The American Institutes for Research (AIR) has been involved in the design and development of career education curriculum materials for well over a decade, even before the term was originated by the U.S. Office of Education. This led to the involvement of AIR in the design and development of the Comprehensive Career Education Model (CCEM). Four…

At the end of the first nine months of the American Institutes for Research (AIR) project to revise and field test the Comprehensive Career Education Model (CCEM) curriculum materials, activities are proceeding on four fronts. A coding of 61 curriculum units on a lesson-by-lesson basis has been completed and a content analysis is now being carried…

The Conceptual Curriculum Network is a model for curriculum planning that identifies essential aspects of curriculum planning, indicates flow within the planning process, and explains the interrelationship of essential aspects of the planning. (Author/IRT)

The article reports results of a survey of 150 curriculum planners about their knowledge, attitudes, and behavior regarding deliberate development of creative thinking and problem-solving skills. A six-step creative problem-solving model is proposed. (CL)

This article describes three case studies using J. Schwab's "Practical 4" cooperative curriculum change model. The model works, although there are pitfalls to be aware of. (DCS)

Explains how nontraditional postsecondary education can provide ideas to help traditional curriculum theory developers when they are required to develop and implement theories for novel situations. Information is presented on case studies of curriculum development theories and on evaluation models. (Author/DB)

The Arctic Climate Modeling Program (ACMP) offered yearlong science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) professional development to teachers in rural Alaska. Teacher training focused on introducing youth to workforce technologies used in Arctic research. Due to challenges in making professional development accessible to rural teachers, ACMP…

Siedentop and Locke (1997) proposed three critical elements that must exist in our profession to make a difference and achieve systemic success in physical education (SSPE): (a) quality PE in the schools, (b) effective physical education teacher education (PETE)programs, and (c) a working relationship between the two. Using Cuban's (1992)…

The purpose of the paper is to set forth a rationale and proposal for relating the construct of career development to the more global theory of process education. (Author)

Presents six questions that need to be considered when contemplating curriculum development, and then presents the curriculum development model in use at the University of Adelaide, Great Britain. (PG)

The author describes a seven-part process model she used in planning alternative programs in response to changing student needs. (IRT)

Borrows Kuhn's idea of paradigms underlying scientific traditions and applies it to selected aspects of curriculum formation in theology at Paris and Oxford in the thirteenth century. (Author/IRT)