The activities depicted and the information provided in this book reflect the program for cultural awareness at The Learning Tree, a preschool located in Dallas, Texas. The material is presented in the hope that it will serve to increase children's acceptance of diversity and pluralism in American society. Six cultures are represented: Asian,…

The tenth annual Recruiting Trends Survey conducted by Placement Services at Michigan State is presented, based on responses from a cross-section of business, government, and educational institutions. Job outlooks in the following fields and categories of 1980-81 graduates are offered: engineering, business, agriculture, science, liberal arts,…

Data concerning school counselor credibility often emphasize shortcomings rather than achievements; counselors who support students' self-exploration may be evaluated less favorably than counselors who make decisions for the students. Two theoretical approaches to school counseling are the guidance of student personnel services approach and the…

The literature on adult education for police is reviewed and criticized. Among the publications that have been influential in debating the need for police education are Charles B. Saunder's "The Challenge of Crime in a Free Society" (1976), which endorses the Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement's recommendations regarding the vital…

Prepared for an outdoor education program that features day trips to a rural camp in Ohio, this guide stresses environmental education and interpersonal skills. Written for grade five, the guide contains a student handbook for camp activities followed by a brief section for teachers. The introductory section of the student handbook states the…

Environmental education and interpersonal skills are stressed in this guide for an outdoor education program that features day trips to a rural camp in Ohio. Written for grade six, the guide contains a student handbook for camp activities followed by a brief section for teachers. The student handbook begins with the program goals, a map of the…

The issue of rural development has been surrounded by a number of debates regarding its nature, types, and scale. Included among the sources of controversy relating to rural development are the following areas: (1) the relation between rural development and rural industrialization, (2) the distribution of benefits and costs associated with…

Intended for use with unit three of the Spanish as a Second Language curriculum for grade one, these supplementary instructional aids include visual aids and ditto masters for seatwork by students as well as for class activities. A teacher's guide corresponding to this unit, which consists of kits 9-12, gives the timetable for when these materials…

Reflecting the theme "our community", this unit consists of Kits 1-4 which are organized in three sections: reading, language analysis, and creative expression. The reading section includes two readers which contain three poems and five stories dealing with a grandmother's efforts to help support the family, a female pilot who successfully lands a…

The supplement and ditto packet to the fine arts strand of unit nine for third graders contains illustrations, ditto masters, and four songbooks to help the teacher carry out the fine arts activities of this unit. Materials for both group activities and seatwork are included. Kit 33 uses the songbook "Canciones de Aqui y de Alla" and…

The supplement and ditto packet to the fine arts strand of unit six for second graders contains visual materials to help the teacher carry out the instructional and assessment activities for the four kits of this unit. The four kits emphasize music theory and its application, rhythm, aesthetic expression, and kinds of themes and instruments.…

The supplement and ditto packet to the unit four fine arts strand for second graders contains visual materials to aid the teacher in carrying out the instructional and assessment activities of this strand. Seatwork for individual students is featured along with materials intended for class participation activities. Illustrations, provided to help…

Supplementary instructional aids and two small pupil readers for unit eight of the Spanish as a Second Language strand developed for grade three are designed for use with the teacher's guide. Illustrations and worksheets for kits 29-32 are to help the teacher carry out learning and assessment activities which will provide the English-dominant…

An evaluation was conducted to determine the characteristics and attitudes of students in attendance at the University of Maryland's Non-Technical Career Convocation that was attended by 70 employers interested in recruiting non-technical majors. A total of 296 students representing all classes and colleges in the non-technical areas were…

The document presents a report from a survey to evaluate aesthetic consciousness among participants in an aesthetic education pilot project (AEP). The AEP consisted of curriculum packages entitled "Meter,""Sound and Movement,""Word Pictures,""Characterization," and "Dramatic Plot." Extended pilot trials of the aesthetic education packages were…