Outlines a K-12 scope and sequence model for technology education that has as its integrating thread the concept that technology is fundamental to human survival and that its study leads to an understanding of culture. (SK)

Assessed the attitudes of students, faculties, and practitioners associated with two schools of medicine toward gerontologic/geriatric medical education including specific items relating to course content during the preclinical and clinical years. Results revealed a consensus regarding course content in areas such as psychiatry, nutrition, and…

The past decade has seen an increase in public awareness about the need to commit more resources to aid students in their transitions from school to work, but most high school career counselors have responsibilities which preclude them from spending time on individual career counseling. This paper describes a project designed to determine if a…

Library classification at the Croatian library school of the Department of Information Sciences, University of Zagreb (Croatia) has an important place in the department's curriculum. This is due to the fact that classification is the most important indexing language in Croatian libraries and documentation centers and services, and its role has not…

The exercises prepared for and organized by the Education Commission for the States are investigated in order to determine their content validity and to determine if the exercises as developed are to be used as models by teachers in developing their own evaluation questions. (Author/KM)

Paper presented at the Modern Language Teachers Association of South Australia Seminar, September 1972. (DD)

Discusses difficulties of teaching thermodynamics at the secondary school level, including misconceptions about entropy, teachers' insufficient preparation, and the physical and mathematical nature of the subject. Concludes that thermodynamics has to be reserved for university teaching since it is a "non-pictorial theory" in physical science. (CC)

Describes arguments against teaching thermodynamics at the secondary school level as an argument against teaching it in a certain way. Concludes that an honest and simple presentation of thermodynamic ideas is possible after special steps have been taken to help teachers in understanding the subject. (CC)

Outlines a laboratory course entitled Inorganic Chemistry for Biological Sciences'' which is designed primarily for juniors in biochemistry, physiology, and soil sciences. Inclusion of relevant environmental topics is indicated. (CC)

Discusses the development of a basic physics course in which the technological device or system is used as a motivational factor or a focus for teaching of fundamental concepts. Included are a list of module titles and examples of textual materials derived from pressure cookers, toasters, and ionization chambers. (CC)

Argues for a balance between student-centered and subject-centered'' English curriculums. (Author)

Reports a questionnaire survey designed (1) to determine what leaders in mathematics and mathematics education felt the content of the methods course, offered the semester prior to the student teaching experience, should be; (2) to evaluate their recommendations in the classroom; and (3) to suggest an appropriate structure for the methods course…

Author views the student-initiated courses at the University of California, Berkeley, as a courageous attempt to reconceive and reorganize campus environment and curriculum; and as a challenge to the university commitment to innovation and change. (IR)