Offers suggestions for types and content of curriculum guides as well as for curriculum use and evaluation. (Author/WD)

Reviews literature syllabuses recommended by eight examining boards in England for in-depth study by high school students. Findings indicated that syllabuses are conservative in nature, do not include much modern literature, and generally include fiction which either portrays women as unimportant or does not portray women at all. (DB)

The major purpose of this study was to revise the basic production agriculture curriculum guide used by vocational agrculture teachers in Texas. A twenty-five member advisory committee for curriculum revision conducted the following activities: (1) obtained thirty-one curriculum guides for a technical agriculture program, (2) surveyed vocational…

The one-sheet fold-out curriculum guide suggests ways a teacher could integrate forestry in the curriculum. The guide develops an elementary, junior, and senior high school forestry curriculum as affecting the major functions or basic activities of man. Emphasis is on integrating forestry as a topic in the existing curriculum structure K-12. (BB)

In response to the increasing social concern for the quality of the environment and its conservation, and the need to ensure that all pupils in their final years of schooling be brought to share that concern, teachers in Hertfordshire, England, have constructed an 'A' level curriculum or syllabus of environmental studies for the sixth form. Based…

The course outlines collected in this document represent those returned during a mail survey of California high school psychology instruction during 1970. They are not the result of an evaluative selection. The outlines represent both one- and two-semester courses. The length of these outlines and detail with which they are spelled out varies…

Describes a model for career communication curricula and explores clustering of job-related communication skills. (MH)

The importance of teaching mildly handicapped adolescents to respond appropriately in social situations is emphasized, five important considerations in selecting social skills curricula for this population are discussed, three examples of social skills projects and their products are described, and 12 specific curricula summarized. (CL)

Analysis of 38 curriculum guides suggests the pace of change in English classrooms is slow and undramatic. (JH)

This publication, compiled by the NCTE Committee to Review Curriculum Guides, provides informative and evaluative annotations for 63 elementary and secondary curriculum guides. These guides, reviewed and recommended in 1965-1968, are presented as a resource for schools and agencies which are developing and writing curriculums. The annotations…

This publication, compiled by the NCTE Committee on Curriculum Bulletins, provides informative and evaluative annotations for 50 elementary and secondary curriculum guides. These guides, reviewed and recommended in 1965-1969, are presented to publicize good curriculum planning and guide writing and to provide models for schools revising their…

Various approaches to developing and implementing economics curricula are explored, including positive and normative economics, teacher-developed informal curriculum, district-developed formal curriculum, "outside" curriculum, the infusion approach, or as a separate course. It is suggested that a "blend" of the alternatives may optimize the…

Suggests that a problem with the use of materials and methods devised for use with John Dixon's growth English'' is the temptation, under the stress of large classes and overcrowded timetables, to use it for class lessons along traditional lines. (Author)

The model is presented in five sections: (1) orientation; (2) content specifications; (3) curriculum management specifications; (4) implementation model; and (5) content sourcebook. These sections are intended to characterize and integrate the systems complex of energy/environmental education and teacher training. They are intended as orienting…

The aids consist of excerpts of curriculum guides that are representative models for sections of the "Criteria for Planning and Evaluation of Curriculum Guides." The criteria were established by the National Council of Teachers of English Committee on Curriculum Bulletins and were designed to facilitate the planning and evaluating of curricula.…