A guide designed to help local curriculum planners develop and implement curriculums to provide all students with equal access to foreign languages provides an overview of current philosophies, objectives, methods, materials, and equipment and a guide to sequential program development, articulation, and evaluation. An introductory section…

This publication is designed to aid school administrators, curriculum planners, and teachers in implementing the science education program in Texas public schools. The framework organizes instruction for kindergarten through grade 12 around certain widely accepted processes of science. These processes are reflected in the identified essential…

The first in a series of three volumes comprising a college-level course in Kikuyu, a Bantu language, this document contains the outline for a full-length course whose objective is to provide oral mastery of grammatical principles necessary for more than survival-level proficiency. The 20 units are organized into grammatical categories. Each unit…

In India, environmental education (EE) is introduced at various levels. Goals of this country's EE programs include: improving the quality of environment to create awareness among the people on environmental problems and conservation; developing skills to solve environmental problems; creating the necessary atmosphere for citizen participation in…

This second course of a two-course, postsecondary-level series for medical service specialist is one of a number of military-developed curriculum packages selected for adaptation to vocational instruction and curriculum development in a civilian setting. The purpose stated for the 89-hour course is to provide training in the basic theory and…

The syllabus for New York State's elementary and secondary education second language programs is intended to inform local school district personnel about important characteristics of successful programming and provide a framework for development, management, and implementation. It specifies educational goals and components of the intended learning…

The curriculum guide for the Dade County public schools outlines the content and design of a sequential language arts program. The guide provides structured and unstructured reading experiences for systematically developing Spanish decoding skills, comprehension and interpretation skills, and habits and tastes in reading literary materials. For…

A working guide for teachers in planning and teaching an exploratory course in foreign language and culture presents the basic course structure for nine weeks. Instructional materials are not provided. Course objectives include: (1) exploration of foreign languages and cultures; (2) sensitization to value systems and customs of one's own and other…

The curriculum guidelines for the high school level of Nova Scotia's core French program, intended for students planning to attend college or certain other postsecondary programs, are presented. The four basic language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) are integrated into all phases of classroom activity and the ability to…

One of a series of resources for teaching sociology at the postsecondary level, this volume discusses the background, problems, and course format for an introductory course on war as a social problem. Material is divided into seven sections. Section 1 provides an introduction to the course. Section 2 contains the instructor's personal background…

Web-based learning environments are often criticized for being driven by technology rather than by learning theories. The author created a learning environment consisting of online and offline components that are combined to exploit the advantages of both hypermedia technology and face-to-face instruction. She presents the pedagogical rationale…

This administrative model contains materials to be used in setting up a workshop designed to train members of action organizations (consumer, community, educational) in techniques such as role playing, modeling, and developing strong communications skills for assertively securing legal consumer rights in the areas of credits and warranties, and to…

This guide contains information needed for teaching the required seventh and eighth grade industrial arts exploration course in the middle schools of Prince George's County Public Schools, Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Introductory activities are included for the four broad high school areas of graphic communications, manufacturing, energy and…

This volume is the first of four volumes that comprise a curriculum guide for a postsecondary industrial maintenance program. It contains two sections. Section 1 overviews the philosophies, purposes, and goals for vocational education in Georgia. Contents of section 2 include a discussion of employability skills, description of the occupational…

This volume is the second of four volumes that comprise a curriculum guide for a postsecondary industrial maintenance program. It contains part of section 3 of the guide which contains the unit guides for two of the 12 duties included in the course. Each of the 197 tasks included in these two duties is presented on a separate page and contains the…