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Grobman, Arnold B. – 1976
A method of developing and improving curriculum exemplified by the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) is described. BSCS is a self-governing, independent, nonprofit organization of biologists and teachers devoted to the improvement of biological education. This group is involved in an ongoing, continuous project with rotating personnel.…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Cooperative Planning, Course Content, Curriculum Development

Al-Qahtani, Salem Ali Salem – Canadian Social Studies, 1998
Continues a discussion of the state of secondary social studies in Saudi Arabia. Discusses the preparation of textbooks and their use by Saudi teachers. Notes problems with the texts and teachers' use of nontext materials in their teaching. Offers conclusions and recommendations for improving social studies education in Saudi Arabia. (DSK)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, Curriculum Development, Educational Change

McFadden, Charles P. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1992
Discusses relationships among teachers, curriculum package authors, and publishers. Describes the Atlantic Science Curriculum Project's reform efforts. Recommends that curriculum development projects include: (1) lengthy informal development; (2) combined testing of design and materials; (3) the withholding of contracts until materials are in…
Descriptors: Authors, Copyrights, Curriculum Development, Educational Research

Adick, Christel – Zeitschrift fur Padagogik, 1992
Asserts that school textbooks are significant factors in the school curriculum and, therefore, in curriculum reform efforts. Reports on a case study of textbook development for the new subject of education in German secondary schools. Finds that even in a new subject area, textbook content is uncritical and conforms to state-issued guidelines.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Educational Trends

Reese, Lyn – Social Studies Review, 1994
Contends that social studies textbooks remain a basic source of information for students and they ascribe to texts the values of objectivity and truth. Concludes that, in spite of improvements in recent years, six major concerns about gender-related issues remain. (CFR)
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Development, Females, Historians
Thomas, R. Murray; And Others – 1985
Educators from over 30 countries judged the suitability of incidents in moral education in the context of their native environment. Participants were 54 secondary school principals or teachers, most of whom were graduate students or married to graduate students at the University of California, Santa Barbara. They were given descriptions of 23…
Descriptors: Communism, Comparative Education, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Critical Thinking