Presents a course design model for secondary level environmental education programs in Scotland. Explains program components, procedural approaches, and assessment strategies. Included are tables with course objectives and topic checklists. Suggestions for modifications and applications of the model are given. (ML)

This article aims to make a critical analysis of the African attempts at vocationalizing the school curriculum, looking at certain major issues with the views of one prominent critic, Philip Foster, in mind. (Author/CT)

Describes a curriculum developed as part of the Rural Sanitation Manpower Development Project to train new professional- and technician-level environmental health workers. Modules containing information required to perform tasks of a health worker at different levels of expertise were developed as a basic component of the curriculum. (BC)

Discusses curriculum literature on mental skills, with emphasis on Bruner's work. The skills model offered in the literature is found to be somewhat simplistic in conception and inadequate when applied to higher-order mental activities. The difficulties inherent in the notion of the transferability of mental skills are examined. (RM)

The purpose of this document is to describe the development and implementation of a course in technology in counselor education. The main goal of the course was to provide students with an overview of the use and application of technology in counseling and related fields. The four objectives of the course were to: (a) provide an introduction to…

Planning interdisciplinary education requires attention to the steps by which a student can learn to look at a problem in a more complex fashion, to coordinate perspectives and to synthesize these into a more integrated understanding. (Author)

Proposes specialized law curriculum for individuals who perform vital tasks in law offices but who do not have legal training or experience. Speech given at second Seminar for Legal Secretaries, San Francisco, California, April 20, 1968. (WM)

An integrative model was used to introduce undergraduates to public history at the University of Northern Iowa. The model extracts a series of skills, methods, and techniques from the eight areas of public history that most public historians use. Reading assignments for each series are included. (AM)

"Back to Basics" has become a popular phrase to describe the current trend in higher education's general education requirements. What must be addressed beyond the evident need for basic skills is the nature of the "mission" of the general education curriculum component. (Author)

Geographic education requires specific knowledge about the earth and the skills to recognize, describe, and explain the interaction of people with their environments. A recent Geographic Education National Implementation Project (GENIP) document presents a framework for developing a geography study course for grades 7-12. (MLH)

Transformational outcome-based education aligns curriculum with authentic tasks and authentic assessment, focusing on development of learners with metacognitive skills to cope with a technologically and culturally diverse world and workplace. (SK)

Discussion of recent changes in technology education focuses on the learning process of technological problem solving. A conceptual framework is proposed that includes knowledge, skills, and cognitive models. An evaluation-modification model flow chart is also explained. (Contains 52 references.) (LRW)

States that students often enter college with few problem-solving skills. Urges colleges to offer appropriate skills-building courses to students as well as to school personnel, since they will be counseling students on financial aid and other issues. Asserts that, by integrating problem-solving skills into the curriculum, students will be better…

Concerned about the lack of focus on students' needs for support in order to meet rigorous academic standards at the secondary and postsecondary levels, the Pathways to College Network--a partnership of national organizations and funders working to improve postsecondary opportunities for underserved populations--is undertaking a national…