A discussion of Planning Programming Budgeting Systems (PPBS). (MB)

The disparity between what adults say and what they do is a source of conflict for young people who are in the process of solidifying their life values. (CK)

Gives the reader an overview of the systems approach and provides information necessary to apply the basic concept in designing instructional systems. (Author/JS)

A paper presented at annual convention of National Council of Teachers of English (60th, Atlanta, November 27, 1970). (Editor)

A theory of art education is suggested which is likened to the facets of Rubik's cube. The parts of this theory include understanding the value of art in education, giving visual form to ideas, responding to visual information, planning and teaching, and evaluating art learning. (IS)

The need for better curricular planning, improved access and aids, and more adequate training for further education staff serving handicapped students in English colleges are discussed. (SW)

Presents a rationale for a reassessment of general education. Provides and illustrates a General Education Program Schematic which includes eight concerns: student learning objectives, interdisciplinary approaches, team teaching, community involvement, career awareness, basic business education, computer literacy, and independent study. (AYC)

Evaluates past paradigms (conceptual frameworks) such as the belief in the unlimited resources of the earth for humanity's particular benefit and the paradigm of the infallibility of technology. Illustrates how we are generally moving toward the new paradigm that small and simple is not only beautiful, but also more efficient, reliable, practical,…

Argues that graduate education in rhetoric may become the central core of study in speech communication in the 1980s and may assume added significance in the humanities and social sciences. The reconceptualization of rhetoric as an architectonic and productive art will require a restructured graduate curriculum. (JMF)

The article describes the Chapel Hill Gifted Handicapped Project (housed at the University of North Carolina) designed to develop a model and field tested curricula for gifted and handicapped preschoolers. (SBH)

Describes the instructional redesign of a physical therapy course through the stages of planning, implementation, and evaluation following a model developed by the Instructional Development Institute. (RAO)

In its firm commitment to competency-based vocational education, Kentucky has gone beyond its V-TECS catalogs to develop modules that will give teachers almost complete flexibility in individualized instruction. Implementation of the model is fully described. (HD)

Sets forth theoretical propositions developed in the four-year-old Critical Spirit Project in Los Angeles, California. Contends that students learn to reason critically as they are initiated into school communities that grant importance to critical reasoning and treat instruction in critical thinking as a form of character education. (25…

Reports an experiment which tests the hypothesis that the process of curriculum development affects the resulting curriculum. Describes developed models of curriculum. Concludes that the hypothesis cannot be rejected and that curriculum models do influence the resulting curriculum. (KO)