This environmental education learning unit deals with the topic of eutrophication. The unit is designed to allow secondary teachers of science, language arts, and social studies to use it as supplementary material in their classroom. Teacher information, unit objectives, the unit text, and appendices are included. The teacher information section…

This environmental education curriculum guide was developed for teacher use at the junior high school and senior high school levels. The guide deals with the integration of environmental education into curricular areas not normally associated with environmental education. The guide is divided into the following eight units: Me and My Environment:…

The Bilingual-Bicultural Teacher Education program at St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas was developed in response to the needs of the Spanish-speaking children in Texas schools. The ultimate goal of the program is the amelioration of the educational achievement of Mexican-American children in elementary schools by preparing teachers who…

The creation and use of school-made audiovisual teaching aids that emphasize ecological principles are presented to help secondary students and teachers develop curriculum in environmental education. The specific resources include motion pictures, photographs, videotape, sound recordings, and multimedia presentations. The main emphasis of the…

This document reports the third annual conference of the City University of New York on Open Admissions. Following introductory remarks, proceedings of the English, mathematics, science, and reading workshops are presented with emphasis on models and innovative approaches. (MJM)

This paper analyzes authority-use patterns as they relate to the internal organization of a community college. Section 1 presents a hypothetical case study of a community college which practices several unique authority-use variations that are in actual use in two-year colleges around the country. The cluster college scheme, a new strategy for…

This report describes an off-campus alternative to traditional summer school sponsored by De Anza College and College of the Redwoods (California). Three twelve-day, concentrated summer programs, called "Action Learning Modules", utilized an interdisciplinary approach. The first module combined oceanography, marine biology, and scuba diving. A…

A theory of energy forces developed in the USSR seems to substantiate the suggestion that academic learning before a child is maturationally ready will reduce his learning potential. The bioplasmic model explicates physical/mental development, cognition, readiness, and deprivation. The invisible but recordable bioplasmic forces facilitate physical…

This teaching guide is a collection of environmental education activities written by various educators and environmentalists. The activities are designed for use in grades K-12, each activity being identified by grade level. The guide contains over 80 activities that are listed in a short introductory guide that precedes the actual activities. The…

This world history guide, for use at the secondary level, is one of a series of guides, K-12, that were developed by teachers to help introduce environmental education into the total curriculum. The guides are supplementary in design, containing a series of episodes (minilessons) that emphasize the relationship between current environmental…

Assuming that schools, colleges, and adult education programs cannot alone produce significant rural improvement in developing nations, this booklet presents argument for educational policy that is part of a total planned rural policy and that incorporates an indirect rural bias. It is argued that if education with a rural bias is to be acceptable…

Twenty-two elementary and secondary schools from throughout the five-county Southeastern Pennsylvania region were selected by Project KARE (Knowledgeable Action to Restore our Environment) to receive grants for Local Action Programs (LAP) of environmental education during 1973-1974. This guide reviews these twenty-two programs including the…

This annotated bibliography presents sources of data on the culture of the plateau-region of Western Asia--an introduction to its culture, way of life, values, customs, laws, religious beliefs, technology, social institutions, language, and creative products. Section 1 contains bibliographic listings for adult instructional team members. A…

The main purpose of this project (1966-1969) was to provide law students with a basic understanding of modern sociological inquiry since the importance of sociology to the law has increased with applications ranging from the presentation of evidence in court to the design of programs for legal reform and social change. The general objective here…

Since the great need in elementary education is to help children understand the social world in which they live, the great need in the education of elementary teachers is to help them link social science themes with children's experiences. The objectives of the new social science teacher education program are to develop the ability of prospective…