The purpose of this study was to obtain information necessary to determine specific minimum guidelines to be used to evaluate automotive programs in postsecondary schools. Participants were personnel from selected junior or community colleges offering automotive programs and from automotive service and repair organizations. Answers to pertinent…

Developed through the Career Options Research and Development (CORD) Project, this report presents, in outline form, a core curriculum for the human services area. Specific objectives of the CORD project were the: (1) application of job analysis to positions in the social and human services, (2) organization of tasks and skills into career…

To determine the efficacy of two courses, one emphasizing wage earning aspects and the other homemaking aspects, in preparing disadvantaged youth for their dual role of wage earner-homemaker, curriculum materials were tested with 139 students in experimental and 147 students in control groups during the 1968-69 school year. A battery of evaluation…

The overall objective of this working paper, developed by the Schools Council Project on Religious Education (RE) is to encourage curriculum research and development. The specific objective is to examine the nature of RE and related issues, raising questions for public discussion and commentary feedback to the project. Part one looks at RE by: 1)…

A questionnaire was sent to 350 people representing heads of Federal agencies dealing with education, all state commissioners of education, superintendents of schools of the largest cities, heads of selected professional education organizations, outstanding community leaders, university researchers, directors of some ERIC clearinghouses, regional…

This volume contains reactions to the career education concept as proposed by the U.S. Office of Education from a panel of 23 educators, practitioners, businessmen, and students representing such disciplines as anthropology, law, political science, sociology, mathematics, vocational education, psychology, philosophy, and counseling. The Foreword…

Education should help people learn to use past experiences as a basis for acquiring new meanings, which frees individuals from what restricts and what enslaves. However, the curriculum has become a program for social purposes and the school an instrument of social control when, in reality, what is needed is persuasion (not coercion) and discussion…

As a part of a course on leadership, psychology and management developed for the United States Naval Academy (the final report appears under EM 010 484, EM 010 418, and EM 010 419) this report proposes a new model for presentation design and media selection which distinguishes between media and presentations. Presentation Design is discussed in…

Where scholars differ on a particular subject--such as the historiography of slavery or the nature of the black family--a number of points of view are explored and references for further research suggested. The resource units for secondary schools make use of the latest research, in an attempt to provide both teachers and students with the…

This paper, the third based on a 4-year sociological field study of school-community relations in a factional suburb, analyzes conflict generated by the discrepancy between the perceived and actual norms governing the school board-community relationship. A 3-year effort to develop board responsiveness followed a 7-year period of professional…

The first year of a project to implement team teaching concepts in a middle school program for educable mentally retarded students emphasized process development by teachers in the areas of role definitions, curriculum competencies, and behavioral management. Orientation included establishment of project purpose, individual responsibilities, and…

The visible claims of the current accountability movement are examined critically, and an alternative philosophy and a developing system are offered. Areas examined include the psychological implications of accountability philosophies for teaching staff, certain educational measurement problems, and the availability or adequacy of operating…

Each academic year since its inception in 1965, the Higher Horizons 100 (HH100) program has provided a remedial language and intensive counseling program to 100 disadvantaged ninth-grade students. The goal of the program is to improve the language skills, self-concept, and school adjustment of disadvantaged students having no serious emotional…

The following are nine papers delivered at the annual workshop for junior and senior college English teachers held at Hinds Jr. College on February 5, 1972: "The Role of Grammar in the Classroom" -Mrs. Elba Patterson; "Grammar in the English Class" -Dr. Gerald Walton; "Creative Writing and Freshman English" Gordon Weaver; "Attitudes Toward the…

This course in German prescribes broad goals and performance objectives for the development of cultural awareness, student attitudes, and listening, speaking, writing, and reading skills. Students plan an imaginary shopping trip and visit to the city. Practice in asking directions and discussion of such German customs as a skiing trip and the…