Several practical suggestions or guidelines for deriving objectives in traditionally difficult curriculum areas (written and oral communication, fine arts, social sciences, and humanities) are presented in this paper. The author believes that educators do not know how well they can define important, teachable objectives in these areas until they…

The discovery of theory is a major task confronting educators and researchers in many disciplines. More specifically, Eisner (1971) contends that with the exception of four studies, no attempt to systematically study curriculum has been made. Further conceptualizations and empirical investigations in this area are needed. It's apparent that while…

Ten reports reviewed in this issue pertain to these topics related to vocational education curriculum: (1) "Curriculum Development Projects" relates information on four curriculum development efforts and a journal on this subject, (2) "Curriculum Workshops" reports a national workshop on post secondary wage-earning home economics curriculums, (3)…

This programmed text of basic geography was created by Project Africa, a social studies curriculum research and development project established at Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania). This material is intended to serve as an independent study aid for students who wish to understand basic geographic principles of location, seasons…

Modular building design is the architectural premise for a California school. Audiovisual instruction, and educational programs and curriculum, are discussed, as is future planning. The school is one of twenty schools cooperating with UCLA and various foundations to stimulate and study educational innovations. (FPO)

There seem to be few answers to questions asked concerning how a curriculum might be structured, or how a curriculum is currently formulated, and what the implications might be of structuring a curriculum in various ways. Most of the literature in this area consists of either arguments for "psychological" versus "logical" structure or inconsistent…

The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate a curriculum using Scandura's algorithmic approach to characterize the knowledge inherent in a text. Two one-semester curricula were compared: a discrete characterization (D) in which each class of behaviors was accounted for separately, one rule for each behavior; and a higher order…

This essay aims at conceptual clarification within the field of curriculum. The concepts of curriculum theory, design, and practice are approached from the point of view of axiology. The argument presented is based on a distinction between value principles and value judgments and the type of justification involved in reasoning about such…

This report, which is an abstract and summary of a 450 page study, is intended to serve as a device to stimulate qualitative introspection with an end toward the improvement of the Nasson College students' undergraduate academic experiences. The contents of the report represent the results of empirical curricular research undertaken at the college…

Multidisciplinary thinking is advocated as a necessary approach to curriculum development in the light of the emergence of a global society, the rate of social change, the information explosion, and new theories about reality. (GW)

Kohlberg's theory of moral development explains some of the moral confusion emerging from the diverse, yet justifiable, reasoning in our complex society. This interview attempts to clarify Kohlberg's moral theory and relate its meaning to educational practice. (Editor/RK)

Examines the issue of providing art instruction to very young children, suggests that there is a need to reappraise the scope of preschool art, and offers suggestions for implementing an extended art curriculum. (SKC)

Examines the Primary Education Project (PEP) which is designed to integrate the separate subjects of geography, history, and civics into one class of "social studies." This study examines differences in classroom instruction between this integrated curriculum and the individual subject areas. Concludes PEP was successful but questions…

A Wisconsin elementary school program for talented and gifted students has provided a receptive atmosphere for curricular innovation that has proven beneficial for the entire school. (JBM)

The supposed gulf between curriculum development as it is practiced, and curriculum theory, may be an imaginary one, this article suggests. Textbook curriculum axioms are used to analyze Mississippi's Accountability and Instructional Management program, and it is found to be consistent with the theory taught in college classrooms. (DCS)