Advantages and disadvantages of the Keller Plan in medical education are reviewed. The author's advice is based in part on his experience using the method in a course in histology at the University of Dundee, Scotland. (LBH)

A project was designed to help develop resources that support teachers in the implementation of a new K-7 Personal Planning curriculum. The project involved a partnership between the University of Victoria and the Victoria School District. The curriculum focused on students' personal development and on how their schooling and other activities…

The Technology Infusion Program, evaluated in this report, was created to provide computer software and hardware training and consulting to teachers and students enrolled in Allegany County (Maryland) public and several private schools. The goals of the program were to provide professional technology support services that improve teacher…

This document describes the curriculum philosophy of Lethbridge Community College (Canada) (LCC), which integrates several concepts: learning college principles, constructivist learning paradigm , BP'9700 directions, distributed learning characteristics, and curriculum components of learner, setting, and subject. This framework provides all…

A study explored the effectiveness of a Word of the Month program and its effects on student behavior in a small independent elementary private school in San Francisco. Participants included all the people from this small elementary school with a student population of 82. Through the use of John Heidel and Marion Lyman-Mersereau's curriculum,…

This guide presents a curriculum that integrates development of emergent literacy skills with computer technology in young children, including those with disabilities. The curriculum was tested over a 3-year period in preschool classrooms that included children with mild to severe disabilities. Quantitative and qualitative evaluation results are…

Presents suggestions for developing meaningful changes in social studies curriculum and reviews past educational social studies programs. (RK)

Developmental program was well received by parents, teachers, and children. It was felt that offering instruction to children at young age is advantageous because of their more academic approach to subject matter. (Author/CJ)

Description of the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS) includes: nature of program psychological bases, learning environment, instructional materials, evaluation, and role of the teacher. Orients the reader to the SCIS program and reviews related literature and research. Bibliography. (BR)

This paper is the summary of a substantial report presented to the Botswana Ministry of Agriculture. The report evaluates a program of nonformal education provided for women farmers at rural training centers. The analysis reveals that the content of women's courses tends to be wholly domestic. (SSH)

A public service internship program at Baylor University is described. Student participants work a minimum of 100 hours per semester at a public or nonprofit agency in a job with a substantial administrative component. In 1976 the program was expanded to include student interns working in political campaigns. (MLW)

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)

Examines undergraduate English programs through a survey of 108 American colleges and universities. Argues that the overwhelming emphasis on the study of literature gives students a narrow impression of the field, and that departments should offer, in addition, opportunities to study creative writing, languages and linguistics, and composition and…