The report, based on a six-month study as a participant-observer, discusses developments now under way in West Germany's Adult Education Centers movement. The article offers a comparative approach that takes account of trends in Europe and North America. It puts these developments into a philosophical framework, noting that Germany may provide a…

This handbook outlines the curriculum objectives for the children's television program, "The Electric Company." The first portion of the text delineates strategies for teaching symbol/sound analysis, including units on blends, letter groups, and word structure. A second section addresses strategies for reading for meaning, including…

This document consists of seven research proposals for studies undertaken by the Child Development and Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin for 1967-68. Each of the proposals includes a discussion of the rationale, objective, basic design, sample population, data to be gathered, procedure or instruments to be used, relationships of…

Ideas and information gathered from eight monthly seminars focusing on issues related to rights of youths are presented here. The topics that are covered are as follows: what it means to be regarded as a person, a definitive look at moral and legal rights, adult and youth rights, the rights of youth to be regarded as persons in schools and in…

The document is the fourth of four substudies concerning female faculty members in different types of educational institutions. The present study focuses on public comprehensive secondary schools and the identification of the perceptions of female vocational faculty members in the three broad areas of dual-role conflict, career aspirations, and…

This 2,380-item annotated bibliography is a selective list of books and articles related to foreign language pedagogy. The entries are grouped by topic, in the following individual sections: Festschriften and Other Analyzed Collections, General, Bilingualism, Linguistics, Culture, Teaching the Foreign Literature, Curricular Problems and…

The first grade instructional unit, part of a grade school level career education curriculum series, is designed to assist learners in relating present experiences to past and future ones. Before the main body of the lessons is described field test results are reported and key items are presented: the concepts, the estimated instructional time,…

Reasons for the present emphasis on all-year operation of schools differ from those prevailing 30-40 years ago. During the depression emphasis was on economy. Recently, a more sensible reason for an extended school year is coming into focus--the year-round school has educational value. It is not just something to be considered in order to save…

This manual is designed to assist teachers of adult education in the task of modifying commercially available ESL materials as a means of providing their students with sufficient, meaningful practice. The manual is divided into two parts. Part 1 is an introduction to the basic principles underlying sentence structure. This theory is considered…

The four instructional units or mini-courses in the area of home economics are designed for the seventh through ninth grade levels. In the first two units (parts A and B), both six-week courses, provide seven learning activities in family living and 10 activities in personal culture focusing on: self and personality development, goals and values,…

The thesis presented is that "learning arises from experience which is absolutely bound up with communication of all kinds." The book deals with ways to translate this view into classroom practice. The chapters, which are subdivided for the British infant and junior schools, cover: (1) Thinking and Learning; (2) Telling by Moving--drama, dance,…

The career exploration program for grades 9 through 10, as part of a comprehensive K through 10 career development program, attempts to develop an awareness of and appreciation for work, extend knowledge of the variety of career opportunities, and provide experiences in career areas of individual interest. The document, a collection of materials…

The career exploration program for grades 9 through 10, as part of a comprehensive K through 10 career development program, attempts to develop an awareness of and appreciation for work, extend knowledge of the variety of career opportunities, and provide experiences in career areas of individual interest. The document, a collection of materials…

The guide, part of a career education project for elementary and secondary education, is designed for use by counselors with high school students. The introductory remarks discuss the background of the program which was proposed to develop a general course of study for students in career education. Developed for use in grades 10-12, the model…

Three components (manpower needs, availability of students, program effectiveness) for priority training area rankings, drawn up by the Priority Training Areas and Priority Programs Ad Hoc Committee of Iowa, supplement the areas list identifying the occupational areas for priority programs. Career education consultants worked with management staff…