The highlights of a conference which brought together educators and experts in systems applications are presented here. The central topic of discussion was the possibility of major curriculum revision in the light of the recent emphasis on a systems approach to education. The papers presented stress the view that the emphasis in the future must be…

This report includes the presentations of the various speakers at the first of four conferences entitled "Curriculum Change in Black Colleges." Presentations concern the need for a new college; a focus of curriculum redesign in the black college; new directories in black colleges; de-parochializing general education; some basic issues of general…

This publication reports conference discussions concerning the rationale and strategies for curriculum development and its relation to learning research, school operations, educational and social reform, and curriculum implementation. The discussions examine the current role of the Federal Government in curriculum development and offer suggestions…

This document reports on two institutes designed to communicate new concepts and procedures in vocational-technical education curriculum development to potential change agents in the various states. Formal presentations by 12 consultants and task force activities concerned innovation identification and prognoses for change, planning strategies for…

Participants in a National Seminar on the Diffusion of New Instructional Materials and Practices included scientists and educators in the natural and social sciences and mathematics from universities, curriculum projects, and school districts throughout the United States. This document is the first of a series of working papers which were…

In this final working paper of the National Seminar on the Diffusion of New Instructional Materials and Practices conference participants make some general observations about the whole process of diffusion that would be useful to others who are developers or users and who participate in dissemination and implementation activities. Consideration is…

The paper explains the role of the Schools Council for the Curriculum and Examinations and how it functions in relation to the education system, discusses areas of reform, and presents a brief review of the Schools Councils proposals for a new examination structure. (MW)

A verbatim conference report of papers, seminar group reports, panel discussions, and program reviews was compiled to stimulate development of an overall plan for educational change and the creation of special structures to execute the plan. Major conference presentations included: "Emerging Strategies and Structures for Educational Change in the…

In this working paper of the National Seminar on the Diffusion of New Instructional Materials and Practices individual conference participants answer this question: What are the characteristics of educational products that make them more or less likely to be diffused? Responses focus on considerations related to size of the product, cost,…

Thirty-nine people from 10 OECD member countries participated at this conference aimed at setting the value-loaded questions of curriculum development in an international context. The conference looked at the relationship between development styles for development enterprises as a whole and the developmental pattern of individual projects.…

Four conference presentations in this report provide insights into and understandings of both the process of curriculum change and the direction that such change should take. Professor John I. Goodlad, in the first address, urges the development of a "humanistic curriculum." In the second presentation, Dr. William G. Hollister, a mental health…

In this collection of papers Harold G. Cassidy outlines the conceptual framework for the conference which is based on a systems approach to development of practical action programs in education. A basic model is presented as a basis for shifting from the post-crisis to the pre-crisis approach to curriculum development and educational…

This booklet presents the text of the addresses by three speakers at the Annual Conference of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, March 6-10, 1971, in St. Louis, Missouri. The first address, "Dare to Care/Dare to Act" by Price M. Cobbs, M.D., deals with the symptoms, the virulence, and the infectious nature of racism. He…

Because opportunities for active social roles are essential for adolescents to develop into socially responsible and competent adults, it seemed logical to devise a high school curriculum in which result-oriented investigation of real problems by the students plays a major part. To this end, a conference addressed itself to formulating the meaning…

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE CONFERENCE ON CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION DEVELOPMENT IN ART EDUCATION WAS TO INTEGRATE KNOWLEDGE FROM STATE DIRECTORS OF ART REGARDING PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES IN STATE ART SUPERVISION, FROM LEADERSHIP PERSONNEL IN STATE ART ASSOCIATIONS ON THE PROBLEMS AND SUPPORT METHODS NEEDED FOR IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF SCHOOL ART…