One of the challenges for educators is composing well-written, specifically stated outcomes of student learning. Developmental teacher training is a program designed to improve the effectiveness of university instructors. The program focuses on improving course methodology by guiding instructors through the development of correctly written and…

THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE ARTICULATION COMMITTEE OF THORNTON, ILLINOIS, REPORTED TO THE TOWNSHIP STEERING COMMITTEE UPON THE SPECIFICS FOR BUILDING LANGUAGE PROGRAMS FROM THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL THROUGH JUNIOR COLLEGE. THE REPORT COVERS CONTINUITY OF A CHOSEN LANGUAGE, TEACHING METHODS, EVALUATION, COOPERATION WITH OTHER CURRICULUM AREAS,…

Offers a step-by-step guide to course design and development. Includes information on design basics, underlying objectives, course description, evaluation, standards, recordkeeping, and administration. (JOW)

Described a laboratory course for students in the last three years of high school that attempted to help them deal with problems relevant to our society. (Author/RK)

Describes an "exit" course, Senior Seminar in Communicative Theories, developed for students majoring in Speech Communication at George Mason University. Outlines the evolution of this course and the case for adding such a course to speech communication curricula. (KEH)

One of the challenges faced by graduate programs in family and consumer sciences (FCS) is how to maintain the identity and cohesion of the profession (its values, mission and goals) despite an increasing number of students who have undergraduate degrees from other disciplines or from specialized areas within FCS but who do not identify themselves…

EVALUATION STEPS WERE DEVELOPED FOR THE CURRICULUM CONTINUITY DEMONSTRATION (CCD), A JOINT PROJECT OF THE PITTSBURGH SCHOOLS AND THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH. THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT WAS TO DEVELOP A COORDINATED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM WHICH CONSTITUTES A TRUE CONTINUUM FOR THE STUDENT AS HE PROGRESSES FROM KINDERGARTEN TO COLLEGE. INITIAL EVALUATION…

This document reports on an evaluation of physical education programs in grades K-12 in Des Moines (Iowa). The document is divided into seven parts. Part 1, "Introduction," reviews the mission and philosophies regarding teaching physical education. Part 2, "Context Evaluation," summarizes Iowa state policies, standards, and…

Accountability, in the sense of educational efficiency, has popular political appeal in Australia. Yet there is urgent need for Australian educators to influence how accountability is to be defined and to determine how it is to be implemented at the school level. One useful definition of accountability, satisfactory to both teachers and the…

The purpose of this study was to identify and analyze curriculum development policies and procedures used by the Army, Navy and Air Force to develop and/or to revise the subject matter for technical training courses. The scope of the study was confined to first term enlisted technical training, particularly in electronics and other technical…

Divides curriculum development into 10 steps to aid administrators at the local level in planning for whole systems or for single courses. (JW)

This two-part article addresses itself to philosophical and instructional guidelines. Part I is entitled "Relationships of High School Philosophy and Objectives to Curriculum and Instruction in the Education Process" and Part II, "A Rating Instrument Designed to Improve School Evaluation and the Resulting Instructional Program." (CK)

Enumerates, in a checklist form, the characteristics of well-developed, effective instructional programs for the purpose of providing criteria for the review of environmental education programs, the quality of individual program objectives, and the technical characteristics used in meeting the objectives. (eight references) (Author/MCO)

This study attempted to describe current trends in the teaching of English to college freshmen and to use that description to formulate a series of suggestions for improvement. Findings from 160 responses to a questionnaire sent to college and university English departments indicated that a wide degree of variation existed between freshman English…