This is number four in a series of resource manuals consisting of 11 sequenced curriculum guides developed by the Demonstration and Research Center for Early Education (DARCEE) for use in early childhood education programs. Emphasis is placed on the development of sensory, abstracting and mediating, and response skills. The projected order of the…

This guide provides 11 basic lessons for the English monolingual and English dominant sixth grader. It may also be adapted for other grade levels. The guide may be used independently as introductory material or as a supplement to other Spanish-as-a-second-language (SSL) programs. The units are designed to develop first the listening and speaking…

The course outline provides lesson plans, suggested visual aids, and references to source materials for a one- to five-day course originally developed by the New York City--Rand Institute for use with city agencies. The course was designed to improve the deployment of these agencies' emergency service units, and was presented to agency and city…

The document consists of a course outline for a one semester health occupations career exploration course for grades 7-10 and a description of an exploratory course module. The course outline presents proposed content with corresponding activity suggestions in three sections designed to (1) define health and health care, (2) identify jobs and job…

The curriculum guide is designed to provide high school students with realistic training in electricity/electronics theory and practice and to prepare them for entry into an occupation or continuing postsecondary education. The learning modules are grouped into three areas: electrical technology, radio-television technology, and industrial…

The packet of 10 curriculum guides, intended to aid in planning and developing materials for the introduction of agribusiness and natural resource education, can be used in statewide educational programs. The guides are appropriate for all levels from elementary to vocational schools and community colleges, although emphasis is on the secondary…

This document is the third in a series of 12 early childhood program descriptions compiled by the Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development. The program described here is the Cognitive Curriculum developed by David Weikart at the High/Scope Educational Research Foundation at Ypsilanti, Michigan. The Cognitive Curriculum, which…

The monograph examines the efficacy of using career education as an organizing theme around which education can be unified and by which the relevance of education can be restored to a larger number of persons. A systems approach is recommended; systematic efforts begin with an examination of the student's level of development and proceed on the…

Designed for the use of high school, area vocational center, and community college counselor-coordinators in career education, the handbook covers a variety of career-relevant activities, materials, and resources. Site visits to outstanding programs in career education in Illinois formed the basis for selection of contents. Beginning with sample…

The 10-week mini-course, designed for junior high school students in English, in which careers and recreations become a basis for exploring the individual potential of students, contains three lesson plans. The overall goals emphasize communication skills, language usage, interpersonal skills and the development of knowledge of career areas. The…

A broad educational background is necessary to meet ever changing occupational fields, and career education is an approach incorporating career information within the regular school subjects. For the elementary level, career awareness is the main thrust in this ongoing program to integrate students and community. Self-development and understanding…

Art concepts are surveyed from the beginning of recorded time of the stone age to present day contemporary society in this curriculum guide for grades seven through nine. Since art reflects culture, the student interprets the past, analyzes the present, and projects the future by using art as a medium. Objectives are for the student to identify…

The curriculum guide is designed to integrate elementary school curriculum with career education concepts in the primary grades. The major objectives are to acquaint the students with careers in order to develop a positive awareness of and attitude toward work, to appreciate the contributions that they can make, and to develop basic skills for…

The curriculum guide is designed to integrate elementary school curriculum with career education concepts. The major objectives are to acquaint the students with careers in order to develop a positive awareness of and attitude toward work, to appreciate the contributions that they can make, and to develop basic skills for entry into the work…

The curriculum guide attempts to assemble select activities that represent skills related to careers in science. These learning activities are designed to give junior and senior high school students opportunities to explore concepts and processes in many science-related careers. The broad areas covered are biology, chemistry, physics, and earth…