A position paper advocating the development of curricular materials by national curriculum studies. (Author)

Outlines a plan for a multidimensional language curriculum consisting of four components--language, culture, communicative activities, and general language education. (EKN)

Australia's Curriculum Development Centre was established by statute in 1975 in order to provide assistance at the national level to groups engaged in curriculum formation. The Centre's activities include the design, production, testing, and dissemination of educational materials and techniques; the evaluative study of school practice and…

Reported were programs and procedures developed by the Eastern Regional Institute for Education (ERIE) to install a process oriented science program in regional elementary schools. Three installation phases were involved: 1) selection of the installation vehicle by ERIE and local schools, 2) installation tryout, and 3) adoption of the installed…

Addresses moral choices that lie behind practical proposals made by Joseph Schwab in "The Practical 4: Something for Curriculum Professors to Do" (Curriculum Inquiry 13:3, Fall 1983). Choices include (1) a problematic/inquiry approach to the theory/practice relationship; (2) a sense of community in planning groups; and (3) an operative,…

The Massachusetts Vocational Curriculum Resource Center (MVCRC) was started in 1980 to serve as the primary vehicle for providing curriculum development assistance to secondary vocational schools and programs in the state. The aim of the study reported here was to evaluate the MVCRC to determine the extent to which it has met its objectives and…

The accomplishments of the Educational Cooperative Service Unit of the Metropolitan Twin Cities Area (Minnesota) are described. The unit serves a seven-county metropolitan area, 13 associate member agencies, and 48 member public school districts and provides effective programs for school and educational personnel. During the 1985-86 school year,…

The need for change in the primary school curriculum in the Western State of Nigeria has been felt for some time, and efforts at curriculum reform have already been made. This paper examines some of these efforts with a view to identifying their merits and defects, especially in the absence of a permanent structure for curriculum development…

In founding an instructional materials and methods center on a university campus, it must be borne in mind that the type of university and degree of faculty power greatly affect the eventual form of an instructional center. Many people have different ideas concerning how a center fits into the content model of knowledge or the transmission model…

To strengthen the concept of a curriculum-planning component in competency/performance-based teacher education (C/PBTE) and to fill the need for centralized physical facilities for the multiprogram characteristics of C/PBTE programs, a housing structure called the C/PBTE Module Laboratory is proposed. This laboratory would be used for producing,…

This study was conducted to gather and analyze information of a descriptive nature about curriculum materials centers and to determine staff members' perceptions regarding existing and desired conditions at the centers. The study included only those centers in teacher training institutions accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation…

Reviewed in this document are the University of Hawaii's reorganization of its Laboratory School and the resulting program which focuses on curriculum research and development rather than preservice teacher training. The history behind the change, and specific changes in school organization, size and composition of school population, faculty…

This collection of papers investigates various aspects of the library as a Learning Resource Center. The first paper focuses on targets for innovation and points to the administrators of Learning Resource Centers as agents for constructive change in their junior colleges. The second paper shows that the library takes on a dynamic teaching function…