A detailed statement of ideas expressed during and after a UNESCO Consultation on Computer-Assisted Instruction (March 16-19, 1970) prepared for the information of UNESCO experts is presented in this report. After an overview of the report, a brief section which reviews some of the remarks made by the experts about computers, educational…

The summary report of the Interdisciplinary Model Programs in the Arts for Children and Teachers (IMPACT) is presented in three sections: Introduction, Project Sites, and Evaluation Results. The introduction consists of an overview, describing the background and site selection, and of the evaluation procedures for the first and second years of the…

This publication is part of a series designed to help adult home economics education supervisors and instructors meet the consumer homemaking needs of the low-income adult learner. The information contained in this part provides idea starters for developing ways to create an environment conducive to learning. Supervisors may use the presentation…

This report gives an overview of History Education Project (HEP) operational structure and a summary of activities of its 13 regional teams. HEP is committed to the improvement of history education and to the training of history teachers for all educational levels. Some goals are to: 1) define objectives of history instruction; 2) identify, across…

This statement attempts to establish standards for the selection, preparation, and assignment of elementary and secondary social studies teachers. It indicates the responsibilities of the teacher in guiding the teacher-learning process, and in the relationships which the teacher has with students, the community, and the profession. It sets forth…

This manual, to be used in conjunction with 10 demonstration films on the teaching of German in introductory college courses, serves as a guide to the objectives and teaching techniques illustrated in each of the films. The films demonstrate to future teachers of German workable teaching techniques designed to produce specific competencies and…

This final report examines the nature and contents of a federally-supported program to improve language and social studies instruction in the secondary schools of Minneapolis through the interaction of the teaching staff and the students with a professional, educational consultant from Germany. General objectives included: developing multi-media…

The primary objectives of the Institute were defined as (1) helping school officials understand the historical background and the social-psychological context of conditions resulting in educational disadvantage and the relation between these forces and desegregation problems in the schools, (2) helping individuals responsible for the content of…

A total of thirty participants, mostly teachers, underwent an in-service training program to develop "cultural awareness" in 1969-1970. The project plan was as follows: (1) cultural sensitivity training; (2) cultural awareness, curriculum objectives, and development training; (3) instruction methods and strategies, philosophy of human…

This is an interim report for the period January 1, 1972 through December 31, 1972 of a project designed to develop a comprehensive program of vocational education in a rural school system located in an economically depressed area. The exemplary project design provided for four major areas: (1) career awareness in grades 1-6, (2) career…

The focus of this guide is on training those who are already teachers to work in the adult education field. Discussions are presented of the following points: Teachers Are Made--Not Born; What Is So Different about Teaching Adults; Setting the Goals for Teacher Training; Getting Underway with Planning; What Is a Training Design?; Where to Go from…

During the 1960-1970 school year, the Cleveland Public Schools began implementing a More Effective Schools (MES) Program in two elementary buildings. This report is the evaluation of the third year of operation of the program (1971-72 school year). The MES Program was designed to attack the poor achievement patterns of inner-city children through…

The 35 papers presented at the 1965 International Conference on the Teaching of English, sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of English of the United States and the National Association for the Teaching of English of Great Britain, are collected in this volume. In the first section, the aims and purposes of teaching English in the United…

A 4-day institute attended by 21 persons representing vocational education, general education, and state and federal government was held to review the state of the art in vocational teacher education. Discussion activities centered around state of the art papers, and this book contains these chapters based on revisions of the major papers: (1)…

The State plans for professional staff development and training presented in this publication are those developed over a two-year period by eight Southeastern states participating in a cooperative regional project. The plans are indicative of the progress toward building institutionalized systems for training adult basic education personnel within…