What is the responsibility of an educator--where does it begin and end? We report on a study of teachers at four admired public high schools in urban areas in the US. The teachers describe their deep commitment to meeting students' academic needs, as well as their developmental, social and emotional needs. The ways these teachers construe…

Describes sequential teaching based on the inductive approach--a clearly defined task divided into parts and presented sequentially--as structure-based, performance-based, guidance-based, multisensory-based, and present-based. (Author/SF)

Teachers, programs, and facilities suitable to the special needs and potentialities of inner city youngsters must be provided. (Author/MK)

This four-part document addresses problems facing teachers of inner-city secondary students. Part 1 discusses the adverse influences of society on the inner city, and their effects on education and physical education. Part 2 focuses on competencies and expertise needed by physical education instructors to work effectively with inner-city students.…

GRADES OR AGES: K-3. SUBJECT MATTER: Social studies; neighborhoods. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is divided into 12 chapters, most of which consist of lists. It is mimeographed and staple-bound with a paper cover. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES: Objectives are well-defined, with separate chapters on aims, content, generalizations,…

GRADES OR AGES: Grade 7. SUBJECT MATTER: Social studies, Southeast Asia. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is divided into four subunits--physical geography, social development, economic development, and history and government. The central section of each subunit is laid out in three columns, one each for topics, activities, and…

The manual is designed to provide instructors in adult basic education with discussion and activities materials which treat the subject of environment and society. Each of the three topics ("People and Their Needs,""Understanding the City," and "Improving the City Environment") is comprised of objectives, background information for the instructor,…

This article examines the interrelationship between teachers and their work of teaching, as observed in a study conducted in 1969 in Minneapolis and St. Paul, and intended to assess the extent and kind of attachments which secondary school teachers hold for their teaching when the total of life attachments and interactions is taken into account.…

This evaluation of the Urban Staff Development Laboratory Graduate Program consists of seven sections: a) background of the project, b) program description, c) presentation of program objectives and assessment of their accomplishment, d) achievement data on students enrolled in the program, e) psychological education as it relates to the…

This project was conducted for sixty members of the Paseo High School staff. The general objective for this workshop was to acquaint teachers with the social and psychological context of desegregation and with some approaches to teaching learners in situations of educational disadvantage. The participants met for three hour sessions five times in…

Two pre-service science teacher education programs, one (project) utilizing classroom experience in urban and suburban schools prior to student teaching and the other (non-project) based on methods courses and other university courses with little early classroom experience before student teaching were compared by administering questionnaires and…

The urban Teachers Corps has evolved into the Portal School Program, a vehicle for introducing innovative educational techniques which actually work with youngsters, into the mainstream of the school system. (Author/AM)

The Peoria Teacher Education Program is a community-based program designed for teacher trainees planning to teach in urban secondary schools, especially those from small towns. (Authors/JA)

Author describes the Cooperative Urban Teacher Education Program (CUTE), developed by the Mid-Continent Regional Educational Laboratory in Kansas City, Missouri, to prepare effective teachers for inner city schools. (CB)