Comparative education studies within the perspective of globalization are seen as important studies, as they reveal the problems in education and show defective aspects of the systems applied in other countries. This way they improve the available system. The purpose of this research is to study the current curriculum of Life Science lesson within…

This volume examines two facets of curriculum research and development. The first part is concerned with the teacher and his day-to-day problems in the classroom and is presented here with an account of the way linguistics came to have a particular shape and focus in the field of English. The second part continues with an examination of the…

This monograph is a progress report on efforts to develop curriculum theory for physical education. It focuses on the development of individual human motor performance and the utilization of selected movement learning media to achieve specified educational outcomes in relational perception and orientation in space. Concerned essentially with the…

An Educational System for the Seventies, (ES-70) is a research and demonstration program involved with the development of an improved secondary school curriculum. The ES-70 program is designed to provide individualized, relevant, and economically feasible education for each student. The 19 participating local school districts, in cooperation with…

Growing interest in teaching philosophy in elementary and secondary school prompted a 1975 national survey to determine the present status of philosophy as a component in the curriculum. Possible contributions of philosophy to students' personal growth and critical thinking skills are explored. The first section of the paper presents the following…