This teacher's handbook provides information about the philosophy, rationale, and teaching strategies of the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS) program, as well as information about the SCIS physical and life science sequences to provide teachers with an understanding of the program's overall content and structure. Much of the material in…

J.E.B. Stuart High School moved into the minicourse elective program five years ago from an anthology-survey oriented English curriculum. The students are grouped into two levels, one offering minicourses for eleventh and twelfth graders and the other offering minicourses for ninth and tenth grade students, with some courses open to all of the…

This document addresses itself to designing and conducting the various aspects of planning a comprehensive environmental education program. The intent is to provide a methodology to be used as a guide for those responsible for developing statewide environmental education programs. Among the various components are background information on the…

The manual for the major work-honors-advanced placement program for gifted secondary students in the cleveland public schools is presented. The program is said to provide challenge through a multi-dimensional teaching approach involving special curricula, enrichment, and course acceleration. Included are criteria and forms for student selection,…

Traditional schools have assumed the role of fitting the individual for his place in society. Unique needs and interests have been placed second to "the common needs of all." Such educational programs are now being challenged by those who see a dehumanizing trend in current practices. In the new curriculums, primary emphasis is on…

A summary of the overall methodology in science education is presented in this book for the purpose of serving as a source book for teachers, scientists, and science educators in India. The book is divided into ten chapters. The first two chapters are concerned with revolution in science teaching abroad and science education history in India,…

This in-service training program, cooperatively developed by Haywood County, N.C. Public Schools and the Elementary Education Department of Western Carolina University, has six major points: 2) it is competency based; b) instruction is individualized; c) a team teaching approach is utilized; d) its design is a cooperative venture on the part of…

The purpose of this study was to examine high school journalism in seven states of the Middle West, i.e., to investigate curricular and co-curricular activities and related topics. Questionnaires were circulated early in 1969 to senior high schools in seven states: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Conclusions…

This document describes efforts of program administrators to implement an organic curriculum in a Baltimore, Maryland, high school. The chief program administrator coordinated efforts to develop instructional materials and curricular programs based on the experiences and interests of ghetto-dwelling Negro students. Organic curriculum is a…

This is a review of the relevant literature and current practices in the field of occupational guidance. Because it was prepared in connection with the beginning of a seventh grade occupational guidance class in Utah, it deals, in the first part, with the vocational-maturational level of seventh graders. The second part summarizes contemporary…

Provided for public school systems are educational guidelines for setting up special classes for emotionally disturbed elementary school students. Described is a preventive-developmental program, based on successful experiences in form school districts, which provides for a complete school team approach. Detailed are the steps involved in…

For more than 100 years the Native Americans of the U.S. have been dominated economically, socially, educationally, and culturally by the larger society in which they live. The U.S. government has set policies, primarily through the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), without consulting Native Americans. The Ramah Navajo Community experienced…

The author, one of a number of consultants from secondary schools and colleges participating in a session concerning the possible restructuring of the College Entrance Examination Board's American History and Social Studies Achievement Test, addresses himself to the general subject of the changing relationship in the secondary schools between…

The purpose of this study was to discover the concepts of humanities education and adult education and apply them as a model for analyzing humanities education programs for adults. The literature related to the goals and content of humanities education and the methods and design of adult education was reviewed, yielding basic elements allowing…

The final report of Task Force for Housing Management consists of three sections: (1) A Blueprint for the Management of Publicly-Assisted Housing (Revised); (2) A Program and Curriculum Design for the Institute of Housing Management Training; and (3) A Balanced Strategy for Development and Management. In Section I, three sub-sections are: (1)…