The instructional materials for inservice teacher education that are described here focus on demonstrating classroom problems in motivation, achievement, and testing. Emphasis is placed on understanding through discussion, problem-solving, and role-playing. This descriptive report provides additional information on the purposes and content of the…

The teacher program described here provides a framework in which teachers may identify and understand their own theories and styles of teaching and may become familiar and competent with a variety of teaching strategies. The seven models studied are: concept formation, concept attainment, role playing, inquiry training. synectics, simulation, and…

This guide was developed for parents of young children to help them develop their child's readiness to learn to read and to help them teach beginning reading skills to their child. Background information on the reading process and a quiz entitled, "are you preparing your child to read?" are presented. Activities are suggested for reading…

The development of a comprehensive set of instructor training materials for competency based vocational education is described. These validated modules and supportive materials are on the following topics: 1) program planning, development, and evaluation; 2) instructional planning; 3) instructional execution; 4) instructional evaluation; 5)…

The inservice teacher seminars and instructional materials described here focus on understanding development-oriented education principles and prescriptive/diagnostic teaching skills and aiding students whose visual and hearing problems affect their behavior and learning. Inservice topics include: learning concepts of humanistic educational…

Focusing on self awareness (emotional), this unit entitled "Inside Me" is one of four kindergarten units which are part of a total set of twenty-seven career development curriculum units for grades K-6. This unit is organized into four sections. Section 1 identifies one career development-centered curriculum (CDCC) element (realistic…

Focusing on the occupational clusters of business and sales, this unit entitled "The Food Store" is one of four grade one units which are part of a total set of twenty-seven career development curriculum units for grades K-6. This unit is organized into four sections. Section 1 identifies one career development-centered curriculum (CDCC)…

Focusing on the occupational cluster of public service, this unit entitled "Firefighters" is one of four grade 2 units which are part of a total set of twenty-seven career development curriculum units for grades K-6. This unit is organized into four sections. Section 1 identifies one career development-centered curriculum (CDCC) element…

Focusing on self awareness (the emotional self), this unit entitled "My Feelings Are Me" is one of four grade 5 units which are part of a total set of twenty-seven career development curriculum units for grades K-6. This unit is organized into four sections. Section 1 identifies two career development-centered curriculum (CDCC) elements…

Focusing on the occupational clusters of business, sales and trades, arts and entertainment, transportation and communication, and technology and research, this unit entitled "TV Industry" is one of three grade 6 units which are part of a total set of twenty-seven career development curriculum units for grades K-6. This unit is organized…

The goal of the Families Learning Together Program is to design, systematize, field test, evaluate and publish a dual-focus curriculum for teaching adults and children. Adult basic education, parenting, and daily life skills were to be taught to adults as these adults simultaneously taught their children attitudes and skills of the program are…

The instructional materials for inservice teacher education that are described here focus on five different approaches to teaching reading--phonetics, multisensory, linguistic, language experience, and sight. The program stresses that no one approach is best for all children. This descriptive report provides information on the purposes and content…

Learning to Read Through the Arts is an intensive, individualized reading program that focuses on the improvement of reading skills through the integration of a total art program with a total reading program. The staff includes reading teachers, art teachers, and classroom teachers working as a team. Listening, speaking, writing, and reading…

The Online Academy (HO29K73002) was funded by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) to develop research-based online instructional modules in the content areas of reading, positive behavior support and technology across the curriculum. Targeted to preservice teacher education programs in Institutions of Higher Education (IHE), but also…

This paper focuses on the development of a modified, zero-based curriculum review of programs at a land-grant research university in the southeastern United States which was directed toward demonstrating the viability, and justifying the existence, of current programs. A small group of faculty developed an eight-step process which was used by…