In this book, the authors set forth a humanistic approach to teaching and learning which focuses on the prime values of love, trust, cooperation, and tolerance. If the school is to prepare students for life, the authors maintain that teaching human values is tantamount to teaching survival skills. This book presents practical ways to create such…

This guide for film study and film making in the secondary English class arranges materials in a sequential order and divides them into four major sections. The section on background information includes: Table of Contents, Design for Use of the Guide, Rationale for the Use of Film Study in the English Class, Objectives for a Film Study and Film…

This curriculum guide outlines a composition program for high school English and contains individual lesson plans divided by grade level from nine through twelve. The outline presents the specific areas of composition to be dealt with throughout the year, with individual lesson plans designed to aid the teacher in accomplishing stated objectives.…

The Florida statutes dealing with the operation of schools require each district school board to adopt courses of study for use in the district's schools. Curriculum Bulletin I presents the authorized courses of study for the Dade County Public Schools. In addition to specific authorized courses of study, this bulletin includes a rationale for the…

Designed as a foundation course for the auto body repairman, the course is organized into five blocks of instruction: (1) orientation, (2) shop safety, (3) human relations, (4) service tools and bench skills, and (5) body repair tools and equipment, followed by a post-test. Ninety hours in length, the course requires that students have an eighth…

Prepared to aid in the planning and initiation of radiologic technology programs in community colleges and vocational technical schools, this curriculum guide should be useful to school administrators, advisory committees, and faculty, and may be modified to meet local, state, and regional needs. It contains full descriptions of 22 course…

Describes a course offered at Georgia State University on counseling women. Not only did it examine the options facing women today but also focused on counselors' own sex biases in counseling women. (HMV)

Describes programs sponsored by and materials available from the National Humanities Faculty, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the National Endowment for the Arts. (DD)

A committee in Ladue, Missouri, comprised of six elementary teachers and an elementary principal, developed a drug education course for sixth grade students. Background details of the proposal are given, as is a sample lesson. (OH)

Oral radiology curricular guidelines developed by the American Association of Dental Schools are provided. The guidelines describe minimal conditions under which a satisfactory educational experience can be offered. Principles of x-radiation, radiobiological concepts, radiological health, radiographic technique, radiographic quality, and darkroom…

This paper presents an innovative way to teach Introduction to Political Science by breaking with the convention of teaching a survey course of all political science subfields. Each student is invited to be a participant-observer and apply political science perspectives to the data collected from his/her personal polity. Readings, research, and…

This guide to music appreciation courses was developed for use in senior high schools in Duval County, Jacksonville, Florida. Music Appreciation III A examines the development of music, from the Gothic period through the Classical period. Music Appreciation III B examines the development of music from the Romantic period through the 1970s.…

This is a teacher's guide to secondary school mathematics. Developed for use in the Duval County Public Schools, Jacksonville, Florida. Areas of mathematics covered are algebra, analysis, calculus, computer literacy, computer science, geometry, analytic geometry, general mathematics, consumer mathematics, pre-algebra, probability and statistics,…

Describes and outlines a course in which students read and write about the social, cultural, and ethnic mores of minority groups in this country. (RB)

One of a series of resources for teaching sociology at the postsecondary level, this volume contains syllabi and a bibliography of instructional materials for courses in political sociology. Material is arranged in four sections. Section 1, an introduction, provides an overview of the American Sociological Association Teaching Resources Center, a…