Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 52, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 28, 1983 Page: 2 of 8
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PAGE 2-PALAC10S BEACON, WED., DEC. 28, 1983
-Computers to play important role
Preparing students for the year 2000 and beyond
Americans are expect-
ing a different way of life
by the year 2,000 includ-
ing shopping at home on
computers, drugs that
retard the aging process,
and electronic banking.
How will schools prepare
today’s students to hand-
le that new lifestyle?
"No matter how future
-oriented, curriculum can
never completely antici-
pate all student needs,”
cautions David Larson,
assistant superintendent,
Southington (Conn.) Pub-
lic Schools.
"As one thinks about
and plans for the future
one must remain flexible
enough to accommodate
the unexpected,” he wro-
te in a recent issue of the
Bulletin, a monthly jour-
nal published by the
National Association of
Secondary School Princi-
pals (NASSP). “Rather
than a singular approach
to planning, one must
consider a variety of
alternatives."
These are ideas that
should be considered
now as students who will
graduate from college in
2,000 are entering kind-
ergarten this year.
“Curriculum as pres-
ently perceived is com-
partmentalized," reports
Larson. “The compart-
ments! design is outmod-
ed; knowledge is not
segmented, it is interre-
lated. Hence, the second-
ary (school) curriculum
must become more inter-
disciplinary. integrated,
and holistic in its des-
ign."
Among the changes
that may occur in schools
are greater emphasis on
problem solving skills,
uses of the computer,
and an understanding of
the limitations of world
resources.
Larson, a former chair-
man of the NASSP Curri-
culum Committee, belie-
ves that literacy will be
redefined in light of the
new technology. Langua-
ge arts classes will teach
students how to integrate
rv,rrm.,tpr capabilities wi-
th other technologies su-
ch as teleconferencing
and video disks. Students
will be permitted "to
actively engage in learn-
ing anywhere, anytime,
drawing upon incredible
resources," he believes.
Mathematics classes
will focus on computer
literacy and problem sol-
ving. “All students shou-
ld develop a high degree
of computer literacy, and
become aware of both the
limitations and potential
of computers," he indica-
tes.
There will be a much
greater emphasis on "the
human condition” in soc-
ial science classes, accor-
ding to Larson.
“Life in the 'global
village' will stress the
interdependence of all
persons on our planet,
and the rights and respo-
nsibilities of world citiz-
enship. Students will ne-
ed to study psychology,
sociology, anthropology,
and political science."
They will also be instr-
ucted in human dignity
and social justice and
"taught to comprehend
the inequalities that exist
between industrial nati-
ons and the underdevelo-
ped countries."
Problem solving skills
must come to the forefro-
nt of education as stud-
ents prepare for the year
2,000.
"An integral part of
the curriculum will be the
mastery of new problem
solving skills,” Larson
predicts. “Since the beg-
inning of time, man has
focused on solving the
problems of the world as
it has existed. Students
of the future must begin
to focus on problems in a
world that has been
reshaped by man.”
Creative thinking, pro-
blem solving and decisi-
on-making will be of
paramount importance to
students of the future,
according to Larson.
Woodmansee choir director,
organist at Methodist Church Dredging contract
awarded to Bean
Stan Woodmansee will
be joining the staff of
First United Methodist as
Choir Director/Organist
on January 1.
Included in his position
will be the initiation of a
graded choral program
for the church. He will
begin with a children's
choir and develop a youth
choir. The Chancel Choir
will be his primary respo-
nsibility at first.
Woodmansee received
his Bachelor of Arts
Degree from the Univers-
ity of Connecticut in
Starrs, Connecticut, and
a Masters of Music Liter-
ature from the University
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oups.
He has taught at the
public school level and at
Junior, as well as four
year college levels.
Stan comes from Grace
Presbyterian Church in
Corpus Christi. While in
Corpus, he has also been
working at the Children’s
Art Center on a part-time
basis.
In addition to his dut-
ies here at First Church,
Stan will be the director
of the Senior Citizen's
Center.
Congressman Bill Pat-
man, received notice that
the Corps of Engineers
has awarded a contract
estimated at $2,652,162
to Bean Dredging Corpo-
ration of New Orleans,
LA, to dredge the Gulf
Intracoastal Waterway fr-
om Freeport Harbor to
Cedar Lakes and San
Bernard River Channel in
Brazoria and Matagorda
Counties.
Notice of the award
came from Colonel Alan
L. Laubscher, District
Engineer and contracting
officer for the Galveston
district. Laubscher desig-
nated Johnny Rozsypal,
the Corps area engineer,
Fort Point area office, as
his authorized represent-
ative on the dredging
project.
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More than a third of all
new single-family homes
sold in 1982 were manu-
factured houses - facto-
ry built and then transpo-
rted to the site, says Doze
Butler, County Extension
Agent for Matagorda Co-
unty. Manufactured hou-
sing now includes mobile
homes, modular structu-
res, panelized packages
and shell homes or kits.
Texas had more manu-
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substation
is closed
The County Tax Office
(Substation-450 Commer-
ce) will be closed Dec. 26
• Jan. 2.
The office will re-open
on Jan.3.
factured home sales than
any other state in 1982,
with almost 44,000 prefa-
bricated homes. The cost
of conventional houses,
high interest rates and
energy costs has forced
many buyers to consider
manufactured housing
because it is relatively
inexpensive.
But with increasing
standards of quality and
the addition of amenities
like fireplaces and wet
bars, which used to be
reserved for conventional
houses, manufactured
housing may become a
preferred choice for ma-
ny.
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to all our friends and
customers for allowing
us to serve them in 1983.
We want to wish them
the very best New Year
and look forward to
serving the Palacios
area in 1984
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to all of you,
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