This article summarizes a 1973 investigation of family life education in the high schools of Kentucky. The data underscore the need to help high school personnel deal with their common problems in teaching in the area of family life. (Author)

If students see the curriculum as relevant, it is likely to attract enrollment. (Editor)

A clearinghouse to evaluate social studies programs in the schools and to disseminate information and advice concerning the content of these programs is needed. (CK)

The development of a conceptual framework and the establishment of programing options in continuing education in nursing will provide direction in program development, implementation, and evaluation. The framework and resultant options will also assist faculty, learners, and the community in understanding the basis of the continuing education…

A merger of school and community programs provides a more comprehensive and realistic approach to health education. (LH)

Curriculum design model provides a conceptual basis for ongoing planning and appraisal of the school system by members of the community. (JOW)

When evaluating suggested changes in the school's curriculum determine whether the proposed change is consistent with the school system's goals, draw up a list of questions, call on people to answer your questions, compile answers, use the information to judge the plan, and tell the school community about your decision. (Author/IRT)

The diversity and proliferation of dance on college campuses makes any forecasts of the next fifty years hazardous. Here certain trends and speculation about how dance and universities will continue their relatively new alliance are examined. (Author/RK)

Surveys the 17 "distinguishing characteristics" listed in the introduction of California's History-Social Science Framework (1988), and evaluates its strengths and weaknesses. Points out inconsistencies and argues that the arbitrary omission of some important items was unnecessary. (GEA)

The emphasis in the integrated model of character education on the development of the whole person and interaction with the whole environment requires that character education be seen as a dimension of the total curriculum. It means integrating character education into the academic curriculum, recreational activities, administration, and social…

Seven essential ingredients for a successful tech prep program include philosophical support, communication, employer support, a comprehensive career guidance program, effective staff development programs, sound curriculum development techniques, and continuous evaluation and modification. (JOW)

This volume reports on innovative, useful evaluation work conducted within U.S. college foreign language programs. An introductory chapter scopes out the territory, reporting key findings from research into the concerns, impetuses, and uses for evaluation that FL educators identify. Seven chapters then highlight examples of evaluations conducted…

Among several hundred indigenous languages, Bahasa Indonesia gained pre-eminence as the national language of Indonesia during the country's first 50 years of independence. The fall of Soeharto in 1998 and the subsequent devolution of power to the regions might have been expected to lead to a resurgence in use of local languages but instead it…

The University of North Carolina Mobile Student Health Action Coalition (UNC MSHAC) at Chapel Hill, North Carolina is a voluntary service-learning program in which interdisciplinary teams of graduate level health professional students provide monthly home visits to isolated, community-dwelling elders with complex medical and social issues.…

This paper gives an overview of "The Schooled Mind: Do the Arts Make a Difference? An Empirical Evaluation of the Hamilton Fairfield SPECTRA+ Program, 1992-93." SPECTRA+ is an education reform, school renewal approach involving all students in the arts on a daily basis. The primary mission of SPECTRA+ is to improve education for children…