The Rumson-Fair Haven Senior Elective Program was developed and implemented by students, faculty, and administrators over the three-year period from 1971 to 1974. The program offers high school students who complete graduation requirements in the first three years of the four-year program a combination of the following options for the senior year:…

An examination of various Italian textbooks shows that the element of fun is absent from the process of learning. There is too much emphasis on dull exercises emphasizing morphology and syntax. Textbooks can be improved through the imaginative intervention of the teacher. Games that will recall and/or expand the vocabulary of a given lesson and…

The learning activities in this handbook were taken directly from Tucson Early Education Model (TEEM) classrooms and designed to foster intellectual and language development. More specifically, these activities are designed to foster linguistic awareness, sensory perception, curiosity, and imagination, to guide the child in differentiating fantasy…

This guide deals with the total mathematics education program from K through grade 12. The primary focus is on the philosophy of mathematics education and deals with topics such as: teaching strategies, learning theory, problem solving, calculators, classroom management techniques, and staff development. Basic mathematics content strands serve as…

This document describes the development of a model career counselor-technician curriculum at the junior college level. The initial steps taken included the organization of an advisory committee, the selection of Delgado Junior College as a sponsoring institution, the selection of a project director, and the proposal of a project budget. After…

This guide for teaching elementary school health education attempts to (1) depict the meaning of modern health education; (2) present principles of learning applied to health education; (3) propose a health curriculum based on valid criteria and suitable for use in the various grade levels of the elementary school; (4) explore the many…

The developmental unit, intended to become part of a total K-12 career education curriculum, is designed for use at the kindergarten level. The overall purpose is to promote in the learner an understanding that the three basic skills he is acquiring in school are relevant to those required in everyday life. The unit provides approximately 10 hours…

The material in this publication outlines ways in which drama/theatre may be used to help students develop their imagination and their communication skills. This framework presents a process-concept organization which spans the grade levels fron kindergarten through twelfth grade and which provides guidelines for determining expectancies for…

Included in this student booklet are a variety of learning activities for secondary students which will aid their understanding of the United States economic system. Basic concepts are introduced which show how a market mechanism resolves the conflict between finite resources and infinite desires, how supply and demand interact, and how…

After an introductory section explaining and diagraming the career education philosophy, the self-awareness and career awareness guide for the elementary level describes the model's rationale and outlines its objectives. The guide briefly outlines the following topic areas: (1) the self- and career awareness aspects of a career education program…

The guide offers a compilation of teacher-developed career education materials which may be integrated with secondary level curriculum in mathematics. Suggested activities and ideas present the following units based on career clusters as they relate to mathematics: construction, communications and media, hospitality and recreation, public service,…

The first section of the manual for developing career education in existing Louisiana senior high school programs is an introduction to the concept and rationale of career education and to the roles of career education personnel. Section 2 is a unit on human values and relations which provides an introduction and rationale for the following…

The activities contained in the guide are designed to supplement the distributive education curriculum with information that will prepare the student to become a more informed, skillful employee and help the marketing career oriented student better visualize his customer's buying problems. Four overall objectives are stated. The guide is organized…

The guide offers suggested curriculum materials in consumer education for secondary schools or as background information for teaching adults. It focuses on an understanding of decision making, the economic system, and management. The units of instruction are based on 13 concepts: (1) the process of decision making in relation to consumer behavior;…

The two-year curriculum in chemical technology presented in the document is designed to prepare high school graduates for technical positions in the chemical industry. Course outlines are given for general chemistry, chemical calculations, quantitative analysis, environmental chemistry, organic chemistry 1 and 2, instrumental analysis, and…