This curriculum guide is an interdisciplinary approach designed to reduce childhood accidental injuries on the playground. Materials are designed to provide background information and teaching resources for teachers that will be useable in a wide variety of environments. The first chapter provides a general background on playground hazards and…

This annotated bibliography contains resources for teachers to use in the preparation of curricula for death education for children in grades K-12. Section one contains printed resources for teachers. Many of these resources offer more comprehensive guides for death education and materials. Section two describes 70 books for students in grade K-12…

This book introduces three major orientations to curriculum--the transmission, transaction, and transformation positions--and examines the philosophical, psychological, and social/economic foundations on which they are based. Part one of the text describes these three orientations in detail and shows how they can be used as helpful tools in…

A comprehensive bibliography of publications on the subject of death education is presented. Listed items represent only those published over the past 8 years. The listing is divided into articles and books which have focused on various dimensions of dying and death and those which deal exclusively with suicide and life-threatening behavior. Only…

Thirteen writers, each a specialist in a particular area in teacher education, developed source papers about guidelines for international teacher education. This paper synthesizes statements made in the 13 source papers. Subjects of the papers were: (1) general concept paper; (2) social foundations of education; (3) psychological foundations of…

This directory was compiled in partial fulfillment of one of the Educational Services Committee's main objectives: to assist Edison Electric Institute (EEI) member companies to initiate, expand, and evaluate their educational activities. The publication contains three main parts. The first is a statement of guidelines for educational programs at…

A factor analysis of the Coleman Report data on Equality of Educational Opportunity is used to suggest several hypotheses about the nature of interactions affecting educational production functions. These hypotheses were used in the specification of a simultaneous equation regression model of the educational process. (Author/EH)

Presented teaching techniques designed to break down the boundaries of different subjects and to redistribute resources in the classroom so boys and girls could step out of their sex-based roles without losing face. (Author/RK)

Suggestions for strengthening the advisor or mentor relationship of faculty member to student in order to assure the success of contracting

Describes the uses and the tools of the Educational Resources Information Center for the benefit of English students and teachers. (RB)

Suggests resources, activities, and materials for use in teaching poetry, drama, and literature classes. (RB)

A system of elements for matching the supply and demand for workers from higher education is outlined. A portion of the system is exercised to obtain a provisional evaluation of supply and demand levels under assumptions of increased educational upgrading and industrial growth for the Southern region. (Editor/PG)

This article identifies selected sources and resources useful for teaching world history including: 1) items concerning the rationale for teaching; 2) approaches to world history; 3) helpful reference works; 4) practical guides; 5) journals; 6) games and simulation; and 7) organizations. (JR)

Contains suggestions for materials, activities, and resources that will improve the language skills of elementary and secondary school students. (RB)