This guide is intended to help school administrators and educators in Arkansas develop and maintain a strong elementary and secondary art education program. There are six sections. The first section discusses the role that the school board, the superintendent, the principal, the art supervisor, the art teachers, and parents can play in developing…

Part of an adult basic education series utilizing Southwestern American Indian cultural material, this level III (fifth grade equivalent, 4.5-6.0 readability) teacher's guide contains concise explanations of the various skills presented, suggested teaching strategies, answers to workbook exercises, and a list of available supplementary commercial…

Designed to assist bilingual teachers in providing a coordinated program of studies for students in the Connecticut Migratory Children's Program and others whose native language is Spanish, this bilingual-bicultural science curriculum guide for second grade is one of a series for pre-school through fifth grade. The overall focus is on Puerto Rican…

Designed to assist bilingual teachers in providing a coordinated program of studies for students in the Connecticut Migratory Children's Program and for other students whose native language is Spanish, this science curriculum for third grade is one of a series for pre-school through fifth grade. The overall focus of the guides is on Puerto Rican…

Designed to assist bilingual teachers in providing a coordinated program of studies for students in the Connecticut Migratory Children's Program and others whose native language is Spanish, this social studies curriculum guide for fourth grade is one of a series for pre-school through fifth grade. The overall focus is on Puerto Rican history and…

This booklet identifies 14 basic economic concepts that have been selected for emphasis in junior high social studies classes in Nebraska. The booklet is accompanied by a series of related instructional units (see SO 011 416). In this booklet, the concepts are listed in a sequence from the simplest to the most complex, with concepts one through…

Project MAVE (Model for Articulated Vocational Education) was initiated to provide curriculum and program sequencing and continuity to students progressing from elementary to secondary to community college levels. Information gathered from surveys, interviews, site visitations, conferences, and literature review led to the conclusion that…

THE PILOT PROJECT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DESCRIBED HERE WAS DESIGNED TO OFFER GROUPS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME BETTER ACQUAINTED WITH THE APPLICATION OF NEWER METHODOLOGY AND LINGUISTIC SCIENCE TO TEACHING MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES. THE PROJECT WAS CONDUCTED DURING THE 1962-63 ACADEMIC YEAR, WITH THE FIRST AND…

Three and one-half years of research on computerized ability testing are summarized. The original objectives of the research were: (1) to develop and implement the stratified computer-based ability test; (2) to compare, on psychometric criteria, the various approaches to computer-based ability testing, including the stratified computerized test,…

Information obtained during a survey of member institutions of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education is the basis for this book. It is divided into eleven chapters, each dealing with one aspect of teacher education. Chapter I discusses the role of education and of teachers in a democratic society. Chapter II presents a history…

Work papers and summaries of the discussions of participants at a historically significant conference, held to redefine the role of foreign language instruction in the secondary school, are published in this bulletin. Papers are included on: (1) the increased need for foreign languages, (2) status of foreign languages in high school, (3) changing…

Professionals as well as parents will find here an argument and model for implementing humanistic education in public schools at all levels. Steming from the Elementary School Teaching Project by the Ford Foundation which found that the student's feelings influence his ability to learn, this book attempts to develop a model which will utilize the…

This collection of articles on foreign language instruction in junior and community colleges focuses on four principal areas: the junior community college, the "Proceedings of the Illinois Conference on Foreign Languages in Junior and Community Colleges," factual information, and action reports. The articles discuss pluralism and the community…

This humanities syllabus, the last in a series of three sequential programs, is intended for 12th grade students. Rationale, objectives, guidelines, methods, and arrangement are given in SO 004 030. Some of the major objectives of the course are to: (1) create an understanding of the nature of communication and its impact on human activity; 2)…

The behavioral objectives, aims, and premises of this curriculum are similar to SO 002 500. This framework provides a sequential course outline for grades 7, 8, and 9, attempting to motivate students to investigate value issues with the aid of concepts and processes presented in an inter-disciplinary manner. The outline is based on the theme…