This annotated bibliography concentrates on the small college. Some of the entries, composed of books, articles, dissertations, and other documents, are about the small college and other entries are not directed solely at the small college but hold applicability in areas where publications devoted to the small institution are scant. Entries are…

Major logistical and value problems are described which confronted the Far West Laboratory's effort in developing and field testing high school student and teacher materials which make up a course entitled "Discussing Controversial Issues". Design to train both groups at the same time in basic appropriate discussion techniques, the course…

This seminar report prepared by representatives of various disciplines provides general information about the Contemporary Music Project for Creativity in Music Education. Background in the development of the Project is given and the organization of the evaluative seminar is described. Recommendations of the three participating groups center on…

Within the last decade research and development activity in the social studies has ranged from curriculum development projects to innovations in instructional strategies. Little effort has been expended, however, to justify these changes in curriculum and instructional strategies. The author suggests in this essay some purposes for social…

The various physical environments for the teaching of English include the traditional classroom, the physically open school, schools without walls, and free or alternative schools. Curriculum and organizational strategies include the traditional English curriculum, teacher assignments, grouping, and elective programs. English teachers have a…

This curriculum was designed as a learning sequence for the adults in charge of a group care center for infants. For example, the sequence of the steps in the child's motor development (e.g., reaching) are described, and some activities and materials appropriate to each step are suggested. Other areas for developmental sequences and activities…

The purpose of this 5-year aesthetic education project was to rethink and redefine the nature of art experiences offered to public school students, and to provide an integrated, aesthetically oriented approach. Contents of this first of two volumes (See also TE 499 838) are (1) a survey of recent curricular developments in American education (with…

Differences in social class and educational aspirations of pre- and postwar students of foreign languages are conjectured to have a significant bearing on currently declining enrollment figures in language instruction. Graphically illustrating the diversity of student-type and instructional objectives, the author discusses the necessity to develop…

This report gives an overview of History Education Project (HEP) operational structure and a summary of activities of its 13 regional teams. HEP is committed to the improvement of history education and to the training of history teachers for all educational levels. Some goals are to: 1) define objectives of history instruction; 2) identify, across…

This document presents the case study of a training program for elementary science teachers to determine if certain teacher training techniques would influence the onset and the quality of the implementation, and ensure the survival over time of an elementary science curriculum innovation. Teachers instructed in the curriculum innovation were…

This book is directed at professional educators in the Australian public schools with the specific objective of the modernization of instruction in the social studies. The rationale is that too little attention has been devoted to teaching about man's social world while teaching about the physical environment has been the subject of much…

In order to appraise the usefulness of instructional television (ITV) as the core component in instructional systems designed to meet the special needs of the educationally disadvantaged children of migrant farm workers, American Indians, and the inner-city poor, a study was made of the use of ITV programs to meet similar needs in other countries.…

Filmmaking, when used to structure the activities of an art program, can become a tool to enrich the educational environment, to detect and observe all types of physical phenomena, and to extend the limits of observation. Designed to stimulate filmmaking in the elementary school, this handbook documents an approach to adding filmmaking to a…

The 1968-69 evaluation of Kentucky's Rural Child Care Project had 5 major objectives: to assess the relationship between a child's attendance in a Child Development Center and his subsequent intellectual performance and academic achievement in elementary school; to evaluate the impact of changes in the Child Development Program itself on…

The design for an instructional program whose objective is the acquisition of English must be viewed within wide parameters. The dimensions discussed are those that must be accounted for by a designer of materials appropriate for particular learners. These parameters are discussed to make teachers aware of what to look for and what kinds of…