This book defines curriculum integration as a curriculum design concerned with enhancing the possibilities for personal and social integration through the organization of curriculum, based on significant problems and issues without regard for subject-area boundaries. It provides a historical and theoretical basis for curriculum integration and…

On September 9th and 10th, 1999, four leaders of three communitywide educational collaborations met to discuss their experiences in promoting large-scale education reform spanning elementary, secondary, and postsecondary levels. They had met over the last 6 years through their participation in the Community Compacts for Student Success initiative.…

Needs assessment has been regarded as a critical stage in the curriculum development process. However, theoretical efforts aiming at proper formulation of this stage are disappointingly rare in the curriculum literature. This article is based on the recognition of this fact and proposes a multilevel conception of needs assessment in the curriculum…

This teacher's guide is designed to provide science teachers with the necessary guidance and suggestions for teaching nuclear chemistry. In this book, the fundamental concepts of nuclear science and the applications of nuclear energy are discussed. The material in this book can be integrated with the other modules in a sequence that helps students…

This teacher's guide is designed to provide science teachers with the necessary guidance and suggestions for teaching about energy and the environment. In this book, energy is discussed as one aspect of a general problem in environmental chemistry. The material in this book can be integrated with the other modules in a sequence that helps students…

The purpose of this document is to describe the development and implementation of a course in technology in counselor education. The main goal of the course was to provide students with an overview of the use and application of technology in counseling and related fields. The four objectives of the course were to: (a) provide an introduction to…

This book describes giftedness in each of the domains and guides teachers in the identification and nurturing of special abilities in all children. Chapter 1, "Who Are the Gifted?," discusses concern for gifted children and inconsistencies in current and previous attempts to serve this population. Chapter 2, "Introducing the Cline…

This paper outlines the role that an innovative technology can play in assisting course designers in the development of new curricula aimed at engineering degree courses. A Knowledge Based System (KBS) which embodies expertise in course design is described. The KBS described gives advice on curriculum development concepts, principles, and…

This paper documents the background of a curriculum framework, the Foundation Areas of Learning, for children from birth to age 3 in South Australia. The paper examines some of the dilemmas in creating such a framework and some of the rewards as the system coped with the challenge of including its youngest learners in a clearly articulated…

This resource book provides ideas, strategies, techniques, examples, and resources for organizing, implementing, sustaining, and assessing character education programs in K-12 schools. The text is organized into several topics: (1) historical and theoretical bases for character education; (2) a description of a comprehensive character education…

Throughout the last 40 years, educational policymakers have designed educational interventions for the purpose of improving the learning of disadvantaged students and of children with special needs, beginning with the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA). More than 20 years ago, with the publication of "A Nation at Risk" (National…

A look at what students think about suggests that real social thinkers could be developed if students are provided with a breadth of knowledge to think about, a variety of models to use to begin thinking about it, and then are permitted to think. (Author/KM)

Article explained how to get ready for an art program by planning an individualized curriculum with which children's learning experiences can be broadened. (Author/RK)

A theory put forward by Reginald Archambault is that moral education can be fostered through the study of other subjects - he suggested history and literature. Article examined this theory in relation to art. (Author/RK)

A modular approach to vocational curriculum development is in operation at Admiral Perry Vocational-Technical School in Ebensburg, Pennsylvania. Computer terminals located in each classroom direct students in individualized instruction. Several examples are cited of the implementation of the modular approach to curriculum development in vocational…