"It's always been a promising time for teacher leadership. It's just never been a successful time," writes noted educator Roland Barth. Why? Barth points to five obstacles: administrator resistance, the taboo in teaching against elevating oneself higher than one's peers, the fact that teachers' plates are full, the…

In order for curriculum workers to plan and organize in an orderly, rational manner, an operating model is described which identifies the necessary components of the system and clearly states relationships between such components. (Author/CB)

The author describes a seven-part process model she used in planning alternative programs in response to changing student needs. (IRT)

Robertson discusses the "perceived dichotomy" that permeates science teaching: teachers can either stress inquiry learning with lots of hands-on experiences or stress content knowledge and swap hands-on inquiry for direct instruction. Although a curriculum of unstructured hands-on science activities leads to shallow content knowledge, it is…

The educational needs of the curriculum specialist are discussed. (CK)

Proposes a model high school curriculum featuring five clusters of knowledge, including cultural studies, citizenship and societal studies, science and technology, health and recreation, and skills in learning, communicating, and thinking. Presents a "stratified needs assessment instrument" to assess the instructional time to be devoted to each…

Fifty-six elementary school teachers list the planning decisions they make as they prepare a lesson, class period, unit, or course. More than half the respondents used a planning model that differed in some degree from the model used and taught in the college methods classes. (Author/MLF)

Article evaluated the merits of career education and defined its purpose for the curriculum. (RK)

Author describes a design which seeks to formulate curriculum into discrete but interactive spheres. (Author/CB)

Argues that most students become very similar with regard to learning ability, rate of learning, and motivation for further learning when provided with favorable learning conditions. Discusses the implications of that view for students, teachers and instruction, and school curriculum. (JG)

Over 2,000 schools in 49 states are using the Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) program as their Chapter 1 or learning-disabilities programs in grades 4-7. The program works consistently for a wide range of students and circumstances, relies on a state-of-the-art curriculum, and provides intensive teacher training. HOTS does not benefit…