A presentation about the Early Education Project for young Down's Syndrome children in Alberta, Canada, covers six aspects of the project. Behavioral assessment techniques are described by the project's home teacher. The use of the test-teach model is reviewed, and sample data sheets are provided. The development of specific programs for…

TRADITIONALLY ADULT JEWISH EDUCATION WAS SYNAGOGUE OR INSTITUTION SPONSORED AND ORIENTED. SINCE THE WORLD WAR II, A NUMBER OF NATIONAL JEWISH MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATIONS HAVE EMERGED AS MAJOR SPONSORS OF ADULT JEWISH EDUCATION PROGRAMS. THIS SPONSORSHIP REPRESENTS A NEW DIMENSION IN JEWISH EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY AND PRACTICE. THIS STUDY EVALUATED THE…

This publication reviews the state-of-the-art of competency-based education (CBE) and discusses alternative methods for the development of CBE programs in public school systems. It begins with a discussion of the possible influences of various learning theories on the structure and content of competency-based systems. It then focuses in turn on…

The Kikuyu seminar, third in a series of international meeting on the use of comparative studies as a tool of adult education, focused on the application of the comparative approach to developing countries, particularly Africa. Essential components of the structure of adult education were divided into main sectors, which are individually discussed…

The philosophy of Unified Education is holistic, unidisciplinary, and generalistic. The problems raised by these attributes are the attendant difficulties in collection/analysis/projection on a time/content grid; the flux of methodological ground rules; and the tentativeness of generalists to project while they are in a stage of collection and…

A number of terms employed in the field of bilingual education are used interchangeably and incorrectly. Some of these are: English as a second language (ESL), English as a foreign language (EFL), Americanization, bilingual, bicultural, multicultural, multiethnic, cross-cultural, and intergroup. There is a lack of consensus as to the meaning,…

Presented are case histories of two Down's Syndrome (Mosaic form) 6- and 10-year-old girls who attended regular Montessori classes. General characteristics of Down's Syndrome and other retarded children are reviewed and compared with the two girls' growth and development (according to Piaget's proposed stages). The Montessori emphasis on sensorial…

At present, a number of creative approaches are being employed with regard to learning problems. In the past, learning problems were dealt with in segregated classrooms or schools. Although future approaches are still a matter of conjecture, mainstreaming will figure as an important factor in these approaches. Two approaches currently used in…

This volume contains descriptions of 40 educational programs in the Eugene, Oregon, public schools. This data was collected from interviews with personnel in each program and from the district's budget work-book. The program descriptions cover educational legislation that pertains to each program, program objectives and methods, resources, staff,…

Described are a Texas special education region's activities with the 3-year Project CCEC (Changing Curriculum for Exceptional Children) which provides training in the application of the theories of J. Piaget to the education of exceptional children, and with Project SERT (Special Education for Regular Teachers) which trains regular classroom…

Several experiments involving approximately 130 6-year-old children were conducted to examine the effects of overt illustration on first graders' learning from oral prose. In all experiments, experimental Ss heard prose selections after or during which they illustrated selection content with plasticized figure cutouts and background scenes while…

A study was undertaken at the West Virginia School for the Deaf to test the assumption that the modes of thought of deaf children could be improved, and that improvement in concept formation would result in improvement in testable areas. Sixteen primary school children of approximately equal ability were selected and paired to form the control and…

Prepared to assist teachers and administrators in the identification of special educational needs for migrant children throughout the State of Idaho, this handbook includes criteria for determining migrant status and home base. Beyond the statistical identification of the migrant child, the document includes a description of his cultural and…

This paper presents a way to incorporate environmental education in the classroom through the preparation of teachers. The approach suggested is to train teachers to use literature in the humanities as focal points around which environmental issues can be discussed and analyzed in the classroom by students. Sections from one non-fiction work and…

This article on language instruction elaborates on assumptions, procedures, and techniques used in the implementation of various teaching methodologies. Equally critical of the grammar-translation method and the direct method, the author points out the strengths of the audiolingual approach. The lack of controlled, scientific investigation of the…