This curriculum for Alberta Canada Schools provides for students to grow and develop as performers, listeners, evaluators, historians, and composers of music. An overview is provided for the senior high school choral music program and includes information concerning developmental concepts and the required/elective components of high school music…

The National Register of Historic Places maintains a database with information on more than 60,000 historic places of significance in U.S. history. This paper contends that the emerging K-12 social studies core curriculum, as exemplified by the National Standards Project, contains a number of openings for teaching about historic places.…

"OATYC Journal," which is published by the Ohio Association of Two-Year Colleges, is designed as a forum for the exchange of concepts, methods, and findings relevant to the two-year college classroom. Along with commentaries and letters of reaction from the readership, the two issues of volume IX present the following major articles: (1)…

The wide gap that exists between linguists and English teachers accounts for some of the difficulty involved in determining whether or not students "have a right to their own language." Linguists generally concern themselves with cognitive sufficiency; whereas, English teachers, concerned with behavioral sufficiency, encounter language…

In the wake of a debate about multiculturalism on college campuses, about one-third of the humanities faculty at Valencia Community College (VCC), in Florida, volunteered to revise the traditional eurocentric curriculum to render it more inclusive and multicultural in nature. Early in the process, faculty identified and evaluated institutional and…

As a concise resource for Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences and its implications for schooling around the world, this collection is designed for educators, parents, and others interested in education. The first section discusses Gardner and his background, and the second section expounds his theory. The third section explores the…

This report describes a program for improving students' depth of understanding through the use of alternative assessment. The targeted population consisted of students at one elementary, one junior high, and two high schools in two growing middle class communities in northern Illinois. Lack of student understanding was documented through teacher…

This paper discusses the design and outcomes of an undergraduate education course that used current communication technology. A collaborative, electronic community was developed by pre-service teachers studying educational technology in order to publish, exchange and consider emerging ideas about the use of computers for teaching and learning. In…

An innovative curriculum called the "Regional Center Alternative Pathway," recently adopted by the Northwest Center for Medical Education (part of Indiana University's School of Medicine), is presented. The curriculum combines the traditional structure's didactic approach with a new problem-based tutorial curriculum. In this curriculum…

In 1991, the 50th anniversary of the United States' entrance into World War II was observed. This is an opportune time to reevaluate and renew the teaching of this cataclysmic event. Most people have been affected by the political, economic, and social consequences of the War. But perhaps the most important reason to rededicate ourselves to…

The goal of this paper is to develop ways that the relationships among law, society, and the broader environment can be incorporated into the liberal arts curriculum through law and society courses. Based on personal experience, the four central problems of technique and content which confront the instructor when trying to introduce environmental…

This study features an annotated bibliography of journal articles that emphasize the use of computers in the art curriculum. The annotations are grouped into four categories: technology in the classroom; restructuring school for educational technology; the impact of technology; and preparing for the year 2000. The study also includes background on…

This report presents a curriculum for true beginning English-language students at the Costa Rican American Cultural Center (CCCN) that was developed specifically for students whose skills were not adequate for regular beginning "1A" classes. Information was gathered from CCCN teachers who had previously taught the target population. The…

This paper draws a parallel between the social problems the United States faces today and the problems the country faced in the latter part of the 19th century. Contemporary efforts of educators to address social problems with new curricula can be likened to similar efforts made by 19th century educators. The 19th century effort included the…

This book discusses how the curriculum can be designed, adapted, and delivered in general education classrooms that are attempting to promote inclusive communities. Chapters include: "Toward Inclusive Classrooms" (Susan Stainback et al.); "Celebrating Diversity, Creating Community: Curriculum that Honors and Builds on Differences" (Mara…