Active participation is the key to a successful Outdoor Biology Instructional Strategies (OBIS) workshop for training OBIS leaders. Most workshops are conducted by volunteer OBIS leaders for school and community youth group leaders who will either work directly with the children or train others, in which case, the emphasis of the workshop should…

This inservice module would benefit all teachers in grades K-12, as well as administrators, paraprofessional support staff, counselors, social workers, and other helping professionals within the school system. It is intended to aid in diminishing sex role sterotyping. The module contains four separate training units, with instructions for running…

Designed to motivate a standard English class at the 9th grade level (Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School in Massachusetts), this writing unit centers on a field trip to Gloucester, Massachusetts. Broad lists of problems (tasks) are presented in 3 lists, since the original 3 groups of students (7 or 8 students to a group) were asked to solve…

The document is the first of a subset of six instructional packages focusing on teacher orientation to career education. Utilizing a group approach, the module presents both historical and current perspectives on factors influencing the development of career education. Four lessons comprise the module concerning the topics of: (1) preparing…

The document is the second of a subset of six instructional packages focusing on teacher orientation to career education. The module is designed to assist an administrator in the implementation of a career education program. Two lessons present two approaches for the school administrator. One provides information relative to the nature and…

The extension staff handbook of ideas for young families consists of five sections: Young Family Profile, Identifying Young Families, Involving Young Families, Educational Approaches, and Keys to Successful Young Family Programs. The young family of the seventies goes beyond the traditional definition of family and reflects varied life styles,…

The small size of college composition classes encourages exciting and meaningful interaction, especially when students are divided into smaller, autonomous groups for all or part of the hour. This booklet discusses the advantages of combining the inquiry method (sometimes called the discovery method) with a group approach and describes specific…

This guide was written primarily for teachers to use with their classes from grades kindergarten through twelve. The stated objectives are to help students understand people of various cultures, backgrounds and value systems. The first section of the guide is designed for the purpose of providing specific directions for teachers in establishing…

This brief teaching guide provides sex-fair activities for use in grades PS-3. Activities suggested cover five areas: (1) feelings (the need to be able to express feelings regardless of sex), (2) non-sexist behavior (encouraging children to behave according to their needs and desires rather than according to sex role expectations), (3) body…

Produced by the Girl Scouts Migrant Communities Project in San Antonio, Texas, this activity guide is intended as an introductory resource to the Girl Scout program. The activities in the guide were designed with the migrant Girl Scout in mind, but they may appeal to the interests and needs of all girls. The activities developed can be performed…

Presented in this guide are a number of plans and strategies designed to help educators and counselors deal with sexism and related topics in various subject areas. Objectives and suggested activities are provided for the areas of career education, parent involvement, parental attitudes, social studies, values clarification, student awareness of…

This staff development module is part of one of three groups of career guidance modules developed, field-tested, and revised by a six-state consortium coordinated by the American Institutes for Research. This module is designed for guidance personnel who work in counseling and guidance with career guidance activities in group settings, i.e.,…

Fifty-nine structured exercises to facilitate crosscultural learning are described in this publication. The exercises are divided into clusters that pertain to the following topics: participant introduction and initial group experience, dynamics of communication, clarification of values, identification of roles, group processes, recognition of…

This module consists of materials designed for use in an inservice program which, in its entirety, runs 16 hours. Instructions for conducting the Workshop Activities are included at appropriate intervals throughout the module. The program is divided into three units: (1) awareness of sex sterotyping in self, society and schools; (2) setting goals…

This module consists of materials for use in an inservice program for school counselors and other pupil personnel workers and is designed to aid in diminishing sex sterotyping. There are two major parts to this training program. The first is an eight-hour Workshop Component which is divided into four two-hour units. The second component is a…