The educational needs of the curriculum specialist are discussed. (CK)

Stresses career education combining the efforts of vocational educators and manpower professionals in providing curriculums that are relevant to industry's needs. (MU)

Based on the premise that thestructure of knowledge can aid in the construction of a curriculum because it can guide the organization of knowledge for learning, the author analyses the structure of some physical science concepts. (LC)

Life skills counseling employs a life problem derived" curriculum and a four stage learning model integrating counseling and teaching functions to help disadvantaged groups acquire the necessary experience, knowledge and skill to cope effectively with the psychosocial aspects of personal development, parenthood, and citizenship. (Author)

Four models for accounting for reading difficulties are described: defect, deficit, disruption, and difference. Poor readers fitting two of these (difference and deficit) are compared with each other and with good readers. (Author)

Interesting discussion on medical versus ecological view of survival, with specific issues raised for analysis. Presents comments by other writers, leaves reader with eternal question: should man conform to nature, or should nature be made to conform to needs of man? (CJ)

Proposes a phase model describing the course of first pregnancy, while outlining an extended view of pregnancy as both a biological and psychosocial process. Four ideal phase types are distinguished: a disruption phase of radical change, an adaptation phase of readjustment, a centering phase focused on production, and a final phase of anticipation…

The author discusses his opposition to gifted curriculum developed largely by teachers and suggests that real problems should be the focus of gifted programing. Two curriculum models are described according to four variables: the roles of students, knowledge, creativity, and teachers. (CL)

This article discusses the basic characteristics of organization, administration, supervision, and specific problems of human service organizations and relates them to the concept of power. The author proposes an integration of the two models of supervision so that the administrative and teaching functions will both be served. (Author)

Analyzes and classifies various forms of curriculum development strategies; reviews and summarizes their use in terms of their major characteristics and consequences; analyzes their relative merits with respect to 10 criteria; and, finally, discusses their policy implications. (MLF)

Discusses a study undertaken to determine how 12 elementary school classroom teachers planned social studies curriculum. Topics discussed include planning processes, influences of planning on the curriculum, and implications of the study. Findings indicated that planning does not necessarily follow the objectives-first model taught in many…

Proposes a model high school curriculum featuring five clusters of knowledge, including cultural studies, citizenship and societal studies, science and technology, health and recreation, and skills in learning, communicating, and thinking. Presents a "stratified needs assessment instrument" to assess the instructional time to be devoted to each…

Presents a study which looked at the ways in which managers affect employees' careers. The study resulted in the formation of a proposed schedule for a training program and a career planning process model. The authors also suggest a possible set of feedback guidelines. (CT)

Explores the theories and models of self-actualization and human development. Twelve tables illustrate developmental stages, ways of knowing, moral and ethical development, management style, goals of learning, organizational development, and other dimensions. Availability: M.E.A.D. Subscriptions, C.S.M.L., University of Lancaster, Lancaster LA1…

Sales training programs require continual evaluation. The authors present a conceptual model of the interrelationships of planning, training, evaluation, and modification (IPTEM) in corporate sales training programs. (CT)