This paper argues that both behavioral and non-behavioral objectives are valuable and necessary in curriculum design, and that the long-range goals define the kind of statements required. Both are appropriate under different conditions. (Author/BP)

Collateral teaching offers an alternative to using commercially prepared social skills programs for learning-disabled students, by enabling teachers to instruct social skills that are required of their students as opportunities arise in normal contexts. Strategies for instructing social skills include coaching, modeling, reinforcement, cognitive…

The teaching of Latin to verbally precocious students enhances their vocabulary and linguistic competence in English and prepares them for study of other foreign languages. The ideal curriculum would feature: instruction from fourth through twelfth grade; teachers experienced in teaching Latin and gifted students; and intensive language programs.…

Points out the need to provide engineers with training in human relations. Describes the process of developing a document defining the problem and steps to be taken toward solution, submitted to students for their evaluation. (JM)

Presents a model to aid in development of an integrated multidimensional curriculum for medical education designed to deal with humane considerations. Six dimensions of the human experience--intellectual, emotional, social, physical, aesthetic, spiritual--are outlined, and developing curriculum objectives and the model's advantages for curriculum…

With changes in word origination to the more cost- and time-efficient methods, office productivity and efficiency can be increased to a level competitive with that of industry. Business educators are urged to take the initiative to implement these methods into existing courses as the business executives of today and tomorrow are educated. (CT)

Discusses revisions in the curriculum at the Royal School of Librarianship (Denmark) for educating and training information professionals, especially for the nontraditional library sector, and introduction of a new Department of Design and Implementation of Specialized Information Services focusing on nontraditional skill development. Courses…

Examines issues in broad-based training in the context of transfer of training. Classical research findings on transfer are summarized and training policy implications are drawn. Transfer is reexamined relative to recent ideas in cognitive psychology, training methods to enhance transfer are suggested, and future research needs are addressed.…

The assumptions of the conventional structure of undergraduate medical education are questioned. Available data are reviewed and the need is stressed for reform of the aims, content, and context of medical school learning preceding the clinical years. (Author/MLW)

Some educators applaud this effort to provide guidance to school systems; others, however, are not pleased with the guidelines. Reasons for negative reactions include: lack of rationale, narrow scope, conservative tone, lack of attention to research concerning developmental learning stages, and the reactionary nature of the report. (RM)

Old titles, abrasive words and a rigidly compartmented education are scrapped in this proposal which bases education on function and provides for ladder progression. (Editor)

Describes the development, implementation, and evaluation of a transportation curriculum module (focusing on community transportation and on global impact of one's individual transportation decisions). Results indicate that the module, which consists of five units, can succeed in improving student attitudes, values, and skill development. (JN)

An educational curriculum for clinician-executives developed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is described. Courses may be taken for graduate credit leading to a master's degree in preventive medicine/administrative medicine or for continuing medical education credit. (Author/MLW)

A research project attempted to confront issues involved in facilitating and measuring the psychological development of teachers participating in an inservice education program. Results of the study suggest that it is difficult to create effective developmental experiences for adults, since they tend to stabilize at a particular developmental…