This document, one of eight in a multi-cultural competency-based vocational/technical curricula series, is on auto body repair. This program is designed to run 40 weeks and cover 7 instructional areas: use of basic repair tools; metal bumping (theory and practice); metal refinishing (theory and practice); panel replacement; glass work; spot…

These lesson assignments, text materials, self-grading lesson exercises, and examination for a secondary-postsecondary subcourse in club management are one of a number of military-developed curriculum packages selected for adaptation to vocational instruction and curriculum development in a civilian setting. This introduction to the subcourse is…

In order to help bring about the potential for alcohol production by the farming community, Navarro College (Texas) has developed this curriculum for secondary and postsecondary levels in alcohol fuel production. The alcohol fuel curriculum consists of five modules for use in practical hands-on vocational programs. The curriculum is designed to…

This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The ten titles deal with the following topics: (1) an investigation and selective assessment of secondary school reading programs in Illinois; (2) a comparison of the content of oral and written responses of tenth grade students to…

This curriculum guide was developed to help teachers from pre-school through secondary grade levels provide an interdisciplinary approach to teaching nutrition. This guide begins with eleven instructional units, varying from two to twenty pages in length, on basic nutrition and other selected topics. Each unit includes some or all of the…

Requirements for advanced specialization in the learning handicapped special education program at Dominican College are presented here. Requirements center around the following curricular areas: the learning handicapped child, student teaching the learning handicappped, and teaching strategies for the learning handicapped. Twenty specific…

The competency-based teacher education program presented here focuses on special education and the severely handicapped. Specific requirements are set forth concerning the following curricular areas: the severely handicapped child, student teaching the severely handicapped, and teaching strategies for the severely handicapped. Twenty-four specific…

The prototypal course in newspaper management described in this paper is based on systems analysis and the systems flow approach. The introductory section of the paper discusses the need for instruction in newspaper management, the concepts of the systems approach and systems flow and the way they relate to enterprise management, and specific…

This publication is the teachers' manual, level 8, of the Instructional Support Systems (ISS) Program, which was developed by the Community School District 18 of New York. It presents seven topics: (1) fractions; (2) decimals; (3) integers; (4) geometry; (5) measurement; (6) algebraic concepts; and (7) graphs, probability, and statistics. Each…

Four units of instruction are provided in this curriculum guide designed for vocational agriculture teachers in planning and conducting classes for students with supervised occupational experience (SOE) placement programs. Unit 1 contains three lessons on starting an SOE program. Lesson topics are placement programs to consider, getting started in…

Part of a series of instructional outlines intended for use in a training program for firemen with no previous formal training, this curriculum guide discusses safety precautions for liquefied petroleum (LP) and compressed gas emergencies. During its twelve hours of instruction it covers (1) terminology; (2) the chemical composition of the gases;…

This instructor's guide for a foster parent curriculum consists of specific introductory curriculum material for the study of the history, current status and trends of foster parenting in the U.S. The guide is divided into 5 parts. The first part presents a chart of foster parent competencies to be taught, instructor materials and suggested…

A study was conducted to identify competencies needed by workers in new and emerging occupations in agriculture; to identify occupations in agriculture that are on the decline and occupations that may no longer be needed; to work toward the elimination of sex bias in preparation for entry into occupations in agriculture; and to assess the…

To assist in the development of secondary level coal mining curricula, this report identifies sixty-four competencies considered by coal mining companies and instructors to be of major or moderate importance. Also, four tables are used to aid curriculum planners. Table 1 contains occupational competencies ranked in importance for the secondary…

This curriculum guide is an outline of the content for basic workshop training sessions of hospital medical record personnel. Following a two-page topical outline of five content areas, there is a detailed presentation of this content as follows: (1) the medical record and its contribution to patient care (Joint Commission for Accreditation of…