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Palmquist, Jane E.; Payne, Barbara – Music Educators Journal, 1992
Observes that women's contributions to instrumental music frequently have been overlooked. Explains that, although women have written and performed music for string instruments for centuries, much of their work has been lost. Discusses some of the leading women composers. Suggests means of integrating women's works into the curriculum. Offers a…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Females, Music Education, Musicians

Watson, Jane M. – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 1986
A new program for preservice elementary teachers at the University of Tasmania is discussed, with the mathematics and mathematics education components described. Reactions to the improved program have been very positive. (MNS)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics

Jones, C. Jessie; Rikli, Roberta E. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, 1993
Provides a brief overview of the gerontology movement and looks at health, physical education, recreation, and dance (HPERD) curriculum development and professional preparation focusing on the implications for serving the growing older population, educating younger people for successful aging, and improving HPERD status within the field of…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Curriculum Development, Gerontology, Health Education
Underwood, Terry – 1999
This book is a study, in research-based narrative form, of one middle school's implementation of a new portfolio assessment plan in response to statewide policy changes in California. The book highlights the interactions of state, district, and local forces as teachers work to implement a portfolio-assessment plan that collects student work and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Policy

Dowd, James J. – Teaching Sociology, 1991
Discusses effects on graduate sociology education of trends emphasizing quantitative methods and the positivist tradition at the expense of social theory and interpretive sociology. Argues that failure to develop sociology's interpretive tradition has allowed the style and intellectual creativity of sociological work to suffer. Urges greater…
Descriptors: Creativity, Curriculum Development, Educational Philosophy, Graduate Study
Hooghoff, Hans – 1986
In 1982 the Netherlands National Institute for Curriculum Development (SLO), with the support of Parliament, devised the framework for the Development Education Project (EPOS). This project concerns a national development education network, which is to be supported for a new period, 1986 to 1991. EPOS is comprised of national organizations,…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Enrichment, Developed Nations

Dyer, K. F. – Australian Science Teachers Journal, 1981
Presented are some considerations relating to the problem of why human studies is still regarded as a new subject and why resistance to human studies as a new subject is so great. (PB)
Descriptors: Behavior, Biology, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation

Culotta, Elizabeth – Science, 1992
Discusses, analyzes, and provides anecdotes about the calculus reform movement, in general, and the experimental, undergraduate calculus classes at Duke University, in particular. (JJK)
Descriptors: Calculus, Classroom Techniques, College Mathematics, Curriculum Development

Cornell, Elizabeth A. – Current: The Journal of Marine Education, 1985
Cites the lack of students' understanding and practicing of science processes as evidenced in science fair projects. Major contributors to the decline in science achievement are discussed. Author suggests teachers need experience with "sciencing" in the form of original investigative projects. Coursework designed to meet this goal is described.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Marine Education
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1991
In the midst of national education reform and in line with efforts to describe national standards for school mathematics, Texas is taking an aggressive role in reforming mathematics in the public schools. Ways that Texas schools, the Texas Education Agency, and the State Board of Education are addressing the dramatically changing needs of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Colombo Plan Staff Coll. for Technician Education (Singapore). – 1986
The need and role of environmental education in technical and vocational education as well as guidelines and strategies for its incorporation into school curricula and teacher education programs are addressed in this report of a meeting organized by the Colombo Plan Staff College for Technician Education (CPSC) in cooperation with the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Environment, Environmental Education, Higher Education
Mondale, Walter F. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1984
Presidential candidate Walter Mondale outlines his strategy for improving education. He proposes closing the skill gaps through the development of better curricula, upgrading teachers' skills, reduction of paperwork, and bolstering the teaching profession. (MD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, Equal Education, Federal Aid
Beaufait, Fred W. – Engineering Education, 1991
Examines the rates of attrition for undergraduate engineering students by addressing the following issues: ease of transition from high school to college; relevance of basic science coursework to engineering curricula; emphasis on management within general education component; improvement of academic advising schemes; development of universal…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Engineering Education

Sundberg, Marshall D.; And Others – Bioscience, 1992
Reassess the influence of the Commission on Undergraduate Education in the Biological Sciences (CUEBS) upon current undergraduate biology instruction, 20 years after making its findings public. Emphasizes the importance for the new generation of biology educators to reattempt the achievement of CUEBS goals despite past failures. (24 references)…
Descriptors: Biology, College Science, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment

Reid, H. Bruce – Bioscience, 1992
Argues, with exemplification, that what is relevant to the undergraduate biology curriculum, as well as what must be covered by that same curriculum, can both be systematically addressed by the process of outcomes assessment, thereby assuring appropriate program perspective as a desirable precursor to major curriculum revision. (nine references)…
Descriptors: Biology, College Outcomes Assessment, College Science, Curriculum Development