Describes a program--"Academic Expectations and the Fourth R: Responsibility"--and its major elements. Outlines nine principles on which it is based and how it has affected students. (RK)

A 2-year curriculum for graphic arts and advertising technology. Technical Education is a supplement to Industrial Education. (JS)

For more than 50 years, the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) has been instrumental in developing an analytical model for understanding the relationships between educational policy (the intended curriculum), classroom and instructional practices (the implemented curriculum), and educational learning…

The commerce faculty at the University of Cape Town (UCT) offers a 1-year, postgraduate management diploma that is regarded as a mini-MBA. It appeals to a wide variety of mainly English-as-second language (ESL) students. In the past, core course diploma lecturers in marketing, tourism and leisure, enterprise management and sport management…

The intent of this article is to propose practical curricular options which are capable of being implemented and incorporated into the existing school organization and schedule. In this way more opportunities are provided for encouraging and allowing students to pursue individual differences. (Author)

A description of three different programs shows how social studies needs to be an integral part of any comprehensive approach to career education. (Author/KM)

A total career education program (for regular, academically advanced, and special elementary classes) is described and recommendations for program implementation and implications for replication in other settings are presented. It is explained that the program emphasizes such areas as decision making processes, self understanding, basic academic…

To give some idea of specific projects that have been implemented within the UNESCO arts education program in recent years, 12 sectors of the program are described. (Author/RK)

Ten smoking prevention-education programs are profiled in this article. Each profile includes a program description, availability of information, appropriate contacts and, when available, a brief description of program evaluations. (DF)

Describes design of a five-session workshop program developed by the Parma (Ohio) School System to introduce the metric system to laymen. (JG)

MACOS illustrates the rationale and operations of the new social studies by emphasizing the processes of learning and by the social interactive nature of learning experiences. (Author)

The media workshop and the media laboratory can fit meaningfully into the reforms of mass communication education, but there are distinct differences in their roles. The media workshop is a place where students can serve on-campus apprenticeships with a traditional media organization. The media laboratory is a futuristic media facility that…

The annotated bibliography contains approximately 60 citations (l973 - 1976) on programs, teaching methods and curriculum for gifted students. The bibliography is explained to be composed of citations from volume eight of Exceptional Child Education Resources. Entries are arranged according to accession number and usually provide information on…