The purpose of the program described in this report was to improve reading and other basic skills of third- and sixth-grade children by providing a program in which sixth-grade children tutored third-grade children. Three classrooms of third-grade children and three classrooms of sixth-grade children were involved in this endeavor over a…

The guiding principles incorporated into this program are: 1) to develop a kindergarten through twelfth grade curriculum in a logical sequence to provide continuity and progression in the program; 2) to have the program enhance the instructional goals of the school system; 3) to link the subject areas that relate most closely to conservation,…

The first semester of a cross-age teaching project is evaluated in this report. Three adjacent inner city public schools, an elementary, junior high, and high school, were involved. Thirty-three teachers in the schools received 68 older students as educational agents to provide individual attention to their own students for approximately 4…

This handbook presents guidelines for sequential career development activities which were developed for a fused curriculum at a 2-day teacher workshop. Enumerating the educational responsibilities of the career coordinator and the instructor, this instructional outline correlates concepts to be taught, educational objectives, and suggested…

Services and resources provided through the ESEA Title I Program, the Comprehensive Instructional Program (CIP), and the Emergency School Assistance Program were used at the Ralph C. Robinson Elementary School to develop programs specifically aimed at satisfying the identified needs of individual pupils. The main thrust of the instructional…

The landscape of music education in the UK is constantly shifting and developing. This book provides a timely and unique overview of this restless sector by considering the achievements of music education, analysing its current performance and setting out aspirations for the future. "Music Education in the 21st Century in the United…

This paper describes the role of the school-based mathematics specialist of the Project IMPACT (Increasing the Mathematical Power or All Children and Teachers) whose primary purpose is to design, implement, and evaluate a model for primary mathematics instruction that will enhance student understanding and support teacher change in predominantly…

THIS CATALOG PROVIDES INFORMATION ABOUT TELECOURSES NOW AVAILABLE FROM THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOOL AND COLLEGE TELEVISION (NCSCT). THE CATALOG ORGANIZES AVAILABLE TELECOURSES BY GRADE LEVEL, AND HAS A SUBJECT INDEX FOR CROSS REFERENCE. COPIES OF THE CATALOG ARE AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE FROM NCSCT, BOX A, BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA, 47401. (MS)

The purpose of the Elementary Career Awareness Project's inservice program was to identify components of the career awareness process that were guidance oriented and to increase staff awareness of the guidance components that can be incorporated into the classroom. Briefly outlined are the goals, objectives, and activities of the three phases of…

Teachers participating in an inservice class report their own personal responses to the use of poetry in the classroom.

Describes two videotaped art programs, CONNECTING and THINK NEW, designed to help elementary school teachers provide visual art instruction which encourages students to think of art as a way of perceiving the connections between their experiences and knowledge and to perceive their world and lives in new ways. (DMM)

Project SUPPORT provided instruction and encouragement in activity-oriented elementary science teaching to 38 teachers. The project involved two summer sessions and school-year activities including teacher partnering. The project is described, and teachers' perceptions of their partnerships are reported. (Author/MT)

A South African educator describes the outcomes of a 3-day inservice course on a school's attempts to provide enrichment for academically gifted 6-9 year olds. (CL)

Results indicate that growing perceptions of competence among teachers have an influence on their attitudinal changes in a positive direction as well as increasing their interest in improving gifted education, yet enthusiasm and interest in teaching gifted pupils might be inversely influenced by growing perceptions of competence. (Author/CL)

The Delaware way to improve instruction is to find out what makes high achieving schools effective and then organize an in-service program to help other teachers learn about it. (Author)