The current master's curriculum in English Translation major in Iranian universities has not satisfied the demands of the society in which it was developed. Translation students have complained that some essential skills are not considered in the curriculum. Therefore, this study is aimed at proposing some guidelines for curriculum reformers in…

The current assessment in language classrooms prevailingly utilizes the criteria provided by instructors, regarding learners as passive recipients of assessment. The current study drew upon sustainable assessment and the community of practice to highlight the importance of involving learners in co-constructing the assessment criteria and argued…

This paper builds upon prior work that described the relevance of the IS 2002 model curriculum for ABET accreditation. The authors previously grouped the IS 2002 learning units by the ABET core curriculum areas for information systems. The most recent ABET guidelines emphasize assessment of program learning outcomes and alignment of these outcomes…

A review and summary of the background and purposes of the NCSS Social Studies Curriculum Guidelines are presented. (KM)

A Colorado district's high school social studies teachers have collaborated to design curriculum guides that are useful to teachers, challenging for students, and aimed at integrating content outcomes with the district's five learner outcomes. The shift toward outcome-based education has produced guides emphasizing student performance, not content…

The Mountain-Plains curriculum guidelines are outlined to provide guidance in fulfilling the requirements of the Career Education Model Four project as they relate to curriculum design, implementation, and evaluation. The curriculum is devised for the sole purpose of supporting the mission of Model Four and is based on the criteria for family…

Six guidelines (based on research findings) are presented for use at local and provincial levels in planning or evaluating multicultural programs in schools. Teachers can rate their own schools by looking at the staff, facilities, and curriculum and by answering the questions presented here. (SED)

The author's conclusion is that it is much more logical and economically feasible to provide a learning environment with a structured behaviorally stated relevant curriculum where teachers would have the freedom to do the job for which they have been hired rather than to deal with an outside agency. (Author/RY)

Analyzes the criteria for the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award in business as a way to teach total quality management. Core concepts and values are outlined: customer-driven quality, leadership, continuous improvement, employee participation/development, fast response, design quality/prevention, long-range outlook, management by fact,…

Designed for language arts teachers, the fact sheet is arranged into four short parts. Part 1 provides a brief statement by the National Council of Teachers of English regarding its position on censorship. Part 2 briefly describes the distinction between censorship and professional guidelines. Part 3 gives five examples of censorship and five…

PRECEDED BY SUMMARIES OF THE RATIONALE AND CURRENT STATUS OF ELEMENTARY SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION, 12 GUIDELINES FOR ASSESSING EXISTING CURRICULUMS ARE PRESENTED AND DISCUSSED IN THIS BOOKLET. THE GIVEN GUIDELINES CONSTITUTE A CANON OF CRITERIA FOR THE EVALUATION OF AN INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM AND ARE CONCERNED WITH (1) THE EXISTENCE OF CLEAR AND…

This book is designed to meet the needs of experts working on curriculum planning and evaluation throughout the world, with special attention to the needs of developing countries. It presents both a model for curriculum evaluation and practical guidelines for evaluating new instructional materials. Part 1 contains a single chapter that briefly…

Schools once had a premier role in acquainting youngsters with all dimensions of culture, says the author, who chides educators for ever allowing the situation to deteriorate. Combines literary allusions and colorful references in telling educators how they can bring culture back to the curriculum. (Editor/RK)