Although physical educators cannot be experts on every sport or activity, there is still a need to include specialized activities in the curriculum that a physical educator may not initially feel comfortable teaching because of inexperience and a lack of expertise. Golf, like other activities such as tennis, requires a specificity of training that…

Because all social studies classes require competence in time and chronology concepts, a sampling of ideas that elementary social studies teachers can use to help children understand time and chronology are presented followed by a list of skills necessary to help children understand the time system, the calendar, and chronology. Examples of…

A skills program aimed at maintenance and custodial staff addresses often-neglected needs through a collaborative process using undergraduate student teachers as tutors. (Author)

Thought-provoking, independent views on significant issues in education. (Editor)

Reviews author E. D. Hirsch's new book, "Cultural Literacy." (MD)

A group of 399 students in a home economics course integrating basic competencies and employing computer-assisted instruction had significantly greater gains in basic competencies than a control group of 611 students in a similar course. Findings support the integration of basic skills instruction and microcomputers in applied vocational courses.…

Career educators appear to be developing an approach to schooling rooted in at least four questionable assumptions about the learning process. Unless these interrelated assumptions are critically examined and rectified, then the most beneficial intended outcomes of career education will be subverted. (Authors)

Although at-risk students often begin school academically behind, Direct Instruction's highly structured approach can help them catch up. Skills are presented orally. Outcomes of Project Follow Through show that children starting Direct Instruction in kindergarten were accelerated about seven months over those who started in first grade. (MLH)

Based on 30 years' experience, the author advocates a balanced approach that accommodates extremes in four important areas: curriculum, teaching, structure, and classroom management. Using a whole-language approach to reading should not mean that phonics, spelling, or punctuation skills can't be taught. Authoritarian and open classroom structures…

Communication Across the Curriculum (CAC) programs are growing in number and in degrees of influence across the country. An exploration of the CAC national discussion indicates that the discourse shaping campus programs and faculty/course development practices is one of basic communication skills focused on outcome. The problem with reducing…

This paper explores the conflict between instruction that characterizes Chapter 1 programs (which appear to advocate segmentation, isolated skills instruction, and other curricular incongruencies with the core reading classroom) and instruction that results from whole language philosophy. The paper maintains that the conflict may be due to a…

Outlined in this National Diffusion Network catalog are exemplary basic skills programs in mathematics, reading, and writing, for secondary-level students, grades 7-12. Program descriptions contain information on the target audience, description of program format, evidence of effectiveness, implementation requirements, financial requirements, and…

The author discusses support services related to generalizable skills instruction. She includes topics such as existing vocational training models for special needs learners and approaches for delivering support services. (CT)

Describes development of an expanded home economics curriculum in Kentucky that emphasizes learning of basic skills and their applications to home economics-related tasks. (CH)

Consists of four articles on teaching basic skills in vocational agriculture classes. Topics include (1) a survey of the current situation, (2) developing the "new" basic skills for a changing society, and (3) teaching writing skills. (CH)