The author presents an individualized instruction method for teaching beginning typing using teacher aides. It was learned that students' achievement levels were higher when the course was taught as one module for a year, rather than two modules a semester. (AG)

An instructional design team, composed of experts in nursing, education, and media production, is used at the University of Wisconsin School of Nursing, Madison, to produce instructional units for a new curriculum. The authors summarize steps of team/faculty communications, team methodology, and factors influencing the team's effectiveness. (EA)

The program is intended for inservice use by State department consultants, intermediate and local school district inservice coordinators, and college and university instructors. It affords them the opportunity to examine the concept of career education and the concomitant implications for change in their local settings. The document is the…

The document is the final of a subset of six instructional packages focusing on teacher orientation to career education. The purpose of the module is to acquaint the user with the location, nature, accessibility, and suggested uses of various resources at the national, State, and community levels. Upon completion of the three lessons the user…

Identifies and defines categories of barriers that inhibit Environmental Education's growth and development in schools: conceptual, educational, attitudinal, and logistical. Expands on the implications of the barriers and a role for libraries in resolving these problems. (MCO)

Part 10 of a series of 13 instructor's manuals for the competency based training of curriculum consultants for exceptional children focuses on the development of support systems. Three competencies are considered: (1) that a curriculum consultant should be capable of developing a comprehensive and systematic inservice training program, (2) that a…

This book is designed to assist the teacher in providing children with creative learning experiences in mathematics. Though these experiences are considered appropriate for a wide range of ages and grade levels, they have been assembled for pupils in grades 5 through 9. The material contained in this book was developed as part of an extensive…

The Western Alabama Cooperative Project attempted to develop better self-concepts, communication skills, classroom management techniques, and knowledge of multi-racial educational methods and materials among teachers and educators; the intent was to facilitate school desegregation. The program consisted of lectures and discussion groups. The…

This report details the contributions made by ESEA Title II programs toward providing poor children with increased quantities of school library resources, textbooks, and other printed and published instructional materials. Formal and informal efforts made to assist teachers and media specialists in learning to select and utilize those materials…

This booklet is intended to increase the awareness of persons working in long-term care facilities regarding the danger of infectious disease and the ways in which it can be spread. Materials in this booklet include: (1) a brief discussion of historical events in the study of microorganisms; (2) information about how microorganisms cause infection…

An inservice course to improve skills in interpersonal effectiveness in classroom and group situations is described. It is designed for teachers, administrators, and counselors from the elementary level through college. Practical application of the principles of interpersonal influence is stressed. Contained in this descriptive report on the…

The simulation materials in this booklet have been presented in the form of problems encountered by the secondary school division chairman. Their use can be directed to serve the following objectives: (1) improve skills related to the administrative processes of decision-making, supervision, planning, and problem-solving; (2) increase…

The guide for teachers of handicapped children offers a system of corrective teaching to bring children not being effectively taught up to the level of the normal programing range. It is recommended that the following basic principles of instruction be applied to maximize pupil progress: readiness, motivation, active learner participation,…

These instructors' handbooks were developed for a special basic and advanced workshop series held for State-local employee development officers. They are designed to provide a complete "package" of curricular materials and readings for participants in a three-day basic workshop, or in a four- or five-day variant of that workshop, or in a…

The utilization of new knowledge in applied social science settings requires that this knowledge be transmitted in formats that are directly relevant, instructional, and parachutable. This article presents information and guidelines to be applied in considering training content, teaching/learning methods, and media. A model program is briefly…