The content of this report provides a summary of activities of the Northeast Regional Deans' Grants Meeting. In addition to information on proceedings and activities, four papers presented at the meeting on the subject of evaluation of Deans' Grants projects are reproduced in their entirety. (JD)

The changes and developments in the education of women teachers over a period of two decades in the early 18th century in America are examined. Tracing the history of women's education from before the founding of the first Normal School in 1839, changes in attitudes and philosophy are discussed, as well as the social implications of the growth of…

A teacher education program especially designed to prepare teachers for teaching at the middle school level is advocated. A description is given of the education program, curriculum design, and degree requirements for five institutions having outstanding middle school programs--Gordon College in Massachusetts, Findlay College in Ohio, Illinois…

The only workable generalization regarding curriculum development in a heterogeneous, multicultural society is one that allows conflicting views to operate within an institution and that prepares youth for functional membership in the society. A review of the history of Western education from Sparta through the Puritans, William McGuffey, and…

Based on the theses that all media have usefulness, that effectiveness is greatest when media selection is grounded on a systematic analysis of instructional objectives, and that educational specialists have a rightful function in the selection, packaging, and utilization of instructional sequences in all media, an analytical procedure was…

This is the National Science Teachers Association project report regarding curriculum development in science. The approach utilizes conceptual schemes as basic elements. The theoretical base for this approach is developed in detail, and the implications for the classroom teacher are carefully analyzed. Guidelines for implementing a curriculum…

Described is the program at Clarkston High School, which promotes independence in aurally handicapped students. Instructional services are noted to fall into several categories: self-contained and resource instruction, totally mainstreamed schedules, and resource-tutorial assistance. The program is also reported to offer the following activities…

This document considers the role of accounting programs in community colleges and the student groups which such programs serve. A wide variety of courses are available in two-year colleges for students who are majoring in accounting and who plan to transfer, for those who want to obtain a terminal vocational degree in accounting, for students of…

This publication consists of a bibliographic listing of technical reports, theoretical papers, practical papers, and books concerned with cognitive learning research. Documents are divided into six major sections: (1) Research Components; (2) Developmental Components; (3) Service Sections; (4) Completed Projects; (5) Curriculum Materials; and (6)…

A commission on public relations education, consisting of four educators and four practitioners, met to deliberate and design a model for public relations education. The stated goals of the commission were to examine requirements for the professional practice of public relations, to relate these requirements to education, and to issue…

At present, television production curriculum is too often confined to a token course or two, with content limited to the efficient operation of equipment and facilities and to routine producing and directing techniques. So that each course might integrate all of the elements involved in production, the number of required courses should be expanded…

One aspect of tutoring skill for technical subjects is individualized, adaptive sequencing of the problems given to students as learning exercises. A Curriculum Information Network (CIN) describes the relationships between the problems in a CAI curriculum and the concepts and skills that they are intended to teach. It is a basis for selecting…

The document presents educational criterion upon which curriculum builders can create a competency-based program of respiratory therapy education. The 11 modules presented supplement and compliment the document Delineation of Roles and Functions of Respiratory Therapy Personnel (CE 005 945) which is listed as appendix D but not included as such.…

One of a series of volumes containing units on specific themes designed for use in college freshman English courses, this particular volume considers people and their responsibilities, through the use of recordings, cartoons, satire, modern and ancient drama, modern fiction, and contemporary essays. The sequence is divided into four sections.…

The individualized community college calculus course described here was developed to accomodate differences in student learning rates. It consists of three units: (I) limits and continuity; (II) the derivative with applications; and (III) the integral with applications. There are three sections in Unit I, four sections in Unit II, and five…