Suggests a partial framework for beginning to build a broad-based curriculum in drama education and relates seven examples encountered during the author's sabbatical in Britain that may inform drama programs and curriculum development. Concludes that drama, with its broad appeal and power to engage, can be a leading force in restoring arts…

Describes the educational and artistic enrichment of primary school children who participated in the Carnival Arts Project. The project's objectives, development, and impact on the curriculum are examined. Additionally, two teachers and a Carnival Arts coordinator provide their own accounts of the project's impact at their school. (GR)

Argues for effective self-review by science departments as a powerful tool for improving the learning environment. Recommends a variety of possible self-review methods to obtain a balance between consolidation and innovation. (DDR)

Argues that returning classroom practice into the hands of teachers provides greater opportunities for the development of pupils' mathematical skills and knowledge in a world of inequality and injustice. The author provides suggestions on how this can be done. (GR)

Article examines the processes of forming and implementing the British physical education (PE) national curriculum and presents the essential elements of the curriculum, discussing the effects of the national curriculum on British PE to date, and noting possible implications for PE in the United States. (SM)

Argues that popular understandings of the subject being taught (design and technology) actively support racist ideologies and that these have to be challenged and unlearned, by teachers and pupils alike. The author considers each of the "equality statements" identified for Technology in the National Curriculum to illustrate the practical…

This book addresses the issues of educational quality from a British perspective considering how educational quality can be evaluated within the higher education system. It is intended for managers of colleges and universities where quality control is exercised and provides scientific techniques which will allow them to maintain and improve their…

A survey on secondary education in England is discussed in terms of some aspects of teacher training. Although the secondary education system has changed, the change in content and style of teaching is seen as failing to keep up with institutional change or to react to the changing expectations of a changing society. (MLW)

Discusses the concept of "science for all" as it has applied to curriculum reform movements in Great Britain. Enumerates areas in science education that are in need of improvement and outlines important aspects of a coherent science curriculum. Suggested are several implications for the learning and teaching of science. (CW)

Contends that increasing college-level enrollments in both business and economics provide an incentive for curriculum integration. Describes a program in which fundamental concepts in both courses are taught separately but integrated when the subjects address similar issues. Concludes that students will be involved more actively when courses…

Exposes concerns related to physics in the period of mandatory education levels. Discussed are primary science, the transition from primary to secondary, content and process, double award GSCE science, science and technology, and reform of GCE advanced level. Argues toward a reappraisal of the mechanism for curricular reform. (CW)

Briefly discusses traditional management education methods and concludes they cannot adequately fill present need for such education in developing and developed nations. Description of Henley Distance Learning Ltd.'s distance and open learning scheme for management education reviews its curriculum planning and media selection procedures and…

Examines, within the Geography Curriculum, the emphasis on rural settings in studying developing countries, and argues that such emphasis is conducive to racism. The authors argue that this emphasis is inappropriate when the largest cities are now present in these countries while Europe's cities are shrinking. A list of educational resources that…

This manual, based on two years of research in Great Britain, is intended to assist those who are involved in the education of adults. In particular, it is intended to persuade adult educators to examine the relationships between policies and practice and thereby enhance the effectiveness of educational provision. The first section of the manual…

Criticizes recent revisions in the National Curriculum for English in Great Britain. The author deplores that the new National Curriculum has not seized the opportunity of recognizing Britain as a multilingual, multicultural society and provides practical strategies for implementing the new English orders for both quality and equality. (GR)