This first of two parts presents learning activities for four occupational clusters of a ninth-grade cluster program. It contains theory and hands-on activities that explore the occupational requirements and working environment of these areas to help students make intelligent decisions of possible career choices based on levels of interest and…

A year-long adventure physical education program is described in this guide, which contains objectives, activities, and information about community support and staff development that applies to this, or any, innovative program. Chapter I discusses the philosophy of experiential learning and lists program objectives, which include developing…

The first volume of this report describes a survey of the adult basic education program in Michigan, including a statement of purposes, a review of relevant literature, a discussion of procedures and survey instruments, a discussion of findings and conclusions, and a chapter on limitations of the study and recommendations for future research. The…

These three modular units for preschool children (eight-week unit), grade 2 (nine-week unit), and grade 4 (six-week unit) were developed to facilitate career education by reducing sex-role stereotyping of occupations. (Final progress report of the project is available as CE 024 425.) Within each unit an outline for each week's activities details…

THE PHILOSOPHY AND GENERAL OBJECTIVES OF TEACHING COMMUNICATION SKILLS TO EDUCABLE MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN (AGED SIX TO 10 YEARS) ARE PRESENTED. INTELLECTUAL, PHYSICAL, SOCIAL, PERSONAL, AND OCCUPATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CHILDREN ARE DISCUSSED. A DESCRIPTION OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM (CLASS, CLASSROOM, TEACHER, DAILY PROGRAM, AND…

THE OBJECTIVES, CONTENT, METHODS, AND SCOPE OF HEBREW INSTRUCTION FOR EACH LEVEL OF A 4-LEVEL SEQUENCE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS ARE DELINEATED IN THIS CURRICULUM GUIDE, WHICH IS A REVISION OF EARLIER BULLETINS USED EXPERIMENTALLY IN NEW YORK CITY SINCE 1962. AN AUDIOLINGUAL APPROACH IS ADVOCATED, AND SPECIFIC TECHNIQUES ARE SUGGESTED FOR TEACHING…

THESE SIX REPORTS OF THE WORKING COMMITTEES OF THE FIRST NORTHEAST CONFERENCE ON THE TEACHING OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES, HELD IN 1954, REFLECT THE BASIC AIM OF ASSEMBLING LANGUAGE TEACHERS OF ALL LEVELS WITH THE PURPOSE OF REACHING COMMON AGREEMENT CONCERNING THEIR OBJECTIVES AND THE BEST METHODS OF ACHIEVING THEM. HIGHLIGHTED IN THIS VOLUME IS A…

A STUDY WAS MADE TO LOCATE THE ADULTS IN SIOUX CITY, IOWA, WHO HAD NOT COMPLETED HIGH SCHOOL AND TO RELATE THEIR EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS TO THE PROGRAMING OF ADULT EDUCATION ACTIVITIES. THE POPULATION WAS IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE JUNE, 1964 SCHOOL CENSUS PROCEDURES AND CONSISTED OF 4,714 SCHOOL DROPOUTS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 21 AND 64. INFORMATION WAS…

THE PURPOSES OF THIS STUDY WERE TO PROVIDE A PROFILE OF INDUSTRIAL ARTS IN THE PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION IN 1964-65 AND TO COMPARE THESE FINDINGS WITH RESULTS OF THE NATIONAL STUDY, "INDUSTRIAL ARTS EDUCATION," BY SCHMITT AND PELLEY, AFTER USING THE SAME TWO QUESTIONNAIRES. THE DATA COLLECTED FROM…

A STUDY ON EDUCATING MIGRANT CHILDREN CONCLUDED THAT A 6-MONTH SCHOOL PROVIDING THE SAME INSTRUCTIONAL TIME AS A 9-MONTH SCHOOL WOULD BETTER SERVE THESE CHILDREN. AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED A NONGRADED CONTINUOUS PROGRESS CURRICULUM GIVING PRIORITY TO ENGLISH, THEN MATHEMATICS, AND THEN SOCIAL STUDIES. DETAILED CURRICULUM OUTLINES ARE…

A FIVE-MEMBER CONSULTANT TEAM, DURING THE SUMMER OF 1966, DEVELOPED A PROGRAM FOR OUT-OF-SCHOOL YOUTH WHICH WOULD RELATE WORK AND STUDY AND PROVIDE ON-THE-JOB TRAINING WITH THE ULTIMATE GOALS OF PLACING PARTICIPANTS IN SUITABLE VOCATIONS AND ASSISTING THEIR RETURN TO FORMAL EDUCATION LEADING TO A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. THIS PROPOSAL OUTLINES PROGRAM…

OVER 400 STUDIES WERE CONSIDERED IN PREPARING THIS REPORT ON AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION RESEARCH CONCLUSIONS, TRENDS, METHODOLOGY, AND NEEDS. THOUGH EMERGENCE OF CORRELATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH IS EVIDENT, RESEARCH IN AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION HAS BEEN LARGELY DESCRIPTIVE. WEAKNESSES IN PROBABILITY SAMPLING AND SURVEY TECHNIQUES HAVE BEEN…

This three-part curriculum for entrepreneurship education is primarily for postsecondary level, including four-year colleges and adult education, but it can be adapted for special groups or vocational teacher education. The emphasis of the seven instructional units in Part II is establishing a business. Unit D focuses on business regulations at…

This module on job classification, tools, sanitation, and safety is the second of three (CE 028 291-293) in the meat cutting course of a bilingual skills training program. The course is designed to furnish theoretical and laboratory experience in the cutting of beef, pork, poultry, lamb, and mutton. Module objectives are for students to develop…

A program designed to develop, conduct, and evaluate an educational workshop series to prepare physician's assistant (PA) clinical coordinators to assist clinical instructors in the planning, teaching, and evaluation of students in clinical skills is described. Six regional workshops were held, with two workshops each in three geographic regions.…