The aerospace engineering curriculum at the U.S. Naval Academy which includes an astronautical and an aeronautical track is described. The objective of the program is to give students the necessary astronautical engineering background to perform a preliminary spacecraft design during the last semester of the program. (KR)

Goodlad's domain concept was used to examine content in three physical education programs. Data were collected from documents (ideological and formal domains); interviews (perceived and experiential domains); and observation (operational domain). The ideological domain was found to be the most influential curriculum perspective in the programs.…

Extends an earlier survey to members of the Association for Business Communication who do not live in the United States. Finds the percentage of respondents teaching international topics is approximately the same within and beyond the United States, but pedagogy and topics differ. (RS)

Business faculty who do not teach management information systems (MIS) responding to a survey (n=85) thought that one MIS course was insufficient to provide master's of business administration graduates with information technology knowledge and skills. Improved content for beginning and intermediate courses was suggested. (SK)

Explores the relationship between content-based reading instruction and teaching English as a Second Language. Argues that using content-based materials in developmental ESL courses prepares students for other academic subjects. Provides steps for designing such a content-based course. (HB)

Vocational educators, especially in home economics, are involved in preparing students with life skills. Life skills curricula include the following topics: personal development, interpersonal communication skills, families in today's society, parenthood education, nutrition, health, wellness, consumer/resource management, employability skills,…

International review of vocational-technical education and training finds it delivered in diverse locations to different groups. Diversity of curriculum content and government role yields not single best practice. Problems in a particular country are best solved by building on established vocational-technical culture. (SK)

Describes a course designed to teach students the fundamentals of coastal oceanography and the scientific methodologies used in studying this field. Business applications of this information also play an important role in the course. (DDR)

Considers the extent to which students are acquiring an understanding of mathematics as a whole and of the relative significance of different parts of mathematics to that whole. Results indicate that many students had not developed such an understanding. Concludes that developing such understanding while also maintaining high standards in…

Explored three high school teachers' experiences as they made the transition from a seven-period day to a block four-period day. Interviews, observations, and document reviews indicated that although the scope of the curriculum was reduced, the depth of content being covered increased. Teachers did not see the reduction of scope negatively because…

Presents an ethnographic study into whether or not reading and writing about literature helps medical students communicate more effectively in the physician-patient encounter. Demonstrates that although medical students were embedded in the discourse of medicine, reflective writing enabled them to conceive medicine as an interpretive, personal,…

A New York State middle-high school course on gerontology was evaluated through a survey of 1,276 family and consumer sciences teachers (318 responses). Only a small number have incorporated the gerontology elective, many who teach aging topics spend one week or less on them, and a small range of topics is covered. (SK)

Argues for including several key ideas in every introductory general chemistry course, including the phenomena of chemistry, the organization and classification of matter, atomic structure, molecular bonding and molecular structure, the language of chemistry, the mole, chemical reactions and reactivity, chemical kinetics, chemical equilibrium, and…

The Technology for All Americans Project, designed to promote K-12 technological literacy, plans to develop standards for teacher preparation, student assessment, and program evaluation, based on the Technology Content Standards. The Center to Advance the Teaching of Technology and Science will provide professional development support for teachers…

Top-ranked competencies for graduate education in human resources development (HRD) identified by 55 (of 195) HRD practitioners were adult learning, presentation, facilitation, needs assessment, and human relations. Seven of the top 10 were allied with adult education graduate program content. (SK)