This article evaluates Make it Happen Summer School according to Bernstein's writing on classification, framing, and recontextualisation. The project was a collaboration between a university and an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation (NPO) that aimed to develop a curriculum for creative practitioners so they could learn to propose…

Teachers present their perceptions when designing and mapping curriculum to implement standards-based instruction and assessment. It appears that teachers are willing but not always able to make curriculum and instructional decisions. Participation of teachers varies from district to district. When curriculum is given to teachers as part of their…

The aim of this study is to determine the new trends concerning curricula and instruction. The articles that are published in journals of SSCI and ERIC databases are taken into the scope of this study. The new trends regarding relevant literature are tried to be identified by analysing 3079 articles in total through the content analysis method.…

We adapted an existing comprehensive theory of curriculum analysis for application across complex, multicultural educational environments in P-12 schools. Our theoretical framework is neo-Deweyan in that it draws heavily from John Dewey's curriculum philosophy and because it goes beyond him to draw extensively from other curriculum theorists. The…

The philosophy behind the Nuffield Mathematics Project, the process of curriculum development, and evaluation of the project are discussed. (SD)

Summarizes a report issued by a National Science Foundation (NSF) review team concerning pre-college science curriculum projects and recommends a redefinition of NSF's role in implementing natural and social science curricula in the future. Suggests a more systematic approach to the monitoring of curricula projects and awarding of funds. (BR)

This manual is written for programers whose specific assignment is the preparation of programed texts in mathematics based on the work of the School Mathematics Study Group (SMSG). Detailed information regarding the attempt to program the SMSG ninth grade course, "First Course in Algebra," is provided. Reported are (1) information on…

Described is a conceptual model for comparing, synthesizing, and evaluating present instructional strategies and for research and development of new instructional programs. The model is based on the assumption that instructor's behavior can be categorized according to observable characteristics and that these categories will be subsumed under the…

The author evaluates the Schools Council Integrated Science Project (S.C.I.S.P.), enumerating the strengths and weaknesses of the program. (BR)

This document reports on a study of the feasibility of a procedure for evaluating an instructional program. The instructional units evaluated were professional education courses which were structured around performance objectives and utilized a model similar to the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI). Data were collected in four phases;…

Presents some findings about student understanding of science within the context of the Israeli Biological Sciences Curriculum Study-adaptation project. Gives a historical review of studies related to teacher effectiveness and reaches some conclusions about their value. Reports on some teacher effectiveness studies conducted in Israel. (GS)

Study consisted of a six-item questionnaire sent to 155 district school superintendents, to advise Montana's secondary program planners of the availability and nationwide popularity of high school aerospace education offerings and to solicit input concerning interest in on-site capability of supporting a one and two semester aerospace elective in…

A large-scale summative, comparative evaluation of "Patterns in Arithmetic" (PIA), a modern televised arithmetic curriculum for grades 1-6 was carried out in grades 1-4 in both rural and urban schools during the 1970-71 school year. This report deals with the results of monitoring procedures carried out, and student achievement as measured by pre-…

Explains the responsibilities of the South Australian Health Education Project team. Describes the project's work in the areas of curriculum writing, resource development, inservice training, and program evaluation. (GS)

This article reflects on others serialized in the same publication and the general call for a scientific pedagogy in curriculum development around the field of learning disabilities. Curriculum design, textbook adoption processes, and ongoing curriculum alignment are discussed in terms of scientific pedagogy in general and sameness analysis in…