The assumption of social and academic benefits accrued to students in comprehensive high schools are tested under conditions of non-streaming. (Author/KM)

This study reports the results of a project testing the extent to which a systematic analysis of objectives, procedures, and evaluation can benefit literature teaching in the Swedish Comprehensive School (the compulsory nine-year school for pupils between seven and sixteen years of age). Following earlier reports on goal document and requirement…

This volume examines two facets of curriculum research and development. The first part is concerned with the teacher and his day-to-day problems in the classroom and is presented here with an account of the way linguistics came to have a particular shape and focus in the field of English. The second part continues with an examination of the…

This report summarizes the planning and implementation of an Educational System for the Seventies (ES-70), a research and demonstration program for developing a relevant, individualized, and economically feasible secondary school curriculum and organization. Research efforts are patterned to establish performance objectives for selected…

This book reproduces sixteen papers on recent developments in economics curriculum in Britain. The papers, presented and examined at a two-day conference at the University of Manchester in January, 1973, offer a comprehensive look at the current state of economic education and research. Directed to economics teachers and curriculum specialists,…

A study to discover why a significant void exists in the area of death education reports on the following objectives: (1) to design a conceptual framework for planning and evaluating death education: (2) to determine existence of a legitimate need to incorporate death education into elementary and secondary curricula; (3) to evaluate the…

This publication contains two separate reports. Part I, the report of the Anthropology Curriculum Study Project (ACSP), is an accounting of the time, money, and human endeavor involved in curriculum development efforts toward a course in anthropology for the high school curriculum. The document includes four reports of ACSP staff members and nine…

The "Education Through Vision" curriculum has undergone continuous evaluation and modification of the audiovisual instructional materials and classroom activities relevant to its objectives. Seventeen pilot "Education Through Vision" classes were conducted with junior high and high school students to identify variables upon…

This volume on civic and social education in the member countries of the Council of Europe is one of a series of curriculum studies prepared under the auspices of the Oxford Council of Europe Study for the Evaluation of the Curriculum and Examinations (OCESCE Study). The aim of this series of studies is to help create conditions in which the right…

This selection of social studies articles and books includes many references stressing the value o appropriate elementary grade instruction and emphasizing the need to move away from the traditional academic discipline boundaries. This annotated bibliography is one of a series of 18. Others are: SO 002 222 and SO 002 223. (Author/DJB)

The overall objective of this working paper, developed by the Schools Council Project on Religious Education (RE) is to encourage curriculum research and development. The specific objective is to examine the nature of RE and related issues, raising questions for public discussion and commentary feedback to the project. Part one looks at RE by: 1)…

As part of a Funds for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education (FIPSE) grant, the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Central Missouri State University is redesigning its 28-hour Secondary Professional Sequence (required for secondary education majors). The department identified and developed 45 teaching competencies reflecting 7…

An Educational System for the Seventies, (ES-70) is a research and demonstration program involved with the development of an improved secondary school curriculum. The ES-70 program is designed to provide individualized, relevant, and economically feasible education for each student. The 19 participating local school districts, in cooperation with…

Describes the West German Curriculum Research Project for the Spatial Sciences, its chronology, organization, content, evaluation, and dissemination. Also discusses influences and implications of the project. For journal availability, see SO 507 291. (Author/CK)

This report summarizes the activities and accomplishments of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title III Project No. 2635 for the school year 1968-69. While the basic project goals continue to be to develop common measurement procedures and a complementary program of inservice education that interrelates the process of instruction…