Although 26% of the Philippine national budget is spent on education, serious problems still exist. To update and revitalize the curriculum, to bring efficient teaching to isolated classrooms, and to make available modern audiovisual aids the Center for Educational Television on the campus of Ateneo de Manila University in Quezon City broadcasts…

This study at Northwestern University (Illinois) was concerned with the production and use of video taped materials in teacher training programs. Using a portable, one-half inch video tape unit, the investigators prepared 26 tapes (30 to 40 minutes each) covering many aspects of English teaching (K-12). Thirteen of the tapes were classroom…

Because good teachers are in short supply, it is necessary to find ways of increasing their effectiveness. Students learn as much from television as from conventional instruction when the programs are viewed for academic credit. Experiments at Pennsylvania State University (1954; 1956-57) showed that it is difficult to assess the value of such…

Presented is an independent evaluation of a Title I cooperative effort to create a "model school" in the Bedford Stuyvesant area of New York City. Project Beacon of Yeshiva University, the local school board, and P.S. 129 sought to develop innovative approaches, improve student achievement and instruction, and rehabilitate dropouts. The…

This report of the Elk Grove Training and Development Center's Orff Music Program (ESEA Title 3) describes both the Center's activities and the purpose of the Orff method--to develop in the child all of the basic musical skills. Aspects of the program covered are (1) the Center's background and history, (2) its scope, services, and various…

The history and objectives of the Center are reviewed and its work is outlined, including programs for children with learning disabilities and for predelinquent boys and pregnant school age girls. Two cases involving speech training are presented as are descriptions of the communications consultant and resource teachers. Further information covers…

The One Hundred Eleventh Street Elementary School of the Los Angeles Unified School District, located in the heart of the black community of Watts, attracts visitors from other schools and school districts throughout the nation. The instructional program at 111th Street School is completely ungraded, with teachers, resource personnel, and…

The plan provides guidelines to Colorado citizens for the implementation of four environmental education programs. The major emphasis of the plan is to stimulate and strengthen environmental education throughout Colorado by increasing communication, cooperation, and coordination among individuals and organizations. The following citizen-based…

The report covers evaluation activities of Audo-Read Systems during the final year of the Maryland Career Development Project, a project which provided several programs or activities of an exemplary nature designed to facilitate career development. Its objectives were to help students: (1) develop a positive self-concept and greater…

This selective abstract bibliography cites 130 recent ERIC documents which describe various approaches to the preparation of teachers of young children. Entries included are from "Research in Education" (RIE), July 1972 through July 1974, and from "Current Index to Journals in Education" (CIJE), December 1973 through August…

The developmental teacher competency checklist is designed to facilitate planning of individualized pre- and inservice teacher training programs for teachers of integrated classes of normal and handicapped students. The checklist, which is suitable for self-evaluation and for supervision, applies a five level rating scale to the following…

A study was undertaken to investigate differences in classroom teaching behavior between secondary student teachers placed in a teacher education center and student teachers in the traditional student teaching setting. Data were gathered from questionnaires to all participants and from in-situ observations of selected students using an observation…

The final report of the 2 year project (1971-1972) in Harrison School District 1, Arkansas, funded through Title III, to integrate art and music programs in elementary schools and special classes, and to establish two resource rooms for developing academic and art/music oriented instructional materials for learning disabled (LD), educationally…

This booklet contains summaries of projects being carried out under four of the 1970-71 programs funded by the Division of the Compensatory Education, California State Department of Education. The programs are 1) Professional Development Centers, projects which emphasize the strengthening of classroom instructional techniques in reading and…

This annual report considers major changes in education in general and offers numerous suggestions to FLES teachers, supervisors, and administrators for revamping current FLES programs in the light of current socioeconomic pressures. Articles pertaining to two broad areas--alternatives in FLES programs and in training FLES teachers--include: (1)…