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Fairwell, Kay, Ed. – 1979
Active participation in a variety of outdoor activities by small groups of youngsters aged 10 to 15 is the focus of the Outdoor Biology Instructional Strategies (OBIS) project, designed to provide the firsthand outdoor experience necessary for understanding biological relationships. OBIS provides community-sponsored youth organizations and schools…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Biology, Ecology, Educational Objectives
KISHKUNAS, LOUIS J. – 1967
THE PRINCIPAL PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT WAS TO DEVELOP A MODEL HEALTH OCCUPATIONS TRAINING PROGRAM. LISTS OF TASKS PERFORMED BY NURSE AIDES, PRACTICAL NURSES, AND SURGICAL TECHNICIANS WERE DEVELOPED THROUGH (1) INTERVIEWS WITH WORKERS AND JOB SPECIALISTS, (2) A STUDY OF HIRING REQUIREMENTS, JOB SPECIFICATIONS, AND DAILY ACTIVITY CHARTS, AND (3)…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Core Curriculum
Darcy, Robert L. – 1968
An experimental project was initiated to provide the schools with instructional materials, evaluation instruments and a realistic classroom educational program for bridging the gap between school and work. Some major objectives were to: (1) identify appropriate course content for economic and manpower education, (2) develop instructional…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Course Content, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
World Education, Inc., New York, NY. – 1975
Having used the apperception-interception method (AIM) of adult basic education (ABE) successfully abroad, World Education, with Office of Education funding and working at several American sites, developed a model of innovative ABE methods and materials for the United States, based on addressing learners' motivational problems. By using…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Lonsdale, Helen C.; O'Neill, Donald W. – 1975
To implement a career education program for junior high school students in the rural, isolated areas of the Rocky Mountain States, Satellite Technology Demonstration (STD) tested the use of a satellite-assisted communications system for the delivery of social services. A magazine was designed to promote acceptance of the television programing and…
Descriptors: Career Education, Communications Satellites, Educational Programs, Educational Television
Southwest Educational Development Lab., Austin, TX. – 1976
Designed for parents and teachers, the manual contains suggestions for approximately 70 inexpensively constructed games, activities, and manipulative materials for use with handicapped and non handicapped young children. Suggested are procedures for conducting materials workshops for parents and teachers. Instructions are provided for items…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Early Childhood Education, Educational Games, Exceptional Child Education
Lee, John R.; Anderson, Lee F. – 1970
Another objective in addition to those stated in SO 000 641 was: to develop illustrative source books for teachers and booklets for pupils that exemplify the approaches to be tested in investigations. There were five brief history units written on topics that should be added to textbooks: 1) The Social Impact of the Great Depression, 2) The New…
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research, Economics
Centre for Information on Language Teaching, London (England). – 1969
Recent developments in Britain show an increased recognition of the value of students of many disciplines of practical skills in foreign languages. In a number of universities language centers have been established to provide "service courses" in foreign languages and in non-university institutions degree courses have been established in…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Area Studies, Business Education, Conference Reports
Skapski, George J. – 1969
As an innovative aid to the study of music, recordings were made of musical performances and later synchronized with musical notations. To make the structures of the music more readily visible, and after experimenting with the use of staff notation, the author-developed "Nota-Graph" notation system was used. In this notation, there are…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Color, Communications, Educational Media
McKeown, Robin J. – 1973
Stages in the development of international and intercultural education in the American secondary schools are discussed in this report. The author describes different sets of rationale for teaching toward international understanding which have evolved through the years. Cited are six social studies projects which represent productive materials and…
Descriptors: American Culture, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Interrelationships
Kansas Univ., Lawrence. Center for Research on Learning. – 1998
This final report and associated materials describe a 3-year research and demonstration project whose purpose was to provide adult educators and adults with disabilities with validated accommodations useful in instruction and assessment. These accommodations were intended to help individuals with disabilities understand their legal rights, meet…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adults
Eckert, Douglas – 1996
The needs and opportunities in the heavy-duty alternative fuel vehicle training arena were examined in an informal ethnographic study of the appropriateness and effectiveness of the instructional materials currently being used in such training. Interviews were conducted with eight instructors from the National Alternative Fuels Training Program…
Descriptors: Alternative Energy Sources, Auto Mechanics, Educational Demand, Educational Needs
Texas Univ., Austin. Dept. of Slavic Languages. – 1995
The National Endowment for the Humanities and University of Texas (NEH-UT) collaborative project was established to develop authentic and practical tests of spoken Russian for younger, beginning students of Russian, and to create a guide for their implementation into instruction. The development process involved teachers of Russian at the middle,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Faculty, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Frenkel, Michael W.; Brodsky, Stanley M. – 1999
These case studies highlight the diversity of four tech programs that responded with a unique set of organizational policies and procedures to a unique set of challenges. The case study on City Tech Tech-Prep Consortium in Brooklyn focuses on three strategies: transition to City Tech program, postsecondary component, and program evaluation. The…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Case Studies, College School Cooperation, Consortia
Thoms, Karen Jarrett – 1997
This paper addresses a systematic approach to training faculty to teach via two-way interactive television (ITV). The following ten training modules are presented: (1) Introduction to the ITV System, including terminology and ITV history/development; (2) Making ITV Work for You, including syllabus construction, ITV equipment, and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education, Course Content
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