This publication raises a number of questions that must be faced by all classroom teachers who want to know how to design effective courses on death and aging. It answers these questions by showing what can be studied in a minicourse, as well as in parts of the traditional curriculum such as language arts and social studies. The report also…

The Insurance Department and the Department of Education of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania collaborated on the insurance guide intending to present basic information about the insurance industry and its regulations in Pennsylvania. Presented in a format appropriate to existing curriculum needs and students' skills at the secondary level, the…

Chemical engineers in developing countries may need abilities in a number of diverse areas including management, planning, chemistry, equipment, processes, politics, and improvisation. Chemical engineering programs for foreign students can be arranged by informed advisers with student input for inclusion of some of these areas in addition to…

The first page of this list of requirements for elementary science teachers lists overall course objectives for a Teacher Corps science education course. Next are instructions for learning to use the Science Teacher Observation Rating Form, followed by an analysis of each item on the form, instructions for scoring it, and a copy of the form…

The College of Education at the University of Arkansas conducted a study in order to update and upgrade its first education course. It was determined that this course was of vital importance since it was an introduction to the field of professional education for students and the first systematic contact the faculty had with prospective educators.…

The purpose of this paper is to briefly describe what student-centeredness means and how it differs from more traditional modes of teaching-learning, and then to exemplify how the student-centered approach might work in a freshman composition course. Following a statement of objectives for a student-centered composition course is a discussion of…

This mathematics curriculum guide of the Fairfax County (Virginia) public schools provides a description of the total program, as well as detailed statements related to objectives of the elementary, intermediate, and high school programs and discussions of individual courses. For the elementary grades (K-6), learning objectives are organized by…

After about twenty years of enthusiastic inclusion of both communications courses in college programs and sessions on communications at meetings of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, interest in communications courses seemed to disappear, although the courses often were retained but were given new titles, such as rhetoric.…

Course content validation was developed as a diagnostic model to ascertain the extent and quality of implementation of individualized instruction at College of the Mainland (COM). This process diagnoses the quality of instruction as judged by instructional peers at other institutions. Content raters are sent course syllabi, course documents,…

This curriculum guide presents a plan to implement an environmental education program. The main objective of the program is to develop environmental literacy including skills of inquiry, problem solving, managing, and communication, knowledge of environmental interrelationships, and positive attitudes and values toward environmental problems and…

The manual, intended for use by adults and not in the high school classroom situation, presents material directed toward assisting in the reduction of credit card crime. This teaching guide is organized in three sections which deal with the nature of and major reasons for credit card fraud, the types of hot card runners, and methods of reducing…

Changing curriculum involves more than effecting variations in content of particular courses; it involves the sum total of experiences afforded the student in the pursuit of his educational objectives. Rather than debate whether what is happening is new or different or evidence of change, this review of the current literature reports what is being…

This bulletin contains materials suggested for use by agricultural teachers in the improvement of their agricultural mechanics programs. In its function as a guide to planning a teaching program in agricultural mechanics the document outlines the principles and procedures in course planning, 12 guiding concepts in the teaching of agricultural…

This teaching guide for the Batavia (New York) City Schools outlines the English program at the junior high level and describes each course, its behavioral objectives, and suggested instructional materials and activities for use in the course. Following an introduction and a general explanation of the department's goals and methods of…

This curriculum guide outlines a multiphased elective English program for juniors and seniors in the Wilmington (Massachusetts) high schools. The alternative elective English courses are designed to increase academic achievement while allowing students to select courses on the basis of personal needs, interests, and future expectations. The five…