In the last issue of "American Educator," several scholars argued in favor of a common core curriculum. By common core, they meant that the curriculum should be broadly adopted (enabling improvements in instructional materials, student tests, and teacher training), but also limited (preserving instructional time for districts, schools,…

For hundreds of years, North America's colonizers worked systematically to eradicate the indigenous cultural practices, religious beliefs, and autonomous political systems many venerate. This article illustrates that imperialist nostalgia underlies and directs portrayals of American Indians in environmental education today. Whether unconsciously…

Identifies four types of theory and their potential roles in communications for guiding teachers; delineates generic characteristics of theories and their implications for such communications; and suggests strategies for communicating theories in guides for practice. (MCG)

When teachers prepare their own curriculum outlines, crucial issues come to the surface, promoting examination of what teachers believe about themselves, about children, and about teaching. (Author/MLF)

Critically considers the British General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) business studies syllabuses. Examines the implications of the GCSE approach to classroom activities and assignments. Offers suggestions for improving assignments and assessment, and concludes that teachers should share their experiences teaching business studies to…

Explains why and how a course syllabus, if properly designed and reasonably followed, will make the tasks of teaching and learning simpler, more productive, and more enjoyable. (Author/RL)

The article favorably reviews "PREP for Effective Family Living," a curriculum designed to help adolescents develop social skills and prepare for adult family life. Curriculum strengths include organization of objectives and format of the student materials. A weakness is lack of clear correlation between the student handbook and the…

Presented are the curricular guidelines for Neuroanatomy developed by the Section on Anatomical Sciences of the American Association of Dental Schools for use by individual educational institutions as curriculum development aids. Included are recommendations for primary educational goals, prerequisites, scope, content, behavioral objectives,…

The relationship between two educational improvement initiatives--school restructuring and systemic curriculum reform--is examined in this bulletin. School restructuring tends to focus on process in schools and curriculum reform concentrates more directly on content and curriculum across a range of schools. The main features, their promises and…

Describes use of the Curriculum Development Library, the first set of which contained 905 curriculum guides on microfiche with hard copy indexes, in the Education Library of the University of Missouri, St. Louis. The publication is briefly described, and its advantages, disadvantages, and improvements are discussed. Eleven references are cited.…

Second language learners must acquire a generative system of grammar. There is, as yet, no way of describing notions in generative terms. Long-term syllabuses will have to continue to be syntactically based, but the incorporation of notions from a checklist is acceptable. (Author/JB)

Argues that the development of national standards is another way in which the literacy crisis is being managed and maintained, a crisis arising from the tension between America's promise to the individual that he or she will have full access to intellectual resources and the needs of capitalism to have a differentiated, stratified workforce. (TB)

Describes reading instruction's goals as instilling within children a love for reading and providing them with a further means of understanding their environment. (MM)

The author chronicles changes in the content of secondary home economics programs during the last 25 years. This includes legislation that affected program content, reports of national surveys, analyses of curriculum guides, and a discussion of program components. (CT)

Discusses the business world and its information needs, the librarian in a corporate environment, and knowledge needed by a business librarian. In addition, an outline is given of a library science course in business information sources, services, and research, including online retrospective searching. (Author)