Reports on educational developments in China. Includes information on new directions in social science research and science education. (RKM)

Provides a rationale for the Soviet chemistry curriculum and offers guidelines for teaching methodology. Details the goals and tasks for students in the Soviet chemistry curriculum for grades six through eleven. (RKM)

Reviews the recently established curriculum for teaching chemistry in the Soviet Union. Examines guidelines for teaching methodology. Also looks at basic pupil knowledge and skills in several different areas of chemistry. (RKM)

The thesis of this article is that evaluation research on the effects of population education to date has been stalled by confusion manifested in the population education literature. This confusion is evident in two areas: (1) what population education is and (2) what it is supposed to do. (RE)

Researchers surveyed British schools in order to determine the uses of the process and content of science in other areas of the curriculum than science. In the majority of schools, however, little science was found in the curriculum outside science subjects themselves. (Author/RE)

Described are lecture topics and laboratory assignments for a course offered to engineering technology students specializing in construction. A dual-purpose laboratory which serves both engineering technology students and civil engineering students is described. The course work may be presented during either a 10-week quarter or may be expanded…

Discusses suggestions for improving preclinical medical training in British Medical Schools and how these ideas were flawed by excessive idealism. Suggests a core curriculum should be defined in terms of need. Techniques in developing a core curriculum should include critical incident studies, task analysis of established practitioners, the study…

Presents a rationale for the new Soviet biology curriculum. Explains guidelines for teaching methodology. Describes in some detail the goals and tasks for students in the new Soviet biology curriculum for grades six through eleven. (RKM)

Presented are some considerations relating to the problem of why human studies is still regarded as a new subject and why resistance to human studies as a new subject is so great. (PB)

In June, 1980, 38 secondary school science teachers and 10 specialists met at Phillips Exeter Academy to discuss the state of science education. Conference participants agreed that a crisis in science education exists. Events appear to indicate that the public is telling science teachers that what they are offering in the name of science education…

The research reported is intended to provide a body of information on technical-scientific shop and laboratory education in the field of technological education. The study seeks to address the dearth of organized information on the utilization of laboratories in the technical education context. Various programs involving use of laboratories are…

The American Association for the Advancement of Science has launched a project to find ways to teach science to nonscientists and to determine what constitutes a liberal-arts science education. The effort grew from a Holmes Group recommendation to improve the quality of teacher education. (MSE)

This issue presents a collection of articles which critique the educational reforms in science and mathematics initiated in 1983. The articles devote special attention to physics, biology, mathematics, geography, and the instructional problems Soviet teachers encountered in presenting the new curricula. (JDH)

Cites the lack of students' understanding and practicing of science processes as evidenced in science fair projects. Major contributors to the decline in science achievement are discussed. Author suggests teachers need experience with "sciencing" in the form of original investigative projects. Coursework designed to meet this goal is described.…

Argues that atmospheric pollution, ozone depletion, and marine pollution are more prominent in the developed world than in developing countries. Emphasizes the need to reorient the Indian school curriculum from a national perspective to promote global environmental perspectives in diverse subject areas. (PVD)