Noting that teacher education students are unfamiliar with the censorship issue, this paper discusses three kinds of censorship the pre-service English teacher can be expected to face, and suggests ways to prepare them to recognize and remedy anticipated problems. The essay identifies the first kind of censorship as that imposed by English…

A supplement to social studies texts, this guide includes eight activity units and reviews of 1-6 grade social studies textbooks published by American Book Social Studies, McGraw-Hill, Silver Burdett, Ginn, Macmillan Social Studies, Laidlaw Brothers, and Follett. The reviews, listed by publisher and book title, discuss Indian-subject content,…

Ten authors offer a large array of theoretical and practical ideas for developing a viable Middle Eastern K-12 curriculum. A major purpose of the 10 articles is to help teachers in the United States become aware of problems confronting them in teaching about the Middle East. In the first article, the author discusses some problems--for example,…

Research issues concerning all levels of education in the Republic of Ireland and in Northern Ireland are examined in 22 papers. The papers deal with the following topics: information technology and education; the concept of authority as it applies to the professional teacher; an analysis of the theories of R.F. Dearden; a critical assessment of…

The anthology contains 24 selected articles about elementary school social studies which have appeared in issues of the journal "Social Education" from 1970-77. "Social Education" is the official journal of the National Council for the Social Studies. These articles are considered to be exemplary in discussing instructional…

The result of a project to develop short courses to help health care administrators and supervisors in developing practical, up-to-date management skills, this instructional workbook provides information and exercises applicable to on-the-job situations. Unit I covers the following leadership considerations: self-awareness, time management,…

This report provides a program for identifying and eliminating racism in the Toronto school system. It is held that bias in curriculum materials must be removed and that the curriculum should be expanded to include the study of race and race relations. Methods for correctly assessing the abilities of minority students and placing them in…

This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 34 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) elementary school reading comprehension instruction; (2) a language experience approach to remedial reading instruction with junior high school students, (3)…

This is the first comprehensive study in English of African languages in the context of their cultural setting. It may be used as a basic text in survey courses on African languages as well as a supplemental text in practical language courses. No linguistic background is necessary for understanding this book--the basic concepts are explained,…

The document presents findings from a study of K-12 educational programs dealing with Africa and Africans. Data were based on a survey of educators, librarians, students, and curriculum materials in California, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, and Wisconsin. Objectives of the study were to assess why interest in African studies was…

Stories in Spanish about aspects of the history, culture, and daily life of Mexican Americans are included in this reading book developed by Edgewood School District Bilingual Program in San Antonio, Texas, for students in grade four through secondary school. "Escaparate" is the third of eight units being developed in this reading and language…

Annual reports of two federal education programs for FY 1970 comprise this document: Title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and Title III of the National Defense Education Act. Both reports describe how the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific…

This bibliography, containing approximately 600 abstracts of career education materials, was developed for adult education administrators, planners, and practitioners, working in a variety of settings, such as adult basic education programs, high school equivalency programs, on-the-job training and retraining programs, and career counseling…

This text, designed to provide teachers and teacher-trainees with a comprehensive and up-to-date grasp of the theoretical foundations of foreign language teaching, is based on the assumption that a teacher-trainee needs to gain broad but systematic knowledge of the process of second language acquisition in order to understand and adapt teaching…

This plan of instruction, study guides, workbooks, and programmed texts for a secondary-postsecondary-level course in refrigeration and air conditioning are one of a number of military-developed curriculum packages selected for adaptation to vocational instruction and curriculum development in a civilian setting. It is the first section of a…