The Pre-Service Program in Environmental Occupations began in September 1972 and was completed in September 1973. The primary objectives of the program phase were to design and structure an environmental occupations teacher education program and internship experience and to recruit initial prospective teachers to participate in the experience. The…

This document explains the reasoning behind the need for individualized instruction. After a brief description of the task of education and its philosophy, the paper goes on to define the educative process in terms of a number of dimensions and aspects: a) the substantive dimension, or actual curriculum design; b) the procedural dimension, or…

This process model for individualized curriculum design and development is being used to produce extramural, self-instructional courses at the University of Pittsburgh. The model emphasizes curriculum analysis skills, making it particularly suited to complex subjects. It is an individualized, structured-curriculum model incorporating four…

This document reviews curriculum innovation at Hiram College. The curriculum project consists of six innovations: the freshman institute, freshman colloquium program, the twentieth centrury course, interdisciplinary courses, areas of concentration, and activity units. The intensive study of and practice in communication are the purposes of the…

In this document, a hypothetical situation, which actually exists in many schools in the United States, is described. The situation is one in which the teacher teaches a sequence of two years of journalism. The first year is essentially a training ground, a course in the fundamentals of journalism. The second year provides the production class,…

This study presents some of the most frequent questions asked by teachers in Indiana concerning phase-elective English programs. Some answers to these questions were compiled by a committee appointed by the Indiana State Department of Public Instruction. The contributors reviewed published and unpublished articles and curriculum guides, as well as…

Designed (1) to create an interest in the study of language, (2) to help students understand something about the characteristics of language, and (3) to show students that language is a system, Unit I of the Oregon Elementary English Project offers the following six lessons: "Are Animals Like Humans? compares human and animal communication;…

The tryout versions of some materials for the first instructional segment of the multimedia, individualized course in economic analysis produced for the United States Naval Academy are presented in this paper. Included are the instructor's guide, the visual materials, and the testing materials. Other course segments in final form, the behavioral…

The tentative media selections, the macro-sequence chart, and a preliminary version of the Spring, 1969 schedule of the multimedia, individualized course on economic analysis produced for the United States Naval Academy are presented in this paper. The segments of the course itself, the behavioral objectives involved, and the various working…

The key findings of phase I relative to the Sterling Institute curriculum development model being used in the preparation of a multimedia, individualized course in economic analysis for the United States Naval Academy are presented in this paper. The current status (October, 1968) and planned activities of the project are also outlined. The…

The instructional program evaluation of a school which serves Haida and Tlinget Indians is reported. The school, located in southeastern Alaska, has a nontraditional program of mini-courses, supplemented by independent study and specific experiences in vocational areas. The evaluation was conducted at the end of the program's first year. The study…

The notion of comparing in curriculum evaluation is discussed, and some approaches to making comparative judgments about program effectiveness during the formative and summative evaluation stages are examined. Sources of information provided by external and internal program comparisons are described, and a model in which a policy capturing…

The purpose of the book is to discuss the nature and use of objectives, subject matter, learning activities, teaching strategies, and evaluation, in order to help teachers help students learn. Emphasis is placed on relating these elements in a systemmatic planning process. Particular emphasis is placed on teaching strategies for developing…

A keynote address for the Commission on Teacher Education of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Forum on Teacher Education, this paper briefly discusses what the author considers the major broad issues of both mathematics education and the education of mathematics teachers. Problems are outlined without a particular effort to propose…

A grade twelve instructional design unit on population is described in this curriculum plan. The purpose of the unit, approximately six weeks in length, is to provide students with basic knowledge about population dynamics and decision-making, process, and value analysis skills using approaches of social sciences. Emphasis is upon helping the…