The last two decades have seen unprecedented interest in science curricula, with many governments seeing improvements in the performance of their school students in science as key to future economic prosperity. We present the results of an analysis of the curriculum documents for primary and secondary science in Australia (New South Wales and…

This study examined special education teachers' perspectives of the instructional impact of the Florida Alternate Assessment (FAA) for students with significant cognitive disabilities. Through purposeful sampling, six special education teachers who serve students with significant cognitive disabilities and had experience administering the FAA were…

This document is designed to show the connection among several initiatives of the Florida legislature in calling for changes to bring about reform at the school level and improvement in the delivery of social studies instruction at the classroom level. The document provides a picture of how this program of study can meet the goals of the Florida…

In the late 1980s, a committee of Pasco County, Florida, administrators, teachers, and community members began exploring how schools might change to enable students to graduate successfully and become productive citizens. The committee is now transforming schools through an interactive process of continuous study, design, professional development,…

Suggests that legislative involvement in community college operations stems from fiscal responsibility. Describes the structure of higher education in Florida and the development of the College Level Academic Skills Test. Discusses the adoption and results of the Gordon Rule, which establishes English and mathematics requirements for the first two…

Based on the need to develop an outline of the procedures and methods used in vocational education in Florida, which would then form the basis for communication, discussion, and development of a multi-State consortium for the production of performance objectives and criterion measures for occupational education, this report, one of five under a…

In 1993, William E. Doll, Jr., a professor at Louisiana State University, created a post-modern curriculum matrix. Instead of the old three Rs, reading, 'riting and 'rithmetic, the curriculum framework Doll envisioned is compromised of the four Rs: richness, recursion, relation, and rigor. The different categories of the four Rs are not mutually…

A project entitled the Health Education Consortium was initiated to develop an articulated nursing educational route that would meet the educational needs of all types of nursing personnel from nurses aides through and including nurses with master of science degrees. Included among the major activities of the project were the following:…

This annual report for FY 1977-78 covers major goals, objectives, and activities of the work conducted under the Florida State Planning Grant for Career Education. Activities carried out to meet the seven major goals established for the project are described. They include (1) continuing use of the established advisory group to assist in developing…

This is the final report of the Religion-Social Studies Curriculum Project in Florida. The committee: 1) surveyed the prospects and propriety for the academic study of religion in public education; 2) prepared and tested innovative instructional materials for the study of religion in secondary school social studies; 3) conducted two teacher…

This report presents a state plan for global education which was prepared by the Florida Advisory Council on Global Education. The plan is intended to be used by kindergarten through adult educators who intend to introduce global perspectives into existing programs. The report contains a brief summary, a list of Council members, a brief…

This document consists of 48 audiovisual aids and information sheets pertaining to technology education (TE) that were used in a presentation to Florida's External Committee on Curriculum Restructuring in Vocational Education. The following are among the topics covered: recent developments in/regarding TE in Florida; factors influencing TE in…

A project was undertaken to revise a model competency-based trade and industrial education program that had been developed for use in Florida schools in a project that was implemented earlier. During the followup evaluation, the project staff compiled task listings for each of the following trade and industrial education program areas: automotive;…