This book explores the Capability Approach (CA) as an alternative critical lens through which to regard early childhood education (ECE) curricula. The CA framework is a counter narrative to the narrow instrumentalism that reduces education to a mere process of academic skills acquisition for a future workplace. Primarily the book draws on the…

In order to define long-term curriculum trends and to understand more fully the reasons for curriculum change and continuity, course lists for six Colorado Springs school districts were compared for the years 1961-62, 1970-71, and 1976-77. In addition, confidential questionnaires were distributed to 108 administrators and teachers in the six…

Theoretical and practical guidance is provided to anyone involved in teaching, curriculum development, or program planning for writing instruction for adult students. A broad range of situations in which adults learn to write are explored. Three parts include 13 chapters on the following topics: (1) understanding the distinctiveness of adult…

The purposes of this study were to develop a curriculum in early childhood education for the preparation of paraprofessionals for the staffs of pre-schools, and to propose strategies for its implementation at Essex County College (New Jersey). Tyler's principles for curriculum design served as a guide. A questionnaire was developed to seek…

Intended for teachers in training and inservice courses, the seven chapters of this book focus on children and schooling, on some of the ways child development and learning have been perceived, and on how such perceptions appear to have affected or informed the process of formal education. Fundamental to the organization of the book is the attempt…

An overview of the planning and implementation problems based on the program in Butler, Pennsylvania, presents a wide range of topics concerning year-round education. concept. Questionnaires, data presentations, and planning suggestions present the implementation process. Using a question-and-answer style, many typical problems and concerns of…

Initially, the committee whose members authored this monograph was commissioned to investigate the current thoughts and practices surrounding the certification of the curriculum worker. As evidenced by the papers contained here, the group's perspective broadened to include attention to the role, function, and preparation of the curriculum leader.…

This paper examines future time perspective in relation to its influence on the present and on learning. Images of the future are culturally and socially created from past experience and knowledge, present circumstances, and views of future events which are believed to be possible. These future images are an integral part of our network of values…

A systematic approach to the improvement of courses, programs and curricula in higher education is presented in the following chapters: (1) "Benefits of a Systematic Approach to Course and Curriculum Improvement"; (2) "Making the Decision to Create or Redesign a Course or Program"; (3) "Selecting a Design Team and Establishing Goals and…

The booklet summarizes results from national, state, and local surveys which evaluated the need for state studies. The surveys were conducted during the fall of 1976 by the Maine Studies Curriculum Project (MSCP) in order to provide a basis for planning the Maine Studies Curriculum. MSCP was funded in 1976 through the Elementary and Secondary…

This report focuses on the Study of Allied Health Education (SAHE) project that was established for the purpose of designing an action plan on a national scale for allied health and nursing education. The specific task of the project was the determination of the role that community and junior colleges might fulfill in increasing ambulatory care in…

There is great diversity among institutions of higher education in their requirements for various curriculums. This report, which is concerned only with the broad requirements as percentages of total requirements, analyzes the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science curriculums in six undergraduate areas that account for about one-half of all…

In an effort to determine external and internal reasons for program, course, enrollment, and instructional differences in the strength of the humanities curriculum at two-year colleges, 20 colleges representing a variety of sizes, geographic locations, means of control, and program emphases were selected for site visits. Interviews revealed that…

Adult literacy program outcomes have been disappointing. A number of principals and methods from cognitive and neuropsychological research can be used to make literacy instruction more effective, including the following: improving cognitive function; fast reading; reading practice; literacy as a motivator; and improving use of class time.…

This book presents the results of an evaluation of Library Power, an initiative of the DeWitt Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund that provided support for school library development in 19 communities. Following an introductory chapter, the chapters are organized around key questions of the evaluation. Chapters 2 through 4 address the implementation of…