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Belmont, Christopher – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2014
The purpose of this article is to provide evidence of how an integrated high school health, physical education, and wellness program can be implemented. In addition to describing the process used to develop and maintain this wellness curriculum, the article describes the content of the curriculum and how the teachers were able to capture and hold…
Descriptors: Wellness, Integrated Curriculum, Program Implementation, High Schools
Burdman, Pamela – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2015
The conventional algebra-intensive math curriculum commonly dictates students' options for entering and completing college, including their ability to transfer from two-year to four-year institutions. The assumption that higher-level algebra is necessary for college success has led some equity advocates to promote algebra for all students. Nearly…
Descriptors: Algebra, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Curriculum, College Transfer Students
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Verbitskaya, Ludmila A.; Nosova, Natalia B.; Rodina, Ludmila L. – Higher Education Policy, 2002
This article focuses on attempts to introduce elements of sustainable development education into the curriculum of one of the largest Russian universities. At St. Petersburg State University, compulsory courses relevant to sustainable development have been introduced or modified in 14 faculties out of 20 during the last decade. Examples of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development
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Marcus, Marianne T.; Brown, Richard L.; Straussner, S. Lala A.; Schoener, Eugene; Henry, Rebecca; Graham, Antonnette V.; Madden, Theresa; Saunders, Laura A. – Substance Abuse, 2006
Objective: This study evaluated the effects of a national interdisciplinary faculty development program, Project MAINSTREAM, on creating curriculum enhancement in health professional education. Method: Thirty-nine faculty completed a two-year, part-time fellowship program featuring interdisciplinary collaboration, mentoring, training meetings, and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Required Courses, Substance Abuse, Prevention
Mooney, Carolyn J. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1988
In March, after two years of debate that followed complaints by minority students, Stanford's faculty voted to replace the university's year-long Western culture requirement with a new requirement called "Cultures, Ideas and Values." Courses will be required to give attention to the issues of race, gender, and class. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Faculty, College Students, Cultural Awareness