The article describes the content and successful use of the "WOW" Club Kit which provides general guidelines and 12 specific meeting outlines for public health nurses, home economics teachers and others with basic nutrition background to use in conducting nutrition and weight control programs in secondary schools. (MS)

The Common Curriculum Framework for International Languages, Six-Year Program (Grade 7 to Grade 12), including this Alberta version of it, was developed through the cooperative efforts of the provinces of Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan. This framework provides a 6-year program for foreign language courses from middle school through high…

This brief pamphlet describes the regulations applying to instruction in the optional subjects of the "Folkeskole," as of June 1975. Pupils in the 8th to 10th forms may be offered instruction in the following subjects and topics: (1) Typing; (2) Photography; (3) Drama; (4) Film; (5) History; (6) Geography; (7) Biology; (8) Creative Art;…

This packet of information for new scholastic journalism teachers (or advisers) compiles information on professional associations in journalism education, offers curriculum guides and general help, and contains worksheets and handouts. Sections of the packet are: (1) Professional Help (Journalism Education Association Information, and Other…

This updated framework for the state of California represents an effort to strengthen education in the history-social science curriculum while building on the best practices contained in previous frameworks. The framework outlines 17 distinguishing characteristics, and its goals fall into three broad categories: knowledge and cultural…

Read, Play, and Learn is a play-based curriculum designed to promote growth across all of the areas of development important to a young child. With a school-year's worth of ready-to-use lessons or modules, the curriculum provides story-related activities centered around themes such as enjoying seasonal festivities, sharing emotions, making…

This guide is planned and organized to enable learners to connect interrelated concepts, content, and processes. It seeks to establish relationships among past, present, and future experiences and learning and was designed to help educators communicate with other educators in Wisconsin who have developed integrated and applied curricula. For the…

The comprehensive school counseling program refers to a sequential, developmental program designed to benefit all students in preparation for their futures. The program includes a curriculum organized around academic development, career development, and personal and social development. Activities and strategies for achieving identified outcomes in…

This report provides an overview of the state credentialing requirements needed for professional school counselors in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The requirements outlined are those necessary to obtain an initial entry-level credential. The overview of state credentialing requirements provides educational, experience, and…

This publication from the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) is designed to inform parents about the department's prekindergarten curriculum in four major areas: language arts/reading, mathematics, science, and social studies. The integrated language arts/reading standards include listening attentively and participating courteously…

The Louisiana State Board of Regents' 1999-2000 Student Transfer Guide and General Education Articulation Matrix represents Louisiana public higher education's ongoing effort to improve the transfer process. The courses in this guide's matrix are typically referred to as "general education" or "core curriculum" courses.…

A guide to a college course on black rhetoric, containing objectives, a subject outline, learning activities, evaluation methods, student reading materials and audio-visual aids, and a 24 item bibliography. (DD)

Discusses the development of a syllabus and a study guide necessary for adequate preparation of high school physics teachers. Indicates that the unified nature of physical science will predominate over separate physics or chemistry courses on the school level in the future. (CC)

Describes a reading course in Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish at the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland. (RS)