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Sayre: Undergraduate Catalog 1994-1996, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Undergraduate Catalogs

This catalog describes courses offered at Southwestern Oklahoma State University at Sayre, Oklahoma during the 1994-1996 academic year.

Bridgewater State College Undergraduate/Graduate Catalog 1994-1995, Bridgewater State College

Bridgewater State College Catalogs, 1960-2009

No abstract provided.

Beyond Prevention Curricula: A Guide To Developing Alternative Activities Programs, U.S. Department Of Education

Curriculum

This guide is designed to help educators and youth workers better understand how programs of alternative activities can effectively be used to supplement school-based efforts to prevent alcohol and other drug use among youth, and to encourage schools to become more involved in program development and implementation. It seeks to clear up some of the confusion over what constitutes a program of alternative activities and what its goals should be, to improve understanding of the potential value of this approach, and to recommend promising strategies for improving the effectiveness of these activities in preventing and reducing use of alcohol and …

A Study To Determine The Feasibility Of Establishing A Dual Marketing/Business Education Teacher Certification Curriculum In Virginia Colleges And Universities, Joy D. Lalonde

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

The following questions were established to guide this research: What should the requirements for teacher certification in marketing education be? What should the requirements for teacher certification in business education be? Can the two certification requirements be combined into one teacher education program?

Developing A Curriculum For Studies Of Native North Americans, Lynda Marie Means

Theses

The purpose of this project is to introduce, to a student at a University level, the Natives of North America. It is only through an in depth study of a people that one might truly know them and understand their ways. One way in which to accomplish this is through implementing a curriculum of North American Studies. The following is an example of such a curriculum proposed for the LCIE Program at Lindenwood College.

Chapter One introduces the reasoning and personal insights that brought this proposal to fruition. It contains personal background and discusses the need for such a class …

Bridgewater State College Undergraduate/Graduate Catalog 1993-1994, Bridgewater State College

Bridgewater State College Catalogs, 1960-2009

No abstract provided.

The Language Of Group Travel: An Evaluation Of Group Tours And Group Travel Texts, John P. Spare

Theses

Group Travel has evolved over a century and a half since Thomas Cook first organized a temperance tour by train for over 500 participants. Various modes of transportation, from the stage coach to the motorcoach have affected the way worldwide citizens react to group travel preparations. Multiple skills have been developed and adapted to facilitate the various operator and supplier levels within the group travel industry. Since the advent of international jetliners in the early 1960 's, a wide variety of college level courses have been designed to prepare the modern day student for entrance into the tour and travel …

Bridgewater State College Undergraduate/Graduate Catalogue 1992-1993, Bridgewater State College

Bridgewater State College Catalogs, 1960-2009

No abstract provided.

Ua35/11 The Honorable Mention, Wku Honors Program

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter regarding WKU honors students and curriculum.

A Technologically Assisted Integrated Curriculum In The Seventh Grade, Laurie Kay Miller

All Graduate Projects

The purpose of this project was to design and develop interdisciplinary learning units for middle level students which utilize the latest in educational technology. To accomplish this purpose, research and literature on interdisciplinary education and technology in education were reviewed. The learning units were developed for actual use by all seventh graders in seventh grade block classes at West Valley Junior High School in Yakima, Washington. The results of this type of learning have been very encouraging.

Premises, Promises, And A Piece Of Pie: A Social Analysis Of Art In General Education, Tom Anderson

Journal of Social Theory in Art Education

It is argued that advocates of content-based art education and other art educators who are attempting to move art to the political center of general education are struggling against largely unrecognized social realities. The idea is developed that just as the art world occupies a marginal place in the larger society do does art education in the society's educational institutions. The roots of this marginalization are argued to be in contending; particularly the dearly held notions of creativity and originality which are at the heart of the art world, versus acquiescence and conformity which are held most dear within general …

Improving The Motivational Level Of Disaffected Students By Utilizing Alternative Teaching Strategies To Match Learning Styles, Fanchon Brackfield-Godynick

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum was proposed to improve the motivational level of disaffected students by utilizing alternative learning strategies designed to match teaching style to the individual learning style of the student. The primary goal was to elevate the test scores on periodic, cumulative, and standardized tests in order to bring students to grade level. The secondary goal was to adjust the curriculum to meet the learning style of the slow learner. Subgoals included decreasing absenteeism, detention, and suspension. Increased parental involvement in school functions and conferences, as well as peer acceptance and approval were also objectives of the practicum.

The eight …

Designing And Implementing A Social Studies Program For The Learning Disabled Student In The Elementary Grades Of Caroline County Schools., Fannie Page

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This report describes the Inservice training activities that were designed to improve the social studies achievement of students with Specific learning Disabilities. The students scored consistently low in the area of social studies despite the high cognitive abilities of the students.

The probable causes of the problem were identified as: lack of proper social students textbooks, textbook budget constraints at the building level, and inappropriate teaching materials. A review of the literature, interviews, and observations were conducted to assess and plan practicum activities and the probable outcomes.

The Solution strategies proposed were to: design in social studies curriculum that would …

Utilizing Integrative Approaches To Increase Academic Efficiency In Eighth Grade At-Risk Learners., Mattie B.H Gay

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This report describes four aspects of a two-year research project to promote an efficacy continuum as a school based paradigm in the face of infusion overload and fragmented instructional delivery system mandates. The targeted group is "at risk" Yellow House eighth grade students for which the project intervenes. The planning and implementation phases of the practicum facilitates renewal, continuity and integration of proposed system goals although the system is in constant upheaval and flux because of the change in two State Chief Officers.

The practicum initiates a school wide metacognitive study- thinking skills program to routinize independent skill development to …

Balloons : A Holistic Unit, Nora Lynn Schattke

Honors Capstones

My goal for this thesis was to create a unit which utilized the holistic approach of instruction so often advocated in my methods classes. I chose to do a unit using balloons as a theme. This unit could be used by almost any elementary grade level teacher, even a beginning teacher. The teacher could chooseto utilize any or all of the unit. With more schools moving towards a whole language or thematic approach to learning, this holistic unit could become a valuable resource. My methods for developing this unit included brainstorming, research and finally writing all my ideas out on …

The Generalist-Advanced Generalist Continuum, Patty Gibbs, Barry Locke, Roger A. Lohmann

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

This paper explores the concept of generalist-advanced generalist in practice and in education by discusing some of the tenets of generalist practice, advancing a paradigm for framing the BSW/MSW educational continuum, and presenting one possible curriculum design--including practice outcomes, course content and sequencing issues--to articulate an educational continuum in schools of social work that offer both the BSW and MSW degrees.

Bridgewater State College Undergraduate/Graduate Catalogue 1990-1991, Bridgewater State College

Bridgewater State College Catalogs, 1960-2009

No abstract provided.

Service-Learning Advances School Improvement: A Position Paper From The International Service Learning Initiative, Barbara Gomez

Special Topics, General

The base on which the United States is built is participatory democracy -achieved only when all citizens are included in choice and decision-making. Nothing could be worse for our nation than to have our children feel alienated from the communities in which they attend school. For more than 200 years the rest of the world has been watching our progress, and as we have succeeded they have made efforts to emulate our sense of individual freedom and collective responsibility for governance.

A Study To Determine Webster University-Kansas City Curriculum And Program Needs For The 1990’S, Richard D.J. St. Clair

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

Kansas City is one of the forty-five extended centers operated by Webster University (WU) located in St. Louis, Missouri. The Kansas City center, which has approximately one thousand student enrollments, is the sixth largest provider of higher education programs in the Kansas City metropolitan area. Income generated annually at the center is substantial, and is important to the university as it helps defray operational and administrative costs within the Webster system.

The purpose of this major applied research project was to determine what, if any, curriculum and/or program changes should be made in anticipation of a changing workplace, specifically as …

Improving Social Studies Achievement: An Interdisciplinary Approach, Lindalee Kaminski

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

A high percentage of students in a second grade class with low socio-economic characteristics demonstrated exceptionally low achievement in social studies. The problem was addressed by the implementation of an interdisciplinary program to increase basic skills in all areas of the curriculum. Activities designed to increase the target group's understanding of social studies concepts while practicing skills in reading, language arts, math, and science were incorporated into all subject areas utilizing a whole language approach. An emphasis on critical thinking and daily news events allowed for student growth in inferential comprehension and the formation of attitudes about the world. The …

Vol. 37, No. 19, February 22, 1989, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•MLR,JLR Name Editors •Bollinger Announces New Faculty Appointment •Black History Month Seeks Inclusion •Glimmers of Truth •Is this What We Fought for? •The NRA: Beyond the Lunatic Fringe •Practice What You Preach •Playing Politics with Environmental Disaster •The Richness of Black History •Perspectives on Western Civilization •LSSS Argues Over Committee Staffing Rules •Classifieds •Crossword •To the Finals! •Law in the Raw

A Program For Improving Student Achievement In The Geography Related Performance Standards Of The American History Curriculum, Michael C. Richardson

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The program involved the development of materials for the instruction and testing of geography related performance standards to the American History curriculum. The program’s aim were twofold: 1) to assist the teacher in that materials were not available and 2) to address the problem of low achievement of the students in their basic geographical knowledge and its application to American History. The problems addressed by this practicum were identified by both teacher questionnaire and student pre-tests. Over nine-week period, students constructed a historical atlas of maps which correlated with the students/ regular history studies. Students also received a study guide …

Taylor University Magazine (Summer 1988, Taylor University

The Taylor Magazine (1963-Present)

The Summer 1988 edition of Taylor Magazine, published by Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.

As-278-88 Geb Requirements: Course Proposal Psy 494, General Education And Breadth Committee

Academic Senate Resolutions

Recommends non-inclusion of PSY 494 into Area D.

The Grizzly, February 12, 1988, Jean M. Kiss, Lora L. Hart, Richard P. Richter, Laura Case, Veronica Algeo, Chuck Smith, Steve Gall, Bill Connolly, Andrea Power, Kevin Murphy, Lynne Edwards, M. Scott Landis, Michelle L. Grande, Nicholas O. Berry

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Harassment Runs Rampant • Security Tips for Safe Driving • Tapping the Task Force • Schroeder for Press • Sex Still Religiously Private • Letter: Commencing the Issue • Restructuring the Ursinus Tradition: Task Force Transcends Past Goals • Speech Exam Announced • Participants "Model" the U.N. • Winner-Take-All in Ursinus-Moravian Showdown • Hoopsters Vastly Improved • "Reckless" Wrestlers Rustlin' Victory • The Bigger Doesn't Mean the Better • Beam Breakin' Benner • 'Mers Keep Victory Abreast • Conwell Cuts the Cake • Reflect: Success Promising • Dole Doles out Compromise • Can't a Person Change His Mind? • Race …

Bridgewater State College: Supplement To The 1987-1988 Undergraduate/Graduate Catalogue, Bridgewater State College

Bridgewater State College Catalogs, 1960-2009

No abstract provided.

Bridgewater State College Undergraduate/Graduate Catalogue 1987-1988, Bridgewater State College

Bridgewater State College Catalogs, 1960-2009

No abstract provided.

As-182-85 Curriculum Package For Sca&H, Saed, Minors, Seng Graduate Program, Curriculum Committee

Academic Senate Resolutions

Curriculum package for SCA&H, SAED, minors and changes to the SENG graduate program.

Bridgewater State College Undergraduate/Graduate Catalogue 1985-1986, Bridgewater State College

Bridgewater State College Catalogs, 1960-2009

No abstract provided.

Medical College Prospectus 1984 - 1985, Aga Khan University

The Aga Khan University Prospectuses and Brochures

The inaugural prospectus of the Aga Khan University Medical College outlines its mission, curriculum, faculty, student services, and institutional development. It includes the emblem’s symbolism rooted in Islamic art and Quranic principles, details the rigorous academic program and selection process, and highlights the integration of community-oriented medical education and international best practices. Issued during the University's formative years, it reflects the foundational vision for medical education in Pakistan.