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Sanders, Carol; Simon, Alan E. – Illinois Career Education Journal, 1977
This description of the development of the Mansfield, Illinois, K-6 career awareness model program for elementary school students covers the following areas: program objectives, inservice training and workshops for personnel, curriculum outlines of occupational clusters, and the integration of career development and subject matter concepts. (MF)
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedDreuth, Laura; Chatman, Angela; Mims-Dru, Juanita; Edmondson, Lynne – Rural Educator, 2002
Two rural elementary schools in southern Illinois were chosen from a larger study on the basis of low rates of student violence and bullying behaviors. Features of the schools' supportive and safe environments are compared to those described in theories of engaged pedagogy. A whole-school approach created an atmosphere of caring and shared…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Discipline, Educational Environment, Elementary Education
Peshkin, Alan – 1982
"The Imperfect Union" recounts the experiences of "Killmer," Illinois, from 1975 to 1979 while the village of 900 persons sought to fight the closing of its elementary school by seceeding from the consolidated school district ("Unit 110") to which it belonged. "Unit 110" is represented as an imperfect…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Community Attitudes, Community Involvement, Community Schools
