This report focuses upon the efforts of public school educators and administrators in Washington, D.C., to improve teaching and learning through a comprehensive educational plan. One of the goals in this plan was defined as the promotion of academic excellence for the attainment of knowledge, competencies, and skills. Special education projects…

The purpose of the Bilingual Program for physically handicapped children was to provide a learning environment in which handicapped children who do not speak English or who speak with difficulty would be able to function in their native language. Emphasis was placed on the children improving their native language along with learning English as a…

Part of a manufacturing cluster series which addresses itself to career awareness, orientation, exploration, and preparation, this guide and its accompanying student manual were written as a direct followup of the instructor's guide and student manual titled "Exploring Manufacturing Occupations." Four major sections are included. The first section…

Materials contained in this instructional module are designed to assist the elementary classroom teacher in gaining the necessary skills for developing a career education unit of work. The module is structured around four enabling objectives: (1) Correctly construct a goal statement, (2) correctly construct a behavioral objective, (3) define goal,…

This document is one of twelve describing the Career Planning Support System (CPSS) and its use. (CPSS is a comprehensive guidance program management system designed to provide information for local high schools to design, implement, and evaluate an upgraded career guidance program. CPSS describes how existing activities can be brought into an…

The purpose of the project was to develop innovative agricultural education programs within the comprehensive high school setting in selected school districts in the state of Mississippi, with the project's second year (described here) focusing on continuing existing specialized career preparation program in agriculture and continuing to orient…

Prepared by a small working party established under the auspices of the Education (Research) Committee of the Association for Science Education, this consultative document provides information for educational administrators and science teachers who are concerned with the place of science in education. Part one of the document reviews the…

These program objectives were developed to support the Department of Defense Dependent Schools Five Year Curriculum Development Plan and are designed to provide a basis for elementary, middle, and secondary school physical education curricula. A balance of psychomotor, cognitive, and affective aspects is emphasized. General, program, and…

With the increased use of plastics worldwide the shortage of trained personnel in moldmaking and design for plastic injection molds is becoming critical. Local schools and community colleges should provide courses in mold design and mold making, since most workers presently learn while working under experienced designers on the job. Following this…

This presidential address before the Midwestern Education Research Association describes the chain of evidence that is required to link brain research to classroom practice; describes some of the proposed brain-based curricula and the kinds of evidence presented to support them; and suggests guidelines for evaluating proposals for implementing…

The survival of black public school teachers is contingent upon significant improvement in their performance on the National Teacher Examination (NTE). The soundest way to improve their performance is to improve the educational program in the black colleges and universities where the teachers are trained. As open admissions institutions, it is the…

The papers in this section of the proceedings of the 1981 World Assembly of the International Council on Education for Teaching concern educational reforms and how they can address national economic needs. An introductory article by Robert P. Neuschel, "Linking Education to the Economy: An Introductory Statement," discusses the…

This handbook is designed to accompany seven instructional modules which were developed to help physical educators reduce sex bias in secondary physical education classes. Module topics are: (1) introduction to stereotyping and discrimination; (2) sex-role stereotyping and its effects; (3) biological sex differences; (4) Title IX; (5) curriculum…

This module, intended for secondary school physical education teachers, identifies the four major components of a curriculum and the factors which must be considered in curriculum development. Examples of the factors which must be considered in curriculum development are given, and guidelines are offered for eliminating sex-role stereotyping and…

The principalship promises to be fundamentally different in the future than it has been in the past. Throughout the seventies, social trends and studies of schooling caused a loss of confidence in the principal. Yet by the end of the decade, principals were seen to be important in affecting school productivity, as was suggested by many studies of…