Text from a speech delivered by the past president of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development declares that a liberating education offers students abundant knowledge, that content by itself does not liberate individuals, and that individuals employ knowledge in their own liberation. (MLF)

Discusses status of literature in university and secondary school curricula, the degree of student interest in the study of literature, and research activity and teacher training in literary methodology. Believes disparity exists between expectations of the university curriculum and the role of literature in other areas. Gives suggestions to…

Although needed reforms of the social studies curriculum have been identified, recommendations for procedures for achieving these reforms are lacking. The author offers practical and simple steps to take in three areas: scope, sequence, and classroom realities. (Author/JM)

Explores the rationale for intercultural communication studies. Examines the following reasons: interpersonal adjustment, job skills, and cosmopolitanism. (PD)

The purpose in teaching a negotiation course is to stimulate law students' awareness of both their own capabilities and limitations as negotiators. It is anticipated that students will develop an understanding of how to recognize, control, and cope with the demands of personality interactions. (MLW)

Discusses the results of interviews and questionnaires on the oral communication skills needed by research scientists. Proposes an oral communication course for science majors and generally summarizes its content. (JMF)

Guidelines developed by the Section on Dental Anatomy and Occlusion of the American Association of Dental Schools for use by individual educational institutions as curriculum development aids are provided. (MLW)

In this paper some of the distinctive qualities of the arts are reviewed and implications for curriculum and evaluation are discussed. For this discussion the visual arts serve as the exemplar from the several arts for discussion of subject content, learning, and assessment. (Author)

The data suggest that women studies programs, including an introductory course as part of their curriculum, have exhibited a familiar pattern of development, emerging as an area in the liberal arts and enjoying the highest level of development at moderately large, public institutions. (Author)

Sex education must be sensitive to children's needs as well as parental concerns. When the program is planned properly and is appropriate for student needs, school is the ideal place for sex education to be taught. (CJ)

The rationale, description, and evaluation of a course about adolescence taught to university students. This interdisciplinary approach includes materials from literature, philosophy, history, and the arts. Primary source material is extensively used. (Author/MLF)

This paper, presented at the McMaster International Conference on New Directions in the Chemistry Curriculum, discusses the answers to five questions which deal with basic philosophy concerning new chemistry curricula. (HM)

Another in a series of articles summarizing results of a study sponsored by the National Science Foundation, discusses the minimal impact of curriculum revision due to the extraordinary social complexity of schools and systems. (Author/MLF)

A foreign language (FL) teachers' congress held at Mainz in 1976 dealt especially with the level Secondary Grade 1, stressing such topics as course content, research on FL teaching, curriculum building, minimum goals for various target language, orientation courses and honors courses. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Describes a study conducted at Central Queensland University (Australia) that analyzed costs associated with the creation and delivery of an information literacy program within the Bachelor of Learning Management degree program for teachers. Discusses the role of information literacy and linking information literacy skills and concepts with course…