Entrepreneurship is valued for its economic and social benefits, but also to cultivate the characteristics required by learners to deal with the demands of the twenty-first century. Entrepreneurship education develops learners' entrepreneurship knowledge, skills, characteristics, and mindsets. Several serious economic and social dilemmas…

Political science education guidelines based on the writings of political scientists offer little aid in developing specific curriculum content. (KM)

The Secondary School Physical Education Council of the National Association for Sport and Physical Education sets forth here recommendations for sound and comprehensive physical education programs in secondary schools. Role and function of the following components of a physical education program are considered: (1) the instructional program; (2)…

This monograph offers a realistic discussion of the minicourse movement, as well as practical step-by-step guidance for teachers in the planning and implementation of minicourse curricula. Two minicourse models are presented (America's Maritime Heritage and Sports Literature), which include complete teacher resource lists and detailed instructions…

Presents a planning strategy which a busy social studies teacher may use to create rich resource units that go beyond the single textbook. (SJL)

Geography was virtually absent from the secondary school curriculum from the mid-1950s well into the 1980s--despite America's rediscovery of the earth in the 1970s. The 1984 instructional "Guidelines for Geographic Education" stress five interrelated themes (location, place, relationships within places, movement, and regions), forming a sound…

Research into the problems, causes, and possible solutions to the environmental crisis confronting mankind led to the development of these guidelines for curriculum development by the Interdisciplinary Environmental Education Project of Broward County, Florida. The purpose of the research was to determine the role that could be played by the…

Information and suggestions are given to serve to motivate and assist those interested in developing a course in test-taking skills and test wiseness. The author lists 11 questions, which should be answered prior to implementing such a course. (Author/KC)

This paper examines the topic of systematic curriculum development at the secondary level and discusses the necessary structures and conditions for conducting systematic curriculum development in Barbados. The discussion is organized into three main chapters. Chapter 1 presents a brief overview of the secondary school system in Barbados and…

Article investigated the problems of introducing new knowledge in upper secondary curricula, bearing in mind the part played by factors outside the school, and evaluated the consequences new and evolving branches can have upon the organization of studies, curriculum content, teaching methods, and upper secondary teacher education. (Author/RK)

Reports changes in high school graduation requirements in general and English requirements in particular and discusses in more detail the proposed changes in the grade 10 practical English curriculum (MM)

Examines nine case studies involving science, mathematics, and cross-disciplinary curriculum reform. Common dilemmas included content coverage/depth of understanding, parental resistance, and insufficient time. Successful curriculum reformers relied on national and state guidelines, teacher collaboration, and local teacher leaders. Reformers must…

This sourcebook is designed to assist school systems in developing a comprehensive curriculum for environmental education in grades K-12. A consideration of the need for environmental education is projected in Chapter 1 through a set of objectives together with an analysis indicating ethics and attitudes about environment to be the most…

As an innovative, though perhaps temporary, stop-gap measure toward alleviating the problem of supplying paraprofessionals to library systems, especially in secondary schools, the author proposed a career work-study program developed in the area of media technology at the secondary school level. (Author/RK)

Although grammar has its place in secondary education, teachers have been consistently premature in their zeal to impose order and precision on students' understanding of language through grammar. This paper argues that romance demands and deserves a special place in the language curriculum. Romance encompasses the humanistic aspects of language…