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Direct linkRodriguez, James L.; Jones, Evangelina Bustamante; Pang, Valerie Ooka; Park, Cynthia D. – High School Journal, 2004
This paper describes how a university outreach program promotes academic achievement and identity development among culturally diverse tenth-grade students. The primary goal of the outreach program is to advance students' engagement and competency in mathematics and science learning. A secondary goal of the program is to promote the development of…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Academic Achievement, Outreach Programs, Student Diversity
Horwedel, Dina – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2006
For the first time in the 30-year history of the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science, the organization is focusing on the nurturing of scientific talent in preschoolers and very young children. SACNAS, whose mission is to encourage Chicano/Latino and American Indian students to pursue graduate education and advanced…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Graduate Study, Engineering, Educational Opportunities
Dirlik, Arif, Ed. – Paradigm Publishers, 2006
The essays in this collection address questions raised by a modernity that has become global with the victory of capitalism over its competitors in the late twentieth century. Rather than erase difference by converting all to Euro/American norms of modernity, capitalist modernity as it has gone global has empowered societies once condemned to…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Educational Philosophy, Democracy, Politics of Education
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1992
This paper describes six strategies for California teachers to consider in teaching the state's history-social science curriculum to educationally disadvantaged students. The six strategies are: (1) enriching history through literature; (2) connecting history with other learnings; (3) connecting history to personal experience; (4) adapting to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textNational Science Foundation, Washington, DC. National Science Board. – 1982
The results of a study of university/industry research interactions are presented, along with four reports on collaboration, and an annotated bibliography. The study, "Current U.S University/Industry Research Connections" (Lois S. Peters, Herbert I. Fusfeld, and others), involved on-site interviews with 66 companies and 61 public and…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Computers, Cooperative Programs, Engineering
1988
This resource guide lists 47 computer software and 29 instructional video programs recommended for use in grades K through 12 to help teachers achieve the learning objectives set forth by their school districts and the State of California. Programs are organized in six curriculum areas: foreign language, history-social science, language arts,…
Descriptors: Art Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Reviews, Courseware
Danielson, Lynn M.; Hallanan, Blake – 1982
Intended for use by California policy makers and educators, this report examines the link between elementary secondary education and the preparation of people for a high-technology future. It describes engineer and technician job projections in high-technology industries, explores the capacity of California to meet the demand for workers in those…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Emerging Occupations
FILEP, ROBERT T. – 1967
THREE EXPERIMENTS WERE CONDUCTED ON THE USE OF PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION TO TEACH GENERAL SCIENCE TO EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS. THREE VISUAL STIMULUS MODES AND THREE AUDIO STIMULUS MODES WERE USED WITH EITHER LINEAR OR BRANCHING PROGRAMS AND SUBJECT CONTENT WHICH WAS EITHER NON-CONCRETE, CONCRETE, OR ACTION-PROCESS. LEARNER CHARACTERISTICS VARIED WERE IQ,…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Auditory Stimuli, Branching, Ethnic Origins
Allen, David; And Others – 1968
This statewide study of the fireman's occupation was undertaken to (1) identify the duties and responsibilities for each rank in the fire service, (2) identify the training and educational requirements of each rank, (3) determine who is best qualified to give the necessary training and education required for each rank, (4) develop a comprehensive…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Fire Fighters, Fire Protection, Fire Science Education
Peer reviewedZeigler, Donald J. – Journal of Geography, 1997
Reviews a research project in which, using library and computer resources, students compiled a comparison profile of selected physical, social, and economic characteristics of Morocco and California. The students evaluated the relative role of environmental variables in influencing the human geography of the two regions. (MJP)
Descriptors: Built Environment, Earth Science, Economic Development, Environmental Influences
Peer reviewedAmaral, Olga; Garrison, Leslie – Rural Educator, 2001
By focusing on advantages inherent in what are typically considered disadvantages for rural schools, 14 rural, southern California school districts cooperated in implementing a successful inquiry-based elementary science program. Isolation and low population density resulted in a stable teaching force familiar with the community, and the area's…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Change, Educational Cooperation, Elementary Education
Peterson, Penelope L.; And Others – 1993
This study documented elementary teachers' reported practices in mathematics, science, social studies, literature, art, and music. The study also identified the extent to which teachers espoused instructional goals and practices associated with teaching for understanding compared with basic skills approaches. Respondents were 678 elementary school…
Descriptors: Art Education, Check Lists, Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction
Gwynn, Douglas B.; And Others – 1989
In the 1980s California poverty rates increased dramatically. Poverty rates were substantially higher in rural areas and for Hispanics, Asians, single-parent families, and children. The percentage of the labor force in poverty increased, and poverty rates were exceptionally high for the unemployed and for "discouraged workers." The…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Demography, Economic Factors, Family Income
Maughan, Durrell A.; And Others – 1981
Backpacking serves as the vehicle for teaching basic secondary school subjects in this curriculum guide which suggests various learning activities for teaching human relations, environmental education, and camping. The activities, some for the classroom and some for the trail, are designed to help students observe, draw conclusions, and develop…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Adventure Education, Camping, Communication Skills
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1985
To be used in conjunction with a document providing evaluation criteria for quality elementary school programs, this guide is designed to help members of a program review team conduct a program review. The first chapter describes the methodology and procedures of program review, the application of quality criteria to the school's curricular and…
Descriptors: Drama, Educational Assessment, Educational Environment, Educational Quality
