A recommendation is made for a six-year program of initial teacher preparation--five years of campus-based, but field-oriented, preparation followed by a sixth year of supervised internship with provision for follow-up of beginning teachers in their first year of regular employment. The following aspects of this topic are discussed: (1) needs and…

THIS STUDY WAS AN ATTEMPT BY THE ILLINOIS STATE-WIDE CURRICULUM STUDY CENTER IN THE PREPARATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOL ENGLISH TEACHERS (ISCPET) TO DETERMINE WHETHER A CHANGE IN CURRICULUM FROM A PERIOD TO A GENRE APPROACH IN THE NORTH CENTRAL COLLEGE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT RESULTED IN TEACHERS BETTER PREPARED TO TEACH. EVALUATIONS FROM SCHOOL…

The article argues that Old Saxon, rather than Gothic or Old High German, should be studied in graduate German departments. The view presented is that Old Saxon is not as difficult, the costs involved are less, and the literary rewards are greater. Suggestions for an appropriate textbook and curriculum placement for an Old Saxon course are given.…

This paper stresses the essential role of concrete play experiences in the early childhood curriculum. The paper examines the value of play, shows how to facilitate language arts development through planned play activities, notes that play provides the early sensory experiences that are the foundations for language arts development, points out the…

This report is based, in part, on the results of a workshop on Environmental Education at the University Level convened by the Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) in Tours, France. During this workshop, participants from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries analyzed the serious, urgent need…

Learning centers should be considered a fundamental strategy in the instruction of language skills, functioning more in the mainstream of the language arts curriculum than on the periphery. In view of the fact that language is founded on thought that is derived from the learner's experience, learning centers provide a language experience approach,…

This manual makes available the resources and experience of a project designed to respond to the career needs of young undergraduate women. Included is a list of annotated references, plus a summary of each curriculum unit. This manual is divided into six sections: (1) description of the preliminary phase of the project; (2) outline of the goals…

The overall objective of the Program for Alternative Careers in Education (PACE) is to develop an alternative model of teacher preparation that prepares individuals to function as educators in the widest possible variety of educational institutions including public and private human service institutions, social welfare agencies, communication…

Provided is general information on the inservice components and the models of inservice delivery utilized by Project T.H.O.R. (Training Habilitators of the Retarded). The prevocational and socio/psychosexual components of the project are listed, and the following are outlined: rationale; relationship to other inservice components; objectives;…

This is the final report of a Unesco meeting held in New Delhi, India in April, 1976. Contents include background information, summaries of the inaugural meeting and the organization of the work at the conference, a summary of the discussions in the commissions, closure, recommendations, and annexes. Topics discussed at this meeting were: (1)…

Rapid and radical changes taking place in the scientific, technological, educational, and societal context are affecting the education and training of engineers. To ensure that engineers keep pace with change, reappraisal and revision of the curricula is considered necessary. Unesco established and sponsored the International Working Group on…

A model was developed for implementing career education into an existing curriculum and is composed of four essential elements based on a perceived need: needs assessment, participation facilitation, curriculum design and implementation process. Each element of the model is totally dependent on the completion of the components comprising each…

After a two-week introductory period, participants in the Unified Studies Program at Boston State College will engage in a study of eight important institutions chosen by students at a planning session in November. Each institution will be dealt with for one full week. After the spring vacation, small groups (4 or 5 people) will engage in…

The Kentucky Model for competency-based vocational education is a system for the instructional program's development and delivery, from identification of incumbent worker tasks to student occupational competence. The components, each of which supports the others and is affected in content by the others, are: (1) instructional objectives derived…

This project was an outgrowth of an earlier minipracticum which analyzed and evaluated the implementation of the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS) in the elementary classrooms of the Jericho (New York) School District. Coinciding with the project, the author received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the purpose of…