Presented is a comprehensive curriculum model for developing a K-12 values education program. The model includes a rationale and educational goals and objectives and discusses teaching methods and activities appropriate for implementing the goals. (Author/RM)

Presented is a model of curriculum design for history instruction using the concept cluster approach. The importance of proper age/grade placement when teaching historical concepts and the developmental characteristics of children and adolescents are emphasized. (Author/RM)

This report describes the investigators' experiences in the use of cluster and object-analysis techniques (BC-Tryon System) to test the variations in membership and curricular preferences of subgroups of students within a given class over a three-year period. (Editor)

Presents a model based on research to identify sound bases for structuring curriculum and explores teaching-learning strategies and program organization in keeping with the purposes and philosophy of the middle school and home economics. Focus is on the sixth grade level and on child-centered teaching with an exploratory emphasis. (JT)

Discusses a number of opposing forces that influence curriculum design and school programs and presents a model that illustrates the relationships among various curricular forces. Available from Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1701 K Street, N.W., Suite 1100, Washington, D.C. 20006, single copies, $2.00. (JG)

Needs assessment has been regarded as a critical stage in the curriculum development process. However, theoretical efforts aiming at proper formulation of this stage are disappointingly rare in the curriculum literature. This article is based on the recognition of this fact and proposes a multilevel conception of needs assessment in the curriculum…

The relevancy of program curricula in tourism and hospitality education has been called into question by key stakeholders in light of ongoing changes in the multifaceted tourism and hospitality industry. Various program models have been identified. Program content and quality of student preparedness have been debated. Balance and areas of emphasis…

This paper describes the arguments made for using interdisciplinary approaches in school curriculum. Specifically examined are the historical antecedents that inform discussions of interdisciplinary studies; how interdisciplinary studies are organized; whether differences exist across content areas; general assumptions made about teaching and…

Living by Chemistry (LBC) is a high school curriculum project that proposes framing the big ideas of chemistry to provide developmental cohesion across the curriculum and promote conceptual understanding. The proposed framework, called perspectives of Chemists," is intended to allow measurement of individual conceptual change in chemistry…

This article introduces a field-test model that was developed within a major curriculum-development effort in Turkey. Part of the National Educational Development Project, the model provides a systematic set of steps in piloting a newly developed curriculum in schools. Development involved three major phases--planning, implementation, and…

Description of a general model of teaching which emphasizes certain inherent, fundamental tasks and constraints, and a review of literature related to the model and to open education attempt to increase understanding of what the class-room is and what reform of the classroom entails. (Author/KM)

Article considered the need for the creation of a home-school-community relationship that will provide each member of the community with adequate educational opportunities. (Author/RK)

Outlines a model for use by science teachers as a framework for making curriculum decisions. An appendix lists 17 activity-based science curriculum materials that are readily available in Australia and suitable for use in grades 7-10. (JR)

In its need for educational reform, Western Germany planned the establishment of a central agency for the planning and documentation of curriculum research and development. This article discussed that agency and the development of RECs. (Author/RK)

The presentation of topics in calculus and matrix algebra to second semester freshmen along with a treatment of exponential and power functions would permit them to cope with a significant portion of the mathematical concepts that comprise the essence of several disciplines in a business school curriculum. (Author)