Five Pennsylvania schools of education formed a committee for the purpose of sharing their experiences in incorporating mainstreaming concepts into teacher preparation programs. This report documents their most successful efforts in pre- and inservice training. The first section presents the background of the Deans' Projects and offers guidelines…

Produced in response to a school board's directive to develop a plan for implementing a standardized curriculum in the basic subjects on a district-wide basis, this resource guide is intended to provide teachers with ideas and materials that will assist them in teaching a course in functional basic English skills for eleventh grade students.…

Produced in response to a school board's directive to develop a plan for implementing a standardized curriculum in the basic subjects on a district-wide basis, this resource guide is intended to provide teachers with ideas and materials that will assist them in teaching a language arts basic skills course for middle school and junior high school…

Four questions were asked in this study: (1) Can educational opportunity be defined in terms of measurable alternatives? (2) Can the variables be grouped into separate meaningful factors? (3) What are the relationships among the factors? (4) Are the towns and school districts that are disadvantaged under one of the factors also disadvantaged under…

A guide to the holdings of the Southwest Bilingual Education Training Resource Center (SW-BETRC) located at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, this bibliography includes updated (60's and 70's) listings and annotated citations relevant to bilingual/bicultural education programs comprised of English, Spanish, and Native American language…

These eight papers on guidelines and standards for learning resources programs at the college and university level address such topics as technological communications services, instructional development, diffusion/adoption, production, telecommunication, utilization, facilities, and budgeting for learning resources programs. Many charts supplement…

This booklet describes some things learned by education directors from fifteen museums and performing arts organizations in Boston and Springfield, Massachusetts, as they participated in a training project to help them design pilot career education programs, in conjunction with a partner school, for K-12 students, using the resources of their…

Insights into Consumer Issues is one of a group of educational publications and teaching units that J.C. Penney provides for consumer educators as a public service. This folder illustrates that although computerized processing of personal information has brought considerable convenience, the potential risk to personal privacy is of increasing…

This manual is a compilation of articles about women who pursue careers in science and the multiple sources and forms of discouragement they encounter. It is intended as a guide when developing courses that explore career opportunities and pressures for women in science and a resource in understanding the interaction between science, society, and…

This report summarizes the major events of the National Conference on Combatting Stereotyping in Career Choice and presents concrete ideas and recommendations for future action. It is organized by the following major sections: (1) How Does Combatting Stereotyping Fit in with Career Education?, which includes comments made in the keynote speeches…

This junior high teaching unit on the newspaper as career world is one in a series of career guidebooks developed by Project CHOICE (Children Have Options in Career Education) to provide the classroom teacher with a source of career-related activities linking classroom experiences with the world of work. The unit follows a typical format that…

This junior high teaching unit on professional sports is one in a series of career guidebooks developed by Project CHOICE (Children Have Options in Career Education) to provide the classroom teacher with a source of career-related activities linking classroom experiences with the world of work. The unit follows a typical format that includes the…

This junior high teaching unit, Photography: A Field of Many Choices, is one in a series of career guidebooks developed by Project CHOICE (Children Have Options in Career Education) to provide the classroom teacher with a source of career-related activities linking classroom experiences with the world of work. The unit follows a typical format…

This junior high teaching unit on career math is one in a series of career guidebooks developed by Project CHOICE (Children Have Options in Career Education) to provide the classroom teacher with a source of career-related activities linking classroom experiences with the world of work. The unit follows a typical format that includes the…

This junior high teaching unit on communications and media careers is one in a series of career guidebooks developed by Project CHOICE (Children Have Options in Career Education) to provide the classroom teacher with a source of career-related activities linking classroom experiences with the world of work. The unit follows a typical format that…