Proposes a tripartite curriculum oriented to subject matter, new holistic or general techniques of analysis, and the encouragement of all those best impulses in man under such traditional labels as ethics and morality, social values and the public philosophy, and under modern terms human relations, sensitivity training. (Author/VW)

Author provided some highlights on the progress and problems in American education. (RK)

Article investigated the development of the English curriculum and the change toward which it is growing. (RK)

Uses Meadian and critical Marxist concepts to identify 16 dilemmas--grouped into dilemmas of control, curriculum, and societal values--that reflect common contradictions of teaching and learning in schools. Characterizes by types of patterns the attempts of teachers to resolve institutional contradictions. (JW)

In an effective middle school, dedicated and knowledgeable staff work cooperatively toward a curriculum based on the needs of a particular group of transescents. Ten essential elements of the middle school curriculum are discussed. (PP)

Reviews the institutional, financial, and demographic forces challenging the established practices, structures, and outlooks of community colleges. Suggests general education as a sixth function for community colleges, arguing that a rationally integrated general education program can revitalize and infuse community colleges with a new sense of…

Discusses the objectives of Latin programs and describes an ideal Latin curriculum based on these objectives which would begin in grade four or five and continue through grade 12. Concludes with some basic needs and objectives of Latin teachers. (EKN)

A study of social work education patterns showed that number of schools appeared unrelated to country size, degree of development, or socioeconomic situation. The predominant curriculur focus was the casework-clinical American model, increasingly questioned by indigenous social work educators. The most prevalent degree was the bachelors.…

A graduate program for dance was designed by San Diego State University (California). Its organizational structure, guest artist program, financing methods, and its perceived success are described. (CJ)

The open university is taken to task for promulgating a passive curriculum and for obscuring the dynamic structuring of knowledge by teachers and learners that ought to be at the heart of university scholarship. The "package tour" approach to knowledge that characterizes introductory courses is blamed, in part. (MSE)

Considers how the wedding of competency-based education (CBE), centered on basic skills, and experiential education, advocating that learning requires accompanying experience to be effective, offers creative approach to implementation of CBE. Examples from St. Paul Open School illustrate how minimum competency skills can be incorporated into an…

Details of a scope-and-sequence outline for problem solving in the elementary mathematics program of the Philadelphia School District are provided. The emphasis is seen to be on process rather than product. Information about the first 18 of 21 levels in the problem-solving strand is provided. (MP)

Describes philosophy of Paulo Freire as foundation for an existential/humanistic curriculum and explores practical and theoretical implications of this curriculum for second language teaching. Expands curriculum design principles into sample second language curriculum design principles. (Author/BK)

Outlines the history, use, and value of simulations (role play, operational games, and individual exercises) in geography instruction. The author stresses that, while simulations improve student motivation and increase interest in concepts, their effectiveness depends on proper integration into course curricula. (AM)