The paper proposes a curriculum development system for career education with the jobs skills that students will need as the basis for specifying behavioral objectives. It discusses job tasks, educational outcomes, learning experiences, and evaluation and includes two tables: (1) a classification of verbs related to a cognitive taxonomy and (2)…

Two hypotheses are proposed: second language learning enhances various intellectual skills, especially those related to intellectual flexibility, dexterity, and adaptability; and second language learning can help to develop interadaptability; personal understanding. (SW)

In an experiment on the effects of video in teaching international relations, two classes were given video stimuli related to the Soviet Union and one class was given none. Findings indicate that exposure to video stimulus produced strong attitude change toward the Soviet Union and ability to understand and express Soviet perspectives. (Author/DB)

Academic effects of confluent education strategies (instructional modes integrating cognitive and affective concerns) on learning-disabled high school students (N=120) included significant gains in word recognition, reading comprehension, mathematical computation, and problem solving. Behavioral changes included decreased hurtful actions and…

Discusses whether law schools should foster development of intellectual and moral qualities traditionally in the domain of liberal arts (e.g., courage, patience, sensibility, breadth of perspective, and clarity of thought) as well as purely legal skills. (MSE)

The cognitive and affective learning of students was investigated under three different quality of instruction conditions: conventional group instruction, mastery learning, and tutoring. The study also examined whether qualities of instruction which are adaptive to individual learning needs alter the relation between initial student…

Discusses the origins and growth of the teaching of English in secondary schools, with special reference to the subject's powerful sense of moral purpose. Research findings indicate that English instructors across a wide range of pedagogical orientation share the belief that good English teaching can achieve desirable changes in individual…

An examination of the values upon which educational decisions are made will enable a teacher to define and keep in mind the desirable goals to be achieved by classroom instruction. (JD)

Study of student-teacher relationships revealed that affective oriented'' teachers may be most successful with retarded pupils. (SP)

The problem of teaching behavioral science from the preschool years through secondary school is examined. The objective of a scope and sequence" chart is to help a child develop a causal orientation toward behavior as opposed to the arbitrary, judgmental, stereotype approach. (Author/JB)

The G-C-O-LP-G development plan is a step by step procedure for the development of a Goals-Concepts-Objectives-Lesson Plan-Guide which may be used by instructional leadership personnel. (Author/CB)

Paper presented at the TESOL Convention, February 29, 1972, in Washington, D.C.

Suggests that research aimed at examining the effect of death education courses may be limited by the instructor's lack of awareness of the conditions necessary to promote change. Explores the parallels between death education and group psychotherapy and the factors inherent in seminar-type death education courses. (Author/JAC)

The attitudes of Jamaican students in grades 11 and 13 to science as well as the relationship between these attitudes and student achievement in science examinations were investigated. Attitudes appeared to play a vital role in achievement where girls were concerned, pointing out the need for role models for science achievement for girls. (PB)