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VanSciver, Jym – NASSP Bulletin, 1985
Immediate steps must be taken to construct a plan to help middle school students make the transition to the high school. A Program Evaluation and Review Technique model for helping to construct such an articulation plan is provided in this article, and program sequence and timeline charts are included. (DCS)
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Models, Program Content, Program Design
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McDougle, Larry G. – Community College Review, 1980
Presents a rationale for the orientation of part-time instructors and suggestions for orientation program design and areas to be covered, such as emphasis on quality, college-level work, textbooks, class attendance, grades, examinations, prerequisites, academic deficiencies, visitation of classes, student evaluations, and facilities. (AYC)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Part Time Faculty, Postsecondary Education, Program Content
Bagwell, Mallory M. – Journal of Physical Education and Recreation, 1980
Suggestions for incorporating mime into physical education programs are discussed. Approached from a nonperforming viewpoint, the relationships among mime, movement education, dance, rhythms, body mechanics, art, music, theater, creative dramatics, and language can be blended with perceptual motor development, static and dynamic balance, and…
Descriptors: Dance, Elementary Secondary Education, Movement Education, Pantomime
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Olson, Tazuko N. – Social Studies, 1982
Discusses three assumptions that can help achieve the goals of international studies in the elementary school. The author shows how intercultural development can be added to Kohlberg's and Piaget's stages. A unit on the Japanese house illustrates how the study of another culture can integrate social studies and mathematical skills. (SR)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Awareness, Elementary Education
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Bensen, M. James – Journal of Epsilon Pi Tau, 1979
Discusses elements in selecting program content in the design of industrial arts curricula: the cluster approach, using a trade-and-job-analysis approach to curriculum design, or the concept approach, which takes a broader emphasis from the social institution of industry and the knowledge base of technology. (MF)
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Decision Making
Meade, Jeff – Teacher Magazine, 1991
The debate over how to educate gifted children reflects a larger conflict in American education: equity versus excellence. Many teachers see gifted programs as a challenge to their competence; others consider cooperative learning as a threat to the education of gifted students. (IAH)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academically Gifted, Cooperative Learning, Dropouts
Koch, William H.; Sancier, Betty – 1985
This paper proposes an andragogical, adult education, or "learner-friendly" model as an appropriate basis for a program of continuing professional education, specifically for school social workers. It discusses the various factors that must be taken into account in the design, construction, and execution of such a program. The following factors…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Independent Study, Models, Professional Continuing Education
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Workman, Brooke – English Journal, 1985
Describes four student projects carried out in one English department's humanities program in l968. (EL)
Descriptors: Curriculum Enrichment, English Curriculum, English Instruction, Humanities Instruction
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Phillips, John C.; And Others – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1988
Describes the objectives, development, and implementation of a professional continuing education program for academic library personnel. The program is evaluated in terms of staff response to various activities, director support, cost considerations, and overall effectiveness. (CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Faculty, Cost Effectiveness, Faculty Development
Smejda, Lydia – Journal of the University Film Association, 1980
Details the Vienna Film School's program, including outlines of courses offered and projects required. Highlights the suggestions of three professional film directors who teach the program and a student participant. (JMF)
Descriptors: Course Content, Faculty, Film Industry, Film Production
Wilson, Rosemary – Australian Journal of Reading, 1986
Describes a reading program for teaching study strategies in depth that integrates reading development with content area teaching. Recommends that course content teachers be responsible for reading development and that these teachers be offered instruction in teaching the strategies appropriate for study reading. (SRT)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Higher Education, Metacognition, Program Content
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Journal of Reading, 1983
Describes a New York City program in which reading and social studies teachers work together to improve students' language abilities while they learn the required course content. Credits an inservice program with paving the way for the cooperative effort. (FL)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Educational Cooperation, Inservice Teacher Education, Integrated Activities
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Leming, James S. – Social Education, 1989
Discusses the division within the social studies profession between the social studies theorists and the practitioners. Points out the complexity of citizenship as the foundation for social studies. Suggests that theorists need to engage in dialogue within their profession and with the practitioners. (SLM)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, College Faculty, Educational Objectives, Educational Researchers
Griffin, Gary A. – 1983
This paper speculates about research findings that can be potentially powerful as content for preservice teacher education and influential upon the delivery of that content to prospective teachers. The primary source for the research findings which appear in the paper is the body of information prepared for the conference "Research on…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Program Content
Engle, Shirley H. – Louisiana Social Studies Journal, 1990
Presents social studies' dichotomous two faces in its goals, content, and methods: the declarative versus hypothetical modes. Delineates the problem of education to produce good citizens or critical thinkers. Argues that the National Commission on Social Studies report, "Charting A Course," fails to provide a social studies program…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Critical Thinking, Curriculum Evaluation
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