This student activities source book is one of a series of four developed by the Carroll County Public School System, Maryland, for celebration of the Bicentennial. It is specifically designed to generate ideas integrating the Bicentennial celebration into various disciplines, classroom activities, and school-wide events at the sixth through eighth…

The Maine Curriculum Guide for Career Education's (K-12) task is to provide Maine educators with a model for developing concepts, activities, and resource materials that will infuse Career Education in all Maine schools. Chapter One explains the various aspects of career education, covering its components, definition, rationale, and program…

The career exploration program for grades 9 through 10, as part of a comprehensive K through 10 career development program, attempts to develop an awareness of and appreciation for work, extend knowledge of the variety of career opportunities, and provide experiences in career areas of individual interest. The document, a collection of materials…

Volume 5 of the six-volume articulated elementary education career guide deals with the appreciation--attitudes, decision making, educational awareness, and employability levels of career awareness and aims at developing student social self-fulfillment, career decisions, educational identity, and career placement. The lessons in the volume are…

The guide presents instructional units aimed at developing career education for grades K-2. Each unit provides detailed objectives, activities, resources, and evaluations, and in some units the objectives are further detailed in relationship to the following subjects: mathematics, language arts, social studies, guidance, music, physical education,…

The guide presents instructional units aimed at developing career education for grades 3-6. Each unit provides detailed objectives, activities, resources, and evaluations, and in some units the objectives are further detailed in relationship to the following subjects: mathematics, language arts, social studies, guidance, music, physical education,…

A junior high school geography class in La Palma, California, offers extensive field trip experiences to teach students methods of historical-geographical research. Resulting from a course that develops research methods in social studies, a club was formed that provides overnight excursions in various field activities. The club is open to 9th and…

The recruitment booklet is the result of team efforts of a committee to develop working materials which may be utilized for an adult education recruitment program in the local school systems. Each team member individually developed recruitment concepts, which were combined to form a guide. The report is divided into five parts: (1) a statement of…

This is the first in a series of monographs on current issues, problems, and practices in school administration. It is intended to provide experienced school administrators with a general review and a fresh look at various problems of school finance; school board members, State legislators, and members of Congress with a better understanding of…

Guidelines and recommendations for media programs and resources essential for quality education are suggested. Qualitative goals are focused on, with criteria offered for programs that will provide exemplary educational materials for children and youth. Programs are described for both district and school level, and the interrelationships between…

Designed as a practical aid to staff members, this guide outlines the functional procedures in a modern school media center and offers practical suggestions for facilitating service to students and teachers. Administrative procedures are described in terms of budgeting; the selection and evaluation of materials; and the technical aspects of…

The central theme of this ideabook on the Bicentennial is the extension of the human rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness to the United States and the rest of the world. The ideabook is divided into three sections. Section one describes 17 proposed projects based upon a central Bicentennial program entitled "A Declaration of…

This paper describes the historical development of the Japanese language program in Hawaiian elementary and secondary schools, and the curriculum materials development that accompanied it. The growth of Hawaiians' interest in and awareness of their Japanese background and cultural heritage is cited as one reason for the increase in Japanese and…

Dissertations were selected for inclusion in this annotated bibliography if they used some form of educational media as the subject or as the methodology of their research. Selections were made from "American Doctoral Dissertations" and from "Dissertation Abstracts." For those selected from the latter, volume and page citations to "Dissertations…

Six papers intended for foreign language teachers, administrators, and teachers of English as a second language are in this work. "Illusions and Realities" focuses on the complexities and problems of language teaching and proposes a coordinated program of development, backed by research, to meet current challenges. "Language Centers" discusses the…