Presents a model for the selection of instructional leaders, based on the need to provide continuity and change, as well as competence and compassion in curriculum development. Suggests that leadership can best be provided by a central curriculum council, composed of members reflecting each aspect of the continuity/change-competence/compassion…

A comprehensive curriculum-development program which covers grades K-12 can ensure a meaningful scope and sequence of experiences for gifted learners. The experience of the Gary Community School Corporation and other Indiana communities with such an approach is described. Eight steps from needs assessment to implementing the model are presented.…

Discusses the approach taken to computer science education by the Lincoln Public School district in Nebraska. Reviews the curricular emphasis and offerings for the different grade levels in the system. Advocates an integrated approach in computer instruction for a K-12 curriculum. (ML)

Discusses development and use of an aquatic studies conceptual scheme which has been used in the Project COAST (Coastal, Oceanic and Aquatic Studies) at the University of Delaware. Sample concepts and results from field testing of the curriculum are included. (DH)

The author discusses how theory and practical action work together to maintain teachers' professional vitality. She examines the current concern with models and their influence on perception of reality. The author states that good paradigms bring more precision to professional practice, allow more accurate predictions, or provide for the…

Presents a graduate education model based on important assumptions about plans for society's and students' needs and also principles regarding program goals and development. Describes the model's specific components, i.e., a three-dimensional framework involving self, students, and systems interfacing with three learning levels. (BH)

Discusses a report of a project that aimed to research needs and develop materials for the teaching of physics in vocational high schools. Describes the model that provided the framework and terminology for discussion at all stages of development, evaluation, and revision of materials. (JOW)

Offers a form for determining the scope and sequence of skills in implementing a study skills curriculum. (JW)

The way in which the concept of a paradigm came to be associated with geographical studies in the Anglo-American tradition is discussed. The validity of the concept in relation to geography is examined, and whether geographical studies can be encompassed within the purview of one paradigm is assessed. (Author/RM)

A model for the implementation of curricular innovations is evaluated. (GW)

This paper summarizes an attempt to apply the concepts of change in planned educational reform developed by M. Fullan as a framework for analysis of curricular change at one university campus. It is a case study of the short-term effectiveness of planned change with respect to undergraduate curriculum redesign at the University of Calgary. A…

School counselor education programs are being redesigned to equip school counselors-in-training with information and skills to address the needs of a rapidly changing society. This paper presents one school counselor education program's process of dealing with pedagogical and programmatic concerns. A model was designed that emphasized the…

This manual was developed as an integral part of an ongoing project on the role of standards in vocational training that was launched by the European Training Foundation in 1995. Revised in November, 1999, this manual reports the results of three meetings that addressed the following subjects: the content of vocational education and training…

Many Asian countries have strong elements of nationalistic education in their civic education. In 1996, a year before the return of sovereignty of Hong Kong to China, a new official "Guidelines on Civic Education in Schools" was issued by the Education Department. This document proposes a curriculum framework with equal emphasis on human…

Florida Memorial College's curriculum model of internship and pre-internship programs is the answer to the needs of its constituency and perhaps the answer to the needs of black colleges throughout the United States. Continuing education combines with an intensive field experience program in a departure from the traditional educational patterns.…