The K-12 Model Course of Study in Economics (MCSE) provides Ohio school district personnel with assistance in the development and implementation of economics courses of study for kindergarten through twelfth grade. The guide also offers information to help readers integrate economics into their curricula across disciplines. In addition to an…

This guide represents the completion of phase one of the curriculum development process at the V. V. Reid Elementary School, a primary school established in 1989 under the sponsorship of Reid Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Columbia, South Carolina. Contents of the guide include a statement of the school's philosophy of education, lists…

Defining "curriculum documents" as all written forms a curriculum might take (such as philosophy statements, scope and sequence displays, curriculum guides, instructional units, resource units, or courses of study), this article provides criteria and an instrument for evaluating such documents. (JM)

This manual describes the Family and Children's Services Specialty (FCSS), an elective curriculum concentration developed by Eastern Michigan University to prepare social work undergraduates for careers in family and children's services agencies. Philosophical and conceptual perspectives of the FCSS are reviewed, as are program goals and…

This curriculum guide for a postsecondary legal assistant program is divided into five sections. Section 1 provides a brief overview of the growth of legal assistant programs. Section 2 discusses the primary factors the college president and other administrators should consider prior to the implementation of a legal assistant program. Topics…

This curriculum guide provides an introduction to Management Information Systems (MIS) concepts and techniques for students preparing to develop MISs in professional settings, and to assist in MIS evaluation. According to the guide, students are exposed to concepts drawn from systems theory, information theory, management theory, data base…

This document describes the curriculum at all levels of public education, from early childhood education through adult education, in Alaska's Northwest Arctic School District. Graduation requirements are stated, and alternative courses of study for meeting those requirements are listed. All course offerings available in the district, and the…

This curriculum guide outlines the mathematics objectives of each of the grades K-8 under the headings of operations, sentences and problem solving, numbers and numeration, measurement, geometry, statistics, and applications. Examples of each of the objectives are given. High school minimal skills are listed. The sequence of mathematics courses…

A district-wide language arts program for grades 9 through 12 that emphasizes aesthetic expression in addition to a basic skills component is described in this booklet. A foreword discusses at length the curriculum guide on which the program is based and outlines the potential for the guide's use and modification, the relationship of the state and…

This law studies curriculum guide describes a course designed to provide secondary students with the opportunity to acquire an understanding of the U.S. legal process. The law studies course is intended to develop corresponding concepts and skills in conjunction with the content presented. The content areas of the curriculum include: (1)…

This guide provides materials for a course for individuals interested in expanding their knowledge about caring for the elderly and disabled. Focus is on the psychosocial aspects of caregiving. It is designed to be completed in one 3-hour session and may be taught by nurses, social workers, staff members of community agencies, and others familiar…

This manual provides program objectives for instructors teaching automotive technology courses in junior and senior high Department of Defense Dependents Schools. The manual begins with a description of the automotive technology courses offered in the Dependents Schools, and a list of instructor expectations. Following is the main part of the…

This presentation contains articulated curricula in marketing and distributive education which avoid duplication and/or overlapping of learning units from high school to postsecondary levels. First, descriptions and outlines of the high school Marketing and Distributive Education curriculum based on the Indiana curriculum mode are presented.…

This manual, developed as part of an effort by Mount St. Mary's College (Los Angeles, California) to increase multicultural education across the curriculum contains practical suggestions for revising and developing syllabi with a multicultural component from a variety of disciplines including art, English, music, philosophy, psychology, speech,…

Intended as a model for high school English curricula, this guide outlines the English courses offered for students in grades 9 through 12 in the Oxnard Union High School District (California). The first part of the guide offers a philosophy, the goals and objectives of the curriculum, and scope and sequence. The remainder of the guide provides…