The teaching guidelines, presented as working papers, are related to the training of preschool assistants, child development center assistants, early childhood assistants, and preschool children's assistants. Content, learning experiences, and resources included are based on an analysis of tasks that workers perform in working with young children.…

The indigenous people of the North face many complex problems as they learn to cope with an invasion of culturally alien and numerically dominant groups from other areas. Their educational systems have theoretically been organized on principles of democracy and responsiveness to local community needs, but it has become obvious that existing…

This document is the second in a series of three documents, which together contain 27 case studies on the uses of cost analysis in educational planning. The case studies are presented to help planners and administrators see how cost analysis can be used to improve the efficiency of their educational systems, or to get the best value existing…

The thirtieth annual edition of the guide lists 1,705 free curriculum materials, 959 new in this edition, which are selected to help elementary school teachers and librarians to choose current and relevant materials which encourage the student to inquire, to discover, and to develop the ideals that will enable him to function effectively in…

This is the third of seven resource units for a twelfth grade course on value conflicts and policy decisions. The topic for this unit is the underdeveloped countries. The objectives are listed as to generalizations, skills, and values. The double-page format relates objectives to pertinent content, teaching procedures, and instructional materials.…

This full scale inquiry into English primary education is organized under (1) the growth of the child; (2) the home, school, and neighborhood; (3) the structure of primary education; (4) the children in the schools: curriculum and internal organization; (5) the adults in the schools; (6) independent schools; and (7) primary school buildings and…

An adisciplinary, general education course for students of community colleges is outlined in this document. The one-year course was developed during two workshops, attended by representatives from community colleges throughout the country. The course is structured in modules to allow for flexibility in the sequencing of course content, and to…

This curriculum outline provides a set of minimal essentials, based on a modified audiolingual approach, for junior high and secondary school programs in Russian. Following a brief discussion of the need for longer study sequences and updated instructional philosophy, the guide describes the basic objectives, contents, and suggested teaching…

This bibliography was compiled by the Programa de Educacion Interamericana for teachers who need ready sources of good information useable in the classroom, and suitable for a given grade level. The major division of entries is by country in Central and South America, with sections for Canada and the United States. Within each section, entries are…

This university level course in economic geography emphasizes the need for control of the spatial allocation of our resources, and strives for heightened student awareness of the world as a complex. It may thus be considered an introduction to geocybernetics, the study of man/machine relationships in the control of spatial organization. A systems…

This twelfth grade curriculum guide explores the five behavioral sciences: sociology, social psychology, anthropology, economics, and political science. The overall objectives of the units are: 1) to survey these sciences within a complex society; 2) to realize the importance of individual to the total group; 3) to be aware of the major social…

Audiovisual materials available for a social studies unit based on local, primary sources are listed in this guide, a supplement to the Age of Homespun (ED 018 323). Teachers designed, produced, and tested these instructional aids which are intended to provide a flexible, interdisciplinary unit readily adapted to differing grade levels. Local…

Many unacknowledged contributions made by black individuals to American civilization from 1492 to 1970 are enumerated in this compact book, one of a series of ethnic chronologies. Intended primarily as a reference work, a major part of this book is the factual chronological listing of achievements negroes made throughout United States history as…

This speech provides an outline of the planning procedure and framework for the curriculum used in the bilingual education program, Project Frontier, at Chula Vista, California. It explains the goals of the project which is gradually being expanded to all grade levels, and it describes how the goals are interwoven into a framework made up of units…

This review of recent trends in Spanish education focuses on governmental attempts to update educational standards by extending the compulsory school-attendance age, by eradicating adult illiteracy, and by constructing new schools. The report points out that the expansion of Spanish economic programs has shifted educational objectives to emphasize…