This curriculum guide states health education program standards for schools in the Philadelphia School District. The major goal of the program, designed for students from grades 5-12, is to help students develop attitudes and practices that contribute to the maintenance of personal health. The "key competencies" listed in this guide should be used…

Objectives of the Watertown, South Dakota, exemplary experienced based career education project are to involve the community in the educational process of participants, who will be aided (1) in improving their self-concept, their relationships with others, and their basic skills; (2) in eliminating sex role stereotyping; (3) in understanding job…

A job training and work experience program for educable mentally handicapped (EMR) students in grades 7 to 12 is presented in this curriculum guide. The EMR student is defined and the parent teacher relationship, organization of educable classes, overall goals of secondary instruction, and the instructional work experience program (including the…

This report presents a pioneering effort in the use of television in bringing to a particular sub-population, the disadvantaged, the particular kinds of information which could dispel ignorance in certain key informational areas. From information gathered by a 337-item questionnaire covering demographic characteristics, attitudes, communication…

One of a series of eleven curriculum manuals which cover the four transportation topics of public transportation, transportation and the environment, transportation safety, and bicycles for elementary, secondary, and adult levels, this manual covers all four topics at the adult level. Materials in four chapters comprising seventeen mini-units…

One of a series of eleven curriculum manuals which cover the four transportation topics of public transportation, transportation and the environment, transportation safety, and bicycles for elementary, secondary, and adult levels, this manual covers the transportation and the environment topic for grades 6-9. It contains thirty-nine learning…

Volume 3 of the six-volume articulated elementary education career guide deals with the economic awareness level of career awareness and aims at developing student economic understanding. The lessons in the volume are divided and color-coded by grade level (primary levels 2 and 3 and intermediate levels 1, 2, and 3 corresponding respectively with…

The position of the Utah State Board of Education is that career education will be a major thrust of the total public education system from kindergarten through secondary, postsecondary, and adult levels, with the State Education Agency providing the leadership for development and implementation of the career education concept. Basic objectives of…

The purpose of this paper is to examine cooperative and regional educational service agencies from the viewpoint of the consumer, explaining what users of cooperative and regional services may be seeking now and in the future. Since sufficient school finances will continue to be a problem, educational managers will look to cooperatives for greater…

The thirty-third annual guide references 4,919 free films for educators, including 1,118 new titles. Information about the guide and sources of films is presented first, and the table of contents provides a curricular classification of the materials listed: safety, aerospace education, agriculture, arts and crafts, business education, clubs and…

This performance report for program year 1994 outlines the accomplishments and benefits to individuals in North Dakota as a result of programs funded by the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act of 1990, PL 101-392. The report records enrollment information, projects conducted, accomplishments, and future needs for the…

This performance report for program year 1994 outlines the accomplishments and benefits to individuals in Washington State as a result of programs funded by the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act of 1990, PL 101-392. The report records enrollment information, projects conducted, accomplishments, and future needs for…

This learning guide on conserving limited resources is part of a series of learning guides developed for competency-based adult consumer and homemaking education programs in community colleges, adult education centers, community centers, and the workplace. Focus is on the connections among personal, family, and job responsibilities so that these…

This report provides an overview of the activities funded in 1994 by states using funds available for quality improvement and supply building in the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG). Information on the activities was obtained through mail surveys conducted by the National Child Care Information Center with 45 states and territories…

This curriculum guide was developed as a resource for teachers to use in planning and implementing a competency-based instructional program in independent living at the high school level. It contains materials for a 2-semester consumer home economics course, based on the North Carolina Vocational Education Program of Studies (revised 1992); it is…