A compendium of reports of experimental instructional projects and educational programs generated by teachers at 10 midwestern universities is presented. Most of the items report changes in a particular discipline area, but these arrangements can frequently be adapted for use in other departments and interdisciplinary programs. Subject matter…

This collection of articles, intended for kindergarten teachers, focuses on the importance of the teacher's relationship with parents and the need for parents to be active participants in their child's educational development. The first article reviews the literature and research related to parent/early childhood education, touches on some current…

The goals and purposes to be served by graduate level professional preparation for educators are examined and redefined in these essays. The authors are experienced as administrators in schools, colleges, or departments of education. The current state of graduate programs in education in terms of the pressures, problems, dilemmas, and…

One of a series of sixteen knowledge transformation papers, this paper reviews that state-of-the-art of professional development as it relates to sex equity in vocational education. First, the problem of sex discrimination is presented with statistics showing the number of women currently working and the number who are heads of their households.…

THIS CURRICULUM GUIDE PRESENTS, IN REVISED AND CORRECTED FORM, THREE GUIDES PUBLISHED EARLIER AS EXPERIMENTAL EDITIONS--"TEACHING LITERATURE IN WISCONSIN" (1965), "TEACHING SPEAKING AND WRITING IN WISCONSIN" (1966), AND "TEACHING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN WISCONSIN" (1967). THREE MAIN DIVISIONS OF THE GUIDE PRESENT THE…

ACTIVITIES OF RESEARCH AND INSTRUCTION UNITS IN TWO MANITOWOC, WISCONSIN, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS DURING THE 1966-67 SCHOOL YEAR ARE REVIEWED. RESULTS OF TWO CONTROLLED EXPERIMENTS CONDUCTED IN THE UNITS ARE REPORTED AND EVALUATED. IN ONE STUDY THE PERFORMANCE OF 82 THIRD GRADE PUPILS FROM ONE SCHOOL HOMOGENEOUSLY GROUPED FOR ARITHMETIC INSTRUCTION WAS…

MEETING THE UNIQUE PROBLEMS OF PROVIDING QUALITY EDUCATION IN SMALL SCHOOLS CALLS FOR SPECIAL PROGRAMS. THE WESTERN STATES SMALL SCHOOLS PROJECT HAS COMPILED 9 PROMISING PROGRAM PRACTICES WHICH CAPITALIZE UPON THE POTENTIAL STRENGTHS INHERENT IN SMALLNESS--INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION IN HIGH SCHOOL LANGUAGE ARTS, INDIVIDUALIZED ENGLISH IN A SMALL…

Assuming the premise that "a child has gone fifty percent of the way in organizing the thinking patterns that we call his intelligence by the time he has reached the age of four, and the next thirty percent by the time he is eight," 50 Schenectady kindergarten-through-first-grade teachers and administrators formulated a chart of behavioral…

NOTING THAT TRADITIONAL PH.D PROGRAMS CANNOT MEET THE CURRENT NEED FOR COLLEGE TEACHERS, THIS ARTICLE BRIEFLY DISCUSSES PROPOSALS FOR TWO GENERAL TYPES OF INTERMEDIATE GRADUATE DEGREES--(1) THOSE DESIGNED TO IDENTIFY PROGRESS TOWARD THE PH.D AND (2) THOSE WHICH MARK THE TERMINATION OF A PROGRAM DISTINCT FROM THE PH.D. EXAMPLES OF BOTH TYPES OF…

ALTHOUGH THE HUMANITIES ARE EXPERIENCING IN THIS COUNTRY AN UNPRECEDENTED EXPANSION AND INCREASE IN NUMBER OF DEGREES GRANTED AND IN FINANCIAL SUPPORT, THEY HAVE SUFFERED A RELATIVE DECLINE IN STUDENT ENROLLMENT, FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND STUDENT QUALITY WHEN COMPARED TO OTHER AREAS OF STUDY. THIS PLIGHT OF THE HUMANITIES STEMS FROM A "METHODOLOGICAL…

THE DEMANDS OF WORK AND EDUCATION UPON EACH OTHER, THE VALUE OR LACK OF VALUE OF COURSES FOR LEARNERS, AND THE UNDERMOTIVATED LEARNER WHO DOES NOT FIND SIGNIFICANCE IN CURRENT SCHOOL OFFERINGS ARE PROBLEMS FACING PUBLIC EDUCATION. SOME PREVIOUS PLANS TO OVERCOME THESE PROBLEMS HAVE USED (1) THE COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL, (2) INDUSTRY-SCHOOL…

A YEARBOOK ADVISORY COMMITTEE, APPOINTED BY NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION'S DEPARTMENT OF RURAL EDUCATION AND AMERICAN VOCATIONAL ASSOCIATION MEMBERS, APPROVED THE OUTLINE, ASSISTED IN SELECTING AUTHORS, AND REVIEWED MANUSCRIPTS FOR THIS YEARBOOK ON VOCATIONAL EDUCATION FOR RURAL AREAS. THE DISCUSSION IS IN TERMS OF THE UNIFYING THEME THAT…

THE THIRD PART OF A PROJECT TO DEVELOP APPROACHES TO TEACHING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ABOUT CULTURE AREAS OF THE NON-WESTERN WORLD (SEE TE 499 984 AND TE 499 995), THIS TEACHERS' GUIDE FOR AN 8-WEEK COURSE ON THE MIDDLE EAST COVERS THE GOEGRAPHY, ECONOMY, POLITICS, AND CULTURE OF THE AREAS. IT ALSO DEALS WITH THE MAJOR HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE…

GUIDELINES FOR TEACHING AND UNDERSTANDING THE DISADVANTAGED CHILD ARE PRESENTED IN THIS REPORT. SPECIFICALLY DISCUSSED ARE THE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DISADVANTAGED CHILD, MOTIVATION AND REINFORCEMENT TECHNIQUES, AND TECHNIQUES FOR INSTRUCTING PUPILS IN LANGUAGE ARTS, SOCIAL SCIENCE, SCIENCE, AND MATHEMATICS. THE DUTIES…

This report of the First National Conference of the U.S. Office of Education Tri-University Project in Elementary Education (a project to study what goes into the education of teachers and to picture optimum learning situations for children with the aim of improving the education of teachers) includes a list of conference participants; an…