Divided into three chapters, this manual suggests career-related activities designed to be infused in the standard school curriculum, K-12. Chapter 1 provides an overview of career education, including a rationale and outline of the eight basic elements accepted by the federal Office of Education. Chapter 2 explains what is meant by career…

A sixteen line poem in Spanish provides the text of this short booklet on the three meals of the day. Designed for use as supplementary reading materials for the elementary grade Spanish speaking child, the booklet was developed by students in the Bilingual Teacher Aide Program at Mesa Community College. Content and language have been controlled…

Thirty-two American teachers, most with experience in teaching in Africa, have developed units and lessons to foster cross-cultural understanding about Africa. The units stress students' appreciation and understanding of themselves as individuals while developing an acceptance of the reality of cultures alien to their own. The units are not…

In this paper, several issues related to the problem of transfer of training are set forth. The technique of frame analysis, developed by Erving Goffman, is presented as a way of bringing coherence to the formulation of problems related to transfer of training. Key concepts in Goffman's argument are explained, showing how those concepts pertain to…

Public Law 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, which requires a free and appropriate education for all handicapped children in the United States, creates special problems for the language arts teacher. The law mandates that handicapped children should be mainstreamed to the maximum extent possible while receiving individualized…

To promote the deinstitutionalization of mentally retarded individuals, a three-phase assessment prescription system has been developed. It conceptualizes return to the community as a series of transfers from a restrictive non-programmatic environment (phase one) through specialized short-term program-oriented rehabilitation (phase 2) to the least…

This report is a description of STELLAR (Strategies and Training for Effective Learning in Language and Reading) Project operations, its impact on the reading and language achievement of 1,053 Title I "at risk" students in grades one, two and three, and its institutionalization in the 1978 Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title I…

The American School in Mexico City is a multicultural school drawing its students from the upper middle class with a pupil population of about 40% United States citizens, 40% Mexican, and 20% other nationalities. Admission is based on language proficiency, scholastic achievement, and ability to pay. The school admits monolingual Spanish speakers…

This packet is designed to aid teachers of Adult Basic Education Programs conduct census education/participation programs. The objective is to rectify the census undercount problem, especially among minorities. The document is presented in five chapters. Chapter I focuses on the census in perspective. Chapter II discusses the 1980 census and…

Five units on the culture, language, ethnic background, and characteristics of Canada are provided for the secondary school teacher. The guide is intended as the companion text to the publication entitled "Canadian Studies: A Syllabus" which is being prepared by the New York State Education Department. Each unit contains teaching…

This guide, designed for editors, publishers, libraries, teachers and students of translation and interpretation, and agencies that employ translators and/or interpreters, covers eight areas of interest. The categories treated are the following: (1) recent history and breakthroughs; (2) associations and centers for translators covering 84 groups…

The matching cloze format used in constructing the reading comprehension parts of the Micronesian Achievement Test Series (MATS) is described as a holistic approach which measures skills comparable to those needed by English as a second language students in actual reading situations. Kenneth Goodman's theory about the strategies used by good…

This document evaluates a five component title I program supported by Community School District 23, Brooklyn, New York. The five components were (1) Mathematics Program for third through eighth graders; (2) Reading Laboratories Program for third through eighth graders; (3) Early Childhood Program for Kindergarten through second graders; (4)…

A curriculum designed to promote an understanding of the values and priorities of the many cultures of the world, as well as the basic concepts and principles related to world communities, is presented in this paper. The authors first present a rationale for such a curriculum, then describe the courses a Michigan public school district included in…

A booklet for limited English speakers on renting housing provides information on searching for housing, finding the right place, considerations before signing a lease, and relations with the landlord. Cartoons, questions about the message in cartoons and narrative passages, checklists on things to consider, and the phonetic pronunciation of key…