This document contains a vocational program guide and Career Merit Achievement Plan (Career MAP) for secondary and postsecondary printing and graphic arts programs. The guide contains the following sections: occupational description; program content (curriculum framework and student performance standards); program implementation (student admission…

This document presents a framework for teaching language, literacy, and numeracy as the central elements of competence for work and social activity in Australia. The framework contains guidelines that set the overall agenda for curriculum and assessment, with which the needs of workplaces, educational institutions, and community groups can be…

This book discusses how second language acquisition (SLA) research can illuminate language pedagogy, and suggests four main roles for the SLA researcher: developing relevant theories; conducting classroom research; making research accessible to teachers; and facilitating action research. The first chapter outlines a number of different…

This book provides practical implementation strategies for, and a clear outline of, the theory behind the child-centered classroom, a theory which involves an understanding of the concepts of whole language and active learning. It is hoped that teachers will use the ideas in the book to build their own beliefs and understandings, and to develop…

This handbook describes the process of developing a curriculum in job search methods for use with refugees. It is based on a workshop, one of a series of four designed to improve the skills of refugee service provider staff. The job club is an innovative approach to providing refugees with skills to find a job by themselves. In the short-term…

This curriculum guide provides an instructional plan for combining language and content instruction in a French language program at the elementary school level. The program combines common themes in the foreign language in the elementary school (FLES) program (e.g., numbers, animals, weather, family) with related content-area topics in…

This study was undertaken to evaluate Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) prevention and comprehensive health activities in public secondary schools in Mississippi. The Comprehensive School Health Curriculum (CSHC), for implementation in junior, middle, and senior high schools, was designed to promote improved knowledge and behaviors related to the…

This document is intended to describe the approach of the City Technology Colleges (CTCs) in Great Britain to provide young people older than 16 with a vocationally oriented curriculum while still ensuring their intellectual and cultural development. Following a summary, the first chapter is an introduction. The second chapter describes the old…

A proposal for a preservice agricultural education teacher preparation program involves the examination of seven aspects: (1) role statement; (2) curriculum; (3) instruction; (4) facilities and resources; (5) student selection; (6) faculty; and (7) evaluation. Agricultural teachers have many roles: facilitator of learning; program developer;…

In order to live and prosper in both natural and social environments, humans need to understand their origins, composition, characteristics, and life-sustaining processes. Education is a way to increase understanding of those worlds. The introduction discusses the common existence and interdependence of man and nature. Chapter 1 describes the…

Proof of the value of bilingual education programs is usually based on evaluations which measure success solely on the basis of student test scores. An alternative method of evaluating such programs as it is implemented in three bilingual education programs in Connecticut elementary schools is reported in this paper. Eleven first- and second-grade…

A bilingual handbook for parents of Pilipino children in Caifornia public schools is presented that emphasizes the important partnership between home and school. In a question-answer format, the contents cover the following topics: (1) enrollment and attendance, general information, transportation; (2) basic school program, curriculum; (3) grades,…

The basis for educationally worthwhile activities in kindergarten is examined in a series of papers that also provide examples of how kindergarten programs can be organized and worthwhile learning presented to children. Long-term projects or units are seen as useful vehicles of instruction, and organizing teaching around topics or themes is shown…

The importance of art education in Missouri's schools is documented. This guide is based on the premise that studying art stimulates and fosters creativity, and cognitive skills as well as enhances cultural awareness and communication. Enrollment, time allotments, and credit requirements are outlined for art education at all levels. For each grade…

Generalizations arising from effective teaching studies are vulnerable because they are not based on a theoretical perspective of how learning occurs or can be improved, but have resulted from observations of what teachers appear to be doing when students are learning. Critics of teacher effectiveness studies contend that good instruction requires…