In response to the increasing social concern for the quality of the environment and its conservation, and the need to ensure that all pupils in their final years of schooling be brought to share that concern, teachers in Hertfordshire, England, have constructed an 'A' level curriculum or syllabus of environmental studies for the sixth form. Based…

The annotated bibliography lists professional and instructional materials related to music education for handicapped children which are available from the Special Education Instructional Materials Center, Albany, New York. Included in the listing are 17 professional books and references, 15 curriculum guides for teaching various types of music…

GRADE OR AGES: Grades 4 and 5. SUBJECT MATTER: Urban politics and neighborhood planning. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE. This workbook is designed to enable the New York public school student to gather and structure information on the history, condition, and function of their neighborhoods. Following an introduction the material describes…

The course outlines collected in this document represent those returned during a mail survey of California high school psychology instruction during 1970. They are not the result of an evaluative selection. The outlines represent both one- and two-semester courses. The length of these outlines and detail with which they are spelled out varies…

Included are three curriculum guides, Section A, Section B, and Section C, which are concerned with the development of number concepts in elementary school, through the use of Cuisenaire rods. Small group and individual instruction are encouraged, and many suitable learning activities are suggested. Section A is introductory and covers number…

This book is an annotated list of curriculum guides in the language arts which have been recommended by the Committee on Curriculum Bulletins of the National Council of Teachers of English. The guides are voluntarily submitted to the committee for evaluation and review, and those selected best exemplify good curriculum planning and guide writing…

Songs designed for use with the University of Hawaii curriculum, "Music for Preschool," are presented alphabetically with the recommended level for introduction of each song included after its title. Instructions for using the songs in the preschool program are found in the curriculum manual. There are specific suggestions for using the songs in…

GRADES OR AGES: Kindergarten. SUBJECT MATTER: Reading. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide has five main sections; 1) comprehension skills; 2) attitudes and interests; 3) word recognition skills; 4) study skills; and 5) oral expression. Each section has sub-sections giving an overall description of the topic, a list of comprehension…

This guide consists of a series of behavioral objectives for the student, K-12. It has been prepared by librarians to aid teachers in using the library as an extension of their classroom teaching and to aid librarians in providing the needed materials and activities for both teachers and students. It should be useful to teachers in planning…

In this study, 197 Illinois secondary school counselors and 21 counselor educators were asked to report views they held concerning perceived relative importance of vocational content areas presented in graduate counselor education training. In the face-to-face interviews, numerical ratings were obtained from each sample group with respect to the…

GRADES OR AGES: High school. SUBJECT MATTER: Social studies, International relations. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The introductory material covers the school district philosophy, a description of the program, major concepts for international relations, and techniques for evaluating objectives. Material is provided for six units…

GRADE OR AGES: 15-19. SUBJECT MATTER: Language Arts. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: There are 12 sections: 1) introduction, including background material, key concepts, and overall objectives; 2) detailed program objectives; 3) speech; 4) listening; 5) writing; 6) reading; 7) viewing; 8) language; 9) sample units; 10) organizational…

GRADES OR AGES: 7-11. SUBJECT MATTER: Language Arts. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: There are 12 sections: 1) introduction, including background material, key concepts, and overall objectives; 2) detailed program objectives; 3) speech; 4) listening; 5) writing; 6) reading; 7) viewing; 8) language; 9) sample units; 10) organizational…

GRADES OR AGES: Elementary. SUBJECT MATTER: Language arts. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: There are three main sections: 1) listening and speaking; 2) written language, with subsections on composition, handwriting, and spelling; and 3) reading, with a subsection on literature. There is also a brief glossary and a list of phonetic aids for…

A STUDY GUIDE WAS PREPARED FOR STUDENT USE IN A SEVENTH-GRADE LANGUAGE CURRICULUM. BACKGROUND INFORMATION ABOUT LANGUAGE PURPOSE AND STRUCTURE WERE PRESENTED WITH DISCUSSIONS OF ENGLISH SENTENCE STRUCTURE, ENGLISH GRAMMAR, AND SYMBOLS OF LINGUISTICS. APPROPRIATE EXERCISES WERE INCLUDED TO AFFORD PRACTICE WITH 12 PHRASE STRUCTURE RULES AND THEIR…