The purpose of this study is (1) to develop an outline for a course in pre-retirement planning; (2) to provide prospective instructors with reference material and resources for further course development; and (3) to determine if additional courses in retirement planning will be needed. A principal source of information for the development of the…

The Mexican-American Studies Curriculum at San Jose City College (California) was analyzed in order to determine appropriate means and purposes for implementing an interdisciplinary multicultural studies program for neighboring Evergreen Valley College. Results indicated that ethnic peoples face cultural conflict and isolation in contemporary…

The children's literature program at Eastern Michigan University was designed to expand the literary backgrounds of the students, to help students become more familiar with the variety of books published for children and young people, and to prepare students to evaluate books. This program consists of a minor in English with a specialty in…

The preparation of a job profile is a necessary prerequisite for the design of curriculum in postsecondary vocational courses. A complete job profile has the following four components: environmental and organizational orientation to the job, essential knowledge, essential skills, and desirable personal qualities. (Author/BP)

Presented is an environmental education model based on an interdisciplinary curricular structure. The model consists of three two-dimensional matrices organizing objectives, strategies, and content. Each matrix lists environmental concepts along one axis and the disciplines along the other. One interpretation of the model is presented as a…

The author looks to the future of curriculum development and poses queries as to the nature of social studies courses and the most appropriate modes of presentation of them in grades 7-10. (Author/RM)

The model presented describes, in terms of communications networks, a school of architecture working within a university and in contact with the world of practice. For use in solving pedagogical and administrative problems, the model is based on an interactive situation, feeding back from new knowledge to experience and back again. (JT)

Architectural education has three choices, according to the author: to seek more collaborative possibilities with the behavioral sciences (multi-disciplinary) to establish a new framework for defining the relationship between man, environment, and built space (the ideal); or to find some medium ground between the two (interdisciplinary). (JT)

The term "forest products technology" suggests means for keeping wood shop curriculum in step with technological change. Silviculture, material harvesting, wood science, and four additional divisions classified by processes used for deriving products from wood form the broad categories of course content and, with their component parts, provide a…

German as a Foreign Language Philology is a new subject developed at the New Philology Faculty of the University of Heidelberg. Students whose native language is not German can earn a Master of Arts in this field. The study plan, educational goals, and the content and organization of the curriculum are described. (Text is in German.) (TL)

A survey of students graduating from a social policy program was taken to determine students' work affiliations after graduation, and to compare their situations before and after graduation. The findings indicated differences in work affiliations and experiences, with a large percentage entering the social policy field. (Author/BH)

Invites greater discussion of the ultimate social and political consequences of different ideologies and justifications of art education. Uses West Germany's educational practice and philosophy as example. (Editor/RK)

Analyzes the historical context of mass communication curricula, proposes a philosophical mode to which mass communication education ought to adhere, and suggests a particular definition and teaching methodology for the practical production course. (ED.)

The greater accommodation of mild and moderately retarded children into regular school settings is seen to require changes in general and special education alike. (Author)

The relationship between knowledge and effective and autonomous thoughts and actions is explored with special regard to implications for educational curriculums and teaching. An educational program that concentrates on rationality without reference to creative autonomy, it is stressed, will impoverish the thinking process. (DS)