Argues that international children's literature is one of the most effective ways to integrate global perspectives into the middle school curriculum. Presents an annotated list of 15 international children's literature titles to provide teachers and other education professionals with a starting point in identifying quality children's literature…

Presents the application of curriculum revision at Wesleyan College, a small single-gender nationally-recognized liberal arts college in central Georgia. Reexamines the communication major in terms of its scope and function on campus. Discusses problems encountered in the curriculum revision process. Submits this account to serve both as a guide…

Argues that fostering learner autonomy is an important and appropriate goal in language course design, but that principles to guide the design of such courses are currently lacking. Proposes five course design principles for language courses that seek to promote learner autonomy. (Author/VWL)

The processing of Germany's Nazi past with the help of exile and holocaust literature has already been an important component of the teaching of literature in the schools of the Federal Republic of Germany for some time. This article analyzes an exemplary German curriculum for the Baden-Wuerttemberg gymnasium level. (DMK)

Examines the changing role of the technical communication professional in the rapidly evolving environment of organizational life. Presents five principles that serve as an initial step in laying a foundation for the preparation of technical communicators for the challenges and opportunities awaiting in contemporary organizations and the…

Presents a method for integrating cultural competence throughout the nursing curriculum. The model contains six cultural phenomena: communication, space, social organization, time, environmental control, and biological variation. Contains 17 references. (SK)

A faculty development workshop that addressed assessment, measurement, grading, and evaluation was designed for a system of 21 career-focused postsecondary schools with 1,500 faculty. Faculty, students, and administrators were involved in the design, and a pilot test was conducted with a small group, which resulted in adjustment of activities and…

Discusses one teacher's experience in helping a student in that student's literacy development. Considers this in terms of a "career awareness activity." Discusses the presentation of "literacy as commodity," and defining a student by what part of themselves they can "sell." (SG)

Considers how if educators focus their efforts on providing all students with a challenging curriculum, most of them should be able to perform well on whatever assessment they face. Concludes that if educators provide every child with a clean, well-lighted place to learn; coherent instructional materials; and a competent, caring teacher, student…

Argues that holistic, transactional views of the reading process have been uprooted and replaced with what has been labeled "balanced" instruction. Presents a brief outline of the California requirements for instruction incorporating phonics. Concludes by encouraging whole language teachers to stand together because their beliefs are…

Reports partial results of a year-long study of a job training program serving mostly indigent clients. Focuses on the communication competencies taught explicitly and implicitly in the curriculum and the unmet communication needs of clients. Finds that of the 20 communication standards (for K-12) distributed by the National Communication…

Presents four current topics in whiteness studies: the historical "whitening" of some United States immigrant groups, white privilege, the discursive and communication patterns of United States whites, and representations of whiteness in popular culture. Describes conceptual foundations for each topic followed by examples of relevant scholarship…

Choice of curriculum content should follow four research-based principles: learning is a domain-specific skill; general learning ability is highly correlated with general knowledge; learning a subject requires comprehension of general principles illustrated by specific examples; and broad general knowledge is the best entree to deep knowledge.…

In this paper, the author explains why programs or potential programs designed to serve education in music and the other arts should be evaluated on the basis of breadth of coverage of standards-based skill and knowledge, of depth of coverage of that skill and knowledge and on the proportion of a given student population that they reach. Those who…

Jos Castro Silva, lecturer in sciences of education, and Jos Morgado, assistant professor, both work at the Instituto Superior de Psicologica Aplicada in Lisboa, Portugal. In this article, they describe their study of support teachers beliefs about the academic achievement of school students with special educational needs. The support teachers who…