Article considered the need for coordinating and sharing experience in initiating curriculum development. (Author/RK)

Article attempted to provide a national perspective on career education and reviewed career education trends across the country. (RK)

This booklet details a methodology for infusing almost any subject into a school district's ongoing curriculum. The process involved three interrelated parts: infusion, community, and stewardship. The infusion component makes it possible to upgrade teacher's skills, improve classroom management, strengthen community-school cooperation, and diffuse…

Research and development efforts at the Florida State University Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI) Center have centered on four main area: (1) computer systems development, (2) research, (3) instructional product development, and (4) instructional validation and service. Progress on Project THEMIS was made on developing learner strategies,…

Proceedings of the 1970 Conservation Education Association Conference, held at the University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana, are reported. The theme of the conference was conservation education for quality living. Summaries for each of the topics discussed form the main content of the report: Suggestions for Developing Curriculum…

Advocates making formal planning systems for continuing education and training. Outlines some of the principal outputs of those systems, and offers advice on how to structure and manage the planning system. (Author/GA)

Discusses the diversification of biology courses and resources in Ontario province, Canada, resulting from the province's 1960 departure from a prescribed curriculum syllabus. (SL)

Traces the changing aims of science education in England from the early nineteenth century through the recent Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP). Proposes that the way in which school science is perceived today is socially constructed. Considers how selection of curriculum occurs and how it is presented to the learner. (GEA)

Labels range of persons advocating different theoretical positions of Canadian curriculum as "players." Describes players as "managers,""predictors,""transformers,""sleuths,""analysts." Values varied viewpoints for attention to language regarding curriculum, critical review of…

A school's academic performance can be bolstered through instituting modest programs that don't require drastic institutional changes. Describes some simple program changes that were effective in a Utah middle school.(MD)

Discussed are (1) the changes in secondary school science courses in Australia; (2) factors influencing these changes, particularly external assessment of grade 12 students; and (3) the introduction of physical science as a new subject. (SL)

The inadequacy and/or lack of evaluation procedures in the development of instructional products has been well documented. To help remedy this situation, the authors discuss and analyze research and theory in the field of formative evaluation applied to instructional development. (Author)

Article presented a plan to reduce the rate of student dropouts and make the educational environment more stimulating for learning. (RK)

Article examines the methods two American Indian tribes used in confronting their educational problems. (RK)