The manual is designed to provide instructors in adult basic education with discussion and activities materials which treat the subject of environment and society. Each of the three topics ("People and Their Needs,""Understanding the City," and "Improving the City Environment") is comprised of objectives, background information for the instructor,…

Concrete suggestions for using out-of-school objects to help inner-city students learn mathematical and scientific concepts are given. (MK)

This document describes a "Cognitive Style Mapping of Students" curriculum in use in the Del Paso Heights School District. In this curriculum, the "cognitive style of the individual" is thought to represent a conglomerate of three "educational sciences": "Symbols and their Meanings,""Cultural…

This booklet addresses the beginning teacher whose assignment is an inner-city school. It advocates that each new teacher in the inner city should have what amounts of a self-administered interview schedule, focusing on points one needs to keep uppermost in one's mind if one wishes to be effective in working with low-income youth. This protocol…

Because of the large increase in the number of new teachers and because of the importance of insuring disadvantaged children the best possible quality integrated education, an after-school workshop program for the training of these teachers is being offered, funded under PL 89-10, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. These workshops will…

This project was designed to give children opportunities to discover and to investigate plants, animals, and ecological relationships in their own neighborhoods. Through hands-on, natural science investigations, children have opportunities to find and observe a variety of plants and animals, look at them closely, sort them to analyze their…

This booklet was developed to assist teachers of Third World students in a workshop setting to understand the impact of institutional racism on schools, and provide them with viable skills so they might assist Third World students to cope and survive more effectively in the society. The topics discussed in this booklet are as follows: What is the…

Designed for instruction of emotionally handicapped children and youth, this resource guide presents science activities and concepts relative to rural and urban outdoor education. Included are 25 different articles, varying from broadly generalized to highly specific concept/activity suggestions which include film and book bibliographies and…