Discussed in the handbook is a noncategorical, interdisciplinary approach to the provision of special education programs and services for handicapped children, 3-to 5-years-old. Among the topics covered are the importance of early intervention; communication and language development; educational intervention (including teaching methods for…

This report describes a Summer Integration Institute conducted by the Evanston, Illinois Board of Education to prepare teachers and administrators for school integration. The focus of the 1967 session was understanding factors of quality integrated education, and in 1968 understanding crucial issues in integration. The participants of these…

This curriculum guide contains five units with relevant problem areas for horticulture. These problem areas have been selected as suggested areas of study to be included in a core curriculum for secondary students enrolled in an agricultural education program. Each problem area includes some or all of the following components: related problem…

The primary purpose of the Curriculum Revitalization Project was to provide assistance to Illinois vocational educators, administrators, regional administrators, and regional delivery system directors in strengthening vocational programs. Ten major accomplishments were achieved: (1) seven regional instructional materials coordinators (IMCs) were…

The information on two-way bilingual programs presented in this volume was gathered as the first phase of a study for the National Center for Research on Cultural Diversity and Second Language Learning. Two-way bilingual programs integrate language minority and language majority students and provide instruction in and through two languages. This…

Five-hundred thirty-six materials selected from over seven hundred publishers of various types of instructional media are included in this annotated bibliography, which was prepared to assist teacher-coordinators in cooperative vocational education in selecting, utilizing, and recommending the purchase of instructional materials. The choice of…

Recommendations are made for tentative regulations for the operation of an Educational Materials Coordinating Unit in the area of handproduced educational materials for the visually handicapped. General administrative recommendations for all media are provided in addition to recommendations by the braille, large type, and tape recording groups.…

By virtue of a Title III Elementary and Secondary Education Act grant, a student interest inventory instrument was devised to evaluate apprehensions of students attending 5 different high schools prior to consolidation of the Olympia Community Unit District 16 in Illinois. Initially administered to 183 ninth graders, 228 tenth graders, and 185…

Emphasizing human geography, this collection of 10 papers is designed to constitute basic lecture topics for a college level course concerned with Native American human geography and to serve as a guide to published materials and primary data/documentary sources on Native Americans. Comprised of three sections, this publication includes an…

These experimental curriculum materials for one of five clusters developed for the occupational orientation program in Illinois include a series of learning activity packages (LAPs) designed to acquaint the student with the wide range of occupational choices available in the personal and public service occupations field. The 29 LAPS, each focusing…

These experimental curriculum materials for one of five clusters developed for the occupational program in Illinois include a series of learning activity packages (LAPs) designed to acquaint the student with the wide range of occupational choices available in the health occupations field. The 28 LAPs, each with a different occupation focus, are…

Presents an excellent lesson plan discussing the repressive racial legislation that remained enforced in Illinois even after the repeal of slavery. Background material also covers the black communities' response to these racist laws. Includes teaching suggestions, handouts, and activities. (MJP)

These proceedings contain eight presentations: "Welcome from the Dean" (P. David Pearson); "Introduction" (Scott Johnson); "The Changing Workforce" (Alan McClelland); "The Changing Workforce: Implications for Secondary School Programs" (Franzie Loepp); "The Changing Workforce: Implications for Community…

In the last 8 or 10 years there has been unusual progress in the establishment of kindergartens in most of the cities and States, but still the kindergarten is a phase of school work less known than the work of the grades in the elementary schools. Many school officers and school architects lack information as to the character of rooms and…

This curriculum guide contains 5 teaching units for 44 agricultural business and management cluster problem areas. These problem areas have been selected as suggested areas of study to be included in a core curriculum for secondary students enrolled in an agricultural education program. The five units are as follows: (1) agribusiness operation and…