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1961

Curriculum and Instruction

Curriculum Development

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The Principal's Role As A Curriculum Leader, Richard Allen Cash Aug 1961

The Principal's Role As A Curriculum Leader, Richard Allen Cash

Graduate Student Research Papers

This paper will attempt to (1) explore the principal's emerging role as a leader in curriculum development, (2) report ways the principal may bring about desired changes in the curriculum, and (3) identify problems having to do with the effect of social influences and cultural patterns upon curriculum improvement.


A Study To Determine A Program For The Gifted Child In The Eastmont Elementary Schools, Marian Deboer Aug 1961

A Study To Determine A Program For The Gifted Child In The Eastmont Elementary Schools, Marian Deboer

Graduate Student Research Papers

This paper was written to suggest a possible approach to the problem of meeting the needs of gifted elementary children in the Eastmont Schools of East Wenatchee, Washington.


Selecting And Organizing A Reference File Of Free And Inexpensive Teaching Materials For The Sixth Grade Study Of Canada, Harold A. Drake Aug 1961

Selecting And Organizing A Reference File Of Free And Inexpensive Teaching Materials For The Sixth Grade Study Of Canada, Harold A. Drake

Graduate Student Research Papers

The purpose of this paper was first to serve as a guide to the selection of free and inexpensive teaching materials. This included criteria for evaluating as well as sources for the materials. Secondly, it was to act as a guide for organizing free and inexpensive teaching materials into a reference file to supplement the sixth grade study of Canada. Last of all, it was an attempt to classify currently available free and inexpensive teaching materials dealing with Canada and suitable for the sixth grade. This was compiled into a catalog that would enable a teacher or school to set …


An Honors Suppliment To The Curriculum In American History For West Valley High School Juniors, Nell Caroline Paschen Aug 1961

An Honors Suppliment To The Curriculum In American History For West Valley High School Juniors, Nell Caroline Paschen

Graduate Student Research Papers

In a search for ways of perpetuating essential values in a free society, citizens and educators have come to realize that their greatest resource lies in the talents of young people. Leadership of society must be developed from the excellent minds of students in the schools. This leadership will be nurtured by inducing an insight into human relationships and by giving an understanding of the background of cherished American institutions. This work is based on the conviction that teachers of social studies are conscious of an obligation to fill the needs of gifted students for enrichment in breadth of subject …


The Influence Of Pressure Groups Upon Curriculum Development, Donald K. Ellis Jul 1961

The Influence Of Pressure Groups Upon Curriculum Development, Donald K. Ellis

Graduate Student Research Papers

The purpose of this research was to locate and present information that would indicate (1) the purposes of pressure and special interest groups, (2) the effect or effects that such groups had on curriculum development, (3) the techniques utilized by these groups to influence the curriculum, and (4) the methods educators should use to place the interests of pressure and special interest groups in proper perspective.