The Zimbabwe Secondary School Science Project (ZIM-SCI) developed student study guides, corresponding teaching guides, and science kits for a low-cost science course which could be taught during the first 2 years of secondary school without the aid of qualified teachers and conventional laboratories. This teaching guide contains instructional…

This scope and sequence guide to Social Studies, grades 1 through 5, for the Duval County Public Schools (Jacksonville, Florida) deals with three categories: (1) a scope and sequence listing states, for each grade, a central theme with primary and secondary ideas; (2) performance objectives are based on the primary and secondary ideas; and (3) a…

For the past three years a small group of teachers has been followed, first through their 1-year preservice teacher education program and then throughout their first two years of full-time teaching, in an attempt to gain insight into their development. In this paper reference is made to the stories of two of these teachers, to consider the…

This study reports on career and status aspirations of over a thousand children from low income areas in the South and is a follow-up study to a 1969 baseline study involving 1,503 fifth- and sixth-graders and their mothers in three low-income subcultures--rural white Appalachians, rural blacks, and inner-city urban blacks. In 1979, a total of 544…

This article presents an overview and analysis of the newly approved Tennessee early childhood teacher licensure standards. An introductory section provides background information on educational trends involved in efforts to revise state standards for licensing teachers. The general structure of the license is presented and four distinguishing…

Teaching moral behavior in schools is particularly difficult today because there is a diversity of standards reflecting the diverse elements of the culture. Even if consensus on morality could be assumed, however, past experience suggests that students would reject much of it, and neither arguing with them nor joining their rebellion is…

This pamphlet profiles almost 50 successful individuals who credit some of their career success to the financial aid made available by the Higher Education Act of 1965. The success stories are arranged in chronological order by year of college attendance, from 1965-66 to 1989-90. The profiles describe the individuals' educational background,…

The test-retest reliability of the American Guidance Service (AGS) Early Screening Profiles (ESP)--a battery measuring development in the cognition/language, motor, and self-help/social areas--was examined. The ESP is a nationally normed screening battery for children ages 2 years 0 months through 6 years 11 months. In addition, parent and teacher…

Current understandings of children's development suggest that a pedagogy is appropriate for young children if: (1) it is largely informal in structure; (2) attends to children's dispositional and emotional development and development of knowledge and skills; (3) is mainly intellectual rather than academic in focus; (4) balances individual and…

The Individualized Professional Development Process (IPDP) was developed for the Brookfield, Connecticut school district by a private consultant. Participation in IPDP is voluntary in Brookfield. However, once selected as a participant, a staff member goes through a professional development process. The individual, along with his immediate…

A curriculum was developed for the purpose of training child care teachers to provide high quality music and art experiences for infants and toddlers. Introductory material provides a brief overview of the curriculum development project, giving specific attention to the completion of grant objectives, advisory committee involvement, dissemination…

Individually Guided Education (IGE) is an educational innovation, developed during the late 1960s and early 1970s, that originated at the Wisconsin Research and Development Center for Cognitive Learning. It is one of the few innovations that was scheduled for national implementation. The conceptual origins of IGE have their roots in educational…

Spelman College's Living Learning Program is described. The program was developed to integrate classroom cognitive development with affective development acquired through formal and informal learning experiences offered by the student life division. Program activities are designed to expose students to a broad range of ideas through interaction…

Four models are discussed with which to view students, educational goals, and learning environments. Each of the four theories emphasizes a unique aspect of the total development process. Piaget's model describes the development of structures and processes which characterize mature logical thinking. Perry provides a closer look at students'…

Considered are the developmental and prognostic implications of early peer relations. Evidence concerning peer difficulties as risk factors is reviewed along with research dealing with family relations and peer relations in social development. In preference to a stepping-stone model of the development of social deviance, a conjunctive feedback…