The nature and rationale of the BLADE (Basic Literacy for Adult Development) Program are explained in this instructor's manual, which also provides an analysis and index of the content. The BLADE Program raises adults to a measured Grade 5.0 level in reading, other communication skills, and mathematics. The program is completely individualized: it…

This study of curricula for English programs from 1958-1968 reviewed both secondary and primary sources, including personal interviews, solicited correspondence, unpublished material, and curriculum guides. Three somewhat conflicting models emerged from the study: (1) the content-centered approach, emphasizing the study of language, literature,…

The philosophy and design of a nongraded, phase elective English curriculum as implemented at O. L. Smith Junior High School in Dearborn, Michigan, is presented. In addition, a listing of courses offered and an outline of the administrative and scheduling changes required are given as an aid to others who may wish to institute such a program. One…

The purposes of the second year of the Heman Street Preschool remained the same as they had been in the previous year: to provide experiences for preschool children which would increase their chances for later success in school and to serve as a training site where graduate students might learn to work effectively with preschool children and with…

This 1972 Distinguished Achievement Award Entry is the Art Education Program at Kutztown State College, Kutztown, Pennsylvania. The program leads to a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) or Master of Education in Art Education degree. Courses are also available in special education. Admission to the undergraduate program is accomplished through a selective…

Designed to assist in the implementation of career education programs, this handbook was prepared to introduce teachers, counselors, and administrators to a career-centered curriculum project, a career education program of the New Albany (Mississippi) school system. Included in the handbook are: (1) a description of the New Albany program,…

University education for the practicing or aspiring professional-practitioner should be considered the beginning or extension of lifelong learning, a continuing educational requirement. University Extension programming at the University of Wisconsin covers a wide range of professional, farming, and other areas. Efforts are underway to redesign…

The study compared the facilitative effects of pre- and post-organizers on the learning of structured anthropology materials in the third and sixth grades. Investigator-prepared student texts were published in three formats: pre-organizers, post-organizers, and no-organizers. Two investigator-constructed norm-referenced Anthropology Achievement…

The development of Native American Studies (NAS) is an attempt at self-awareness and an exercise in self-determination. One area of concern in the development of a program for Native Americans is their high attrition rate in college. Specially designed programs for the Native American student could offer (1) Native American student orientation…

This curriculum guide for intermediate schools in Argentina begins with a discussion of the historical development of such schools and of their place in the overall educational scheme. The section on the curriculum provides detailed information on objectives, content, and activities; philosophical, political, sociological, methodological, and…

This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of recommendations made at the Conference on Education in the Modern State. The recommendations were grouped into six main headings: (1) economic and financial matters; (2) syllabuses, textbooks, educational activities and methods; (3) teacher training and the improvement of…

This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) surveying Egyptian education. Elementary education is compulsory. It begins between the ages of six and eight and lasts six years. The curriculum includes Arabic, religion, social subjects, hygiene, arithmetic, community singing, music, physical education, drawing and…

This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of six studies of the different levels of education and the humanistic content of the teaching program at each level. On the preschool level, it is stated that kindergarten education in Mexico attempts to put the small child in contact with the world that surrounds him.…

This book holds that the learner does not progress by blindly mastering a series of isolated behaviors, fitting them together into a functional whole, as most schools and teachers conceptualize using behavioral objectives. Rather, the learner attempts to perform the larger behavior, identifies his shortcomings, and shapes his deficiencies within…

Articles concerning the teaching of literature to children are presented. "Providing Balanced Contacts with Literature for Children" covers the potential of literature in the curriculum. In "The Classics in Children's Literature," a classic is defined as a book or story or poem that usually has long outlived its author. "Fostering Lifetime Reading…