It is the goal and the purpose on which the utopia is based that merit attention. As such, in this paper, the author engages in what Gilroy (in Shelby & Gilroy, 2008) referred to as a "utopian exercise" in order to think through one's "romance with" music as "part of the core curriculum" and as "balanced, comprehensive, and sequential". She…

This essay responds to and develops ideas set out in Robert Davis' 1999 essay "Can there be a Catholic curriculum?" It takes the measure of far-reaching changes that have taken place in curriculum studies and strategic educational thought in the intervening period as the process of globalisation has intensified. It re-engages with the…

Hunt and McDonnell have provided an excellent overview of one of the most important aspects of planning for students with severe disabilities--an ecological curricular framework that is created with input from the student, family, and needs of current and future environments. The standards-based reform-movement has created tension for educators to…

Reflecting the digital turn in composition studies, multimedia writing courses have become commonplace in many writing programs. Yet these technology-rich courses take on new significance when located within a rhetorically based writing major, especially as a core course. This article explores a developing writing and rhetoric major through…

Changes in the types of students enrolled in vocational agriculture and their interests, background, and needs suggest that agricultural educators should rethink the approaches currently used in curriculum development. The advantages of the core curriculum and the traditional approach to curriculum development need to be compared and weighed…

Discusses the history of curriculum development in the United States and indicates that an integrative core curriculum requires a new recognition of the interdependence of knowledge and its relevance to the life of the learner in a free society. (JOW)

Presents the foundational issues (attitude, infrastructure, resources) on which integrated business school programs should be established and examines the influence they have on the success or failure of integration efforts. Includes a "readiness test" to facilitate future integration efforts. (Contains 10 references.) (JOW)

Discusses suicide care as a core curriculum component of psychiatry residency. Discusses the reasons for formal conceptualization of suicide care education and offers a model curriculum as a reference for residency programs to compare their own activities in this important area of psychiatry. (Author/ABB)

Three faculty members of Concordia University in Montreal, who played integral roles in the formation of a highly successful core curriculum as part of their institution, discuss the logistics, the politics, and the philosophy behind the founding and growth of their Liberal Arts College. For Frederick Krantz, their program is Platonic. The author…

Recommends curriculum clustering as a way of giving definition and meaning to secondary curricula lacking cohesiveness and academic depth. This approach involves the development of a cluster of courses outside of normal graduation requirements that form a general education core linking foundation courses and more advanced course work. Illustrates…

A brief history of the trends in college curriculum is presented with a special focus on the present-day move toward core requirements. (DS)

Suggests 10 guiding principles for the development of multicultural core courses, focusing on broad course content, faculty expertise, proper teaching methodology, faculty development, modest goals for students and faculty, acknowledging concerns about the courses, piloting and evaluating the courses, open course development, and publicity. (MAB)

Secondary school students in Pine River, Minnesota, need enough common knowledge to compete with graduates of other schools, but educators must keep in mind--as they move toward a more uniform curriculum--that each community is unique. (Author/RW)

Suggests that educational philosphers have adopted Immanuel Kant's argument that 12 categories are necessary for a complete understanding of the natural and moral worlds. Concludes that using Kantian arguments to determine curriculum is logically invalid. The key to educational philosophy lies in inquiry into the nature of thought and…

Examines various permutations of the concept of "core curriculum" and then assesses the crucial planning, design, and development tasks in relation to the core curriculum. (TE)