The Agency for Instructional Television (AIT) works with educational agencies in the United States and Canada as partners in the process of educational change through school television. The organization develops school television programming for consortia of state and provincial education agencies. Since 1970, it has completed nine major projects.…

Examined is the Humanities Program at St. Anselm College, a two-year program of readings and lectures ordered chronologically from ancient to contemporary times--from the age of Classical Greek thought and the Old Testament to the twentieth century. The first year of the Humanities Program is organized in eight units on general modes of…

This curriculum guide outlines the course content, skills, and suggested classroom activities for English/language arts instruction in grades six through nine. The first section of the guide contains course content outlines for each grade level, listing learner objectives, the skills associated with these objectives, and the page numbers of…