For five years colleges and universities have encountered the black studies movement; they will never be quite the same again. The phrase "black studies" is used to refer to those programs and departments which may have different designations but are highly similar in content to black studies: Afro-American studies, race and ethnic studies,…

The purpose of this study was to determine what impact the Emergency School Assistance Program has had on selected public school districts in the State of Mississippi, as perceived by project directors, principals, and teachers. The investigator developed and pretested a 40 item questionnaire. Random sampling procedures were used to obtain 400…

This document is a complete evaluation of a National Defense Education Act (NDEA) University of Illinois Summer Institute for Advanced Study in Oral Language Programs for Elementary Schools. The institute was designed to help teachers understand and implement fully detailed programs for oral communication instruction in self-contained elementary…

The conference, which brought together key leaders from other States to share their experiences with year-round education, focuses on key issues raised during an earlier national conference on the same subject. Some of the topics highlighting conference speeches were: year-round education in transition; analyses of quality education, living…

This is the final report of the Religion-Social Studies Curriculum Project in Florida. The committee: 1) surveyed the prospects and propriety for the academic study of religion in public education; 2) prepared and tested innovative instructional materials for the study of religion in secondary school social studies; 3) conducted two teacher…

To assist administrators in determining what they may need for their own districts, examples are offered of five high schools that operate open curriculums in open spaces. Photographs and floor plans illustrate each school's design, and the text relates the history of the educational program and community response to the open curriculum and open…

The placement and proficiency system of the University of Illinois was designed to promote good student attitudes towards courses into which they were placed enable students to perform near their maximum capability, reduce the instructor's burden by generating relatively homogeneous ability groupings in courses, and encourage students to begin…

This thirty-eighth yearbook provides a framework for the teaching of international education and relates recent concepts and ideas in the international studies field which are applicable to the teaching of social studies. A number of educators and social scientists contributed to a series of chapters comprised in four sections of the volume. Each…

The course of study, an experimental model intended for use in secondary grades and higher education, centers on mankind in a global context. Main objectives of the course are to help students understand with cognitive depth the realities of global systems, interdependencies, and imbalances and develop conscious attitudes toward their own beliefs…

Hypothesizing that the dimensions of developmental problems faced by the moderately retarded will be analogous to those faced by the mildly retarded, this study considers the appropriateness of the structure of the Social Learning Curriculum (SLC), originally developed for the mildly retarded, for the moderately retarded. The SLC framework…

The research for this booklet, which was conducted under the label of "The Black Community Schools' Project," had as its main purpose the production of a work which would describe some of the efforts being made by blacks in the area of educating children. The focus is on some of the independent black institutions on the pre-school through junior…

It is the purpose of this proposed curriculum to find a means of motivating the language divergent student to improve himself academically and socially, to participate actively in educational experiences which will help him to self-actualize, and to afford him learning experiences which will enable him to become an independent learner. A search…

At present, computer-assisted instruction (CAI) is perceived as an educational breakthrough, promising a radically new kind of learning. When the goals of CAI are considered, however, it becomes clear that this view is wrong and counterproductive. If computers are to help provide efficient, effective, individualized instruction, they must be…

An evaluation of an experimental anthropology program which was introduced to students at the Magee Secondary School is presented. The purpose of the course, a detailed course outline, and the rationale and basic generalizations of Anthropology 11E are included. A listing of required and suggested course readings as well as student reaction to the…

First graders (105 males and 152 females) from 16 "Central City" schools within the Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles were selected because they were diagnosed as poorly prepared for regular classroom activities. Following the administration of a six-category test battery, the children were placed within two groups: Group 1, containing…