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)

Identifies abilities needed for urban teaching and calls for stricter screening of incoming students by schools of education. (RT)

Describes the origin and evolution of the P-16 movement in education, which is based on the premise that all education, from preschool through college, ought to function as an integrated system. Describes some of the issues likely to affect the movement and the progress of urban universities over the next few years. (SLD)

Analyzes why teachers leave urban schools and their subsequent employment, using the questionnaire responses of 50 of the 124 teachers who left the Milwaukee (Wisconsin) public schools in 1988. Finds that 90 percent of the "leavers" find teaching jobs in other schools. Suggests how the problems cited by the leavers could be ameliorated.…