This retrospective emergent design qualitative evaluation study documents the development of a unique model for community engagement and engaged scholarship in higher education. The primary novel aspect of the model is participatory involvement of both the target audience for the program and representatives of various stakeholder groups who…

The K to 12 Education provided an opportunity for the advancement of gifted education in the Philippines, especially in public schools. This paper identifies different existing programs for gifted education in the country and discusses the issues and challenges experienced by teachers and administrators in implementing the curriculum for the…

The idea of establishing Science High Schools in Turkey was discussed in a multilateral project at the beginning of 1963. The Ministry of National Education (MoNE), Ford Foundation, Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara University, and International Development Agency (AID) participated in this project to establish these schools. In…

Suggests areas of consideration when "custom fitting" a science program to a school district, its teachers, students, and resources of time, space, and equipment. (CS)

The Pacific Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Regional Consortium was established at Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL) in October, 1992 and completed its second funding cycle in February 2001. The Consortium is a collaboration among PREL, the Curriculum Research and Development Group (CRDG) at the University of Hawaii, and the…

Describes general approaches that seem to be necessary in bridging the gap between a strict academic approach to chemistry and the practical aspects of problem solving in pollution abatement control. Presents the EPA role in training in view of graduate training grant phase-out. (Author/GS)

Describes the role chemistry departments should assume in the environmental quality control area. Includes problems of program design, course offerings, research problems, and career qualifications. (GS)

Describes efforts by Central Washington State College to take courses and programs to the community thus negating the student on-campus residence requirement. Illustrates the effect of this effort by listing the enrollment figures for some science courses taught off campus. (GS)

This report of an international conference deals with problems concerning the development and implementation of science curriculum, particularly physics. Papers and discussions of participants are included and are categorized into the following groups: (1) The Motivation and the structure of science curricula; (2) Strategies and dispositions for…

This report includes the history and background of marine education in Hawaii, goals and objectives of marine education, guidelines for marine education implementation, and a proposed development plan for a marine education curriculum. The report also presents a general schedule of developmental activities that calls for the establishment of a…

The article describes the model science program developed at the University of Tulsa School for Gifted Children. Noted are advantages of the university affiliation for such a program, a curriculum which focuses on interdisciplinary but specific topics, coordination with other subject areas, and utilization of science experiences outside the…

Provides a description of Project Tactics for Applying Programs in Education (TAPE), a National Science Foundation funded program currently in use in South Dakota. Components of the program which include the use of television, telephone, and newspaper media are explained. (CP)

Study consisted of a six-item questionnaire sent to 155 district school superintendents, to advise Montana's secondary program planners of the availability and nationwide popularity of high school aerospace education offerings and to solicit input concerning interest in on-site capability of supporting a one and two semester aerospace elective in…

This report is an account of the development of a minicourse program for the purpose of college-level introductory biology instruction. The complete implementation effort is described from an examination of the program which the minicourses replace, to the proposals concerning implementation of the new curriculum. Sections of the report are…

This publication is designed to provide a diverse audience with information about the Human Sciences program initiated in March, 1971, by the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study with financial support from the National Science Foundation. The program differs markedly from the course content improvement programs of the past, since its purpose is…