Article proposed a curriculum with its base in humanities education through the symbolic arts, a curriculum that allows for and encourages encounters with various levels of meaning. (Author/RK)

Discusses the development of a curriculum built around the ideas expressed in "The Last Whole Earth Catalog." (RB)

The purpose of the Faculty Enrichment Institute was to expose the humanities faculty of Elizabeth City State University to the latest developments in research, curriculum, teaching techniques and other related areas in order to improve the quality of instruction. This report discusses the project activities and the staff involved, and concludes…

Discussed is the multifaceted, comprehensive training of teachers, administrators, and other educators to meet the challenge of multidimensionally gifted students, focusing on the efforts in this area by the National/State Leadership Training Institute on the Gifted and Talented (DLS)

Examines three broad areas related to the formal learning of engineering. These areas focus on: (1) approaches to learning; (2) developing engineering curricula; and (3) curriculum planning for the future. Also considers whether current engineering curricula can accommodate needed changes. (JN)

Provides a systematic conceptualization of population education using Hilda Taba's listing-grouping-labelling sequence. Also considers the use of inquiry (inductive, problem solving, and discovery) in learning population education concepts, attributes of population education, and what population education is and is not. (JN)

The author offers suggestions for adapting basal reading series to the needs of students. Among recommendations offered are using workbook pages selectively, changing presentation orders, making one's own worksheets, and increasing the students' actual reading time. (CL)

Teachers and school administrators need to give ample time to study the scope of the science curriculum. Scope refers to the breadth of objectives that should be emphasized within each science unit of study. A subject-centered approach has been used to determine scope. Thus, those involved in developing science units of study use diverse reference…

Issues relevant to teaching social studies are examined from a historical perspective. A curriculum plan, based on key generalizations from the social sciences, geography, and history is described. Emphasis is placed on development of intellectual skills, active involvement of the child through direct experiences, and the teaching of values. (SM)

Educational research undertaken by teachers can result in better data collection and usage inasmuch as the individual teacher can limit the scope of his efforts to the needs of his own students. (CK)

Describes the measures taken to plan and design a unique elementary school. (JF)