Explores educators' and professional writers' perceptions of the curriculum needs of undergraduate and graduate technical communication students. Reveals that technical writing, editing, document design, and graphics courses are important for undergraduates and for graduate students with an undergraduate degree in an unrelated discipline. (SR)

Describes the new graduate English program at the University of New York, Albany, and its aims. Explains that the program is composed of seven independent areas of study: writing in history; writing theory and practice; rhetoric and composition; critical theory and practice; teaching theory and practice; language and language theory; and literary…

A discussion of liberal studies in the pharmacy curriculum argues that integration throughout the baccalaureate program is needed, and teaching methods and goals, not course content, are primary factors in building coherent curriculum. Strategies used at Albany College of Pharmacy to avoid separation of the curricula are offered as illustration.…

Notes increased interest among media instructors in the broader liberal arts mission and their role in it. Explores efforts to connect journalism and mass communication studies with the rest of the curriculum. Explains a "linchpin series" which connects mass communication topics directly to various other fields. Provides examples. (SG)

Based on a survey of individuals involved in decision making about technology education, the concerns of curriculum, teaching, facilities and equipment, role and place of technology education, and support and advocacy of technology education are discussed. Recommendations from the survey group are included. (KR)

Explores curriculum developers' differing opinions before they design a specific curriculum; the amount of convergence of opinion caused by curriculum deliberations; and the retention of that convergence. Finds that, despite frequent discrepancies of opinion before curriculum conferences on design issues, subsequent deliberations produced a high…

Examines three educational responses to cultural diversity operating in New Zealand schools: incorporation of Maori culture programs in mainstream curriculums, organizational modification to accommodate Maori students, and the development of Maori culture and language immersion programs in primary schools. Application of similar programs to…

A discussion of the relevance of the liberal arts to social work education examines the "content" and "perspective" controversies. Social work is seen as applied human values, therefore intertwined with the liberal arts. It is proposed that social work education recast and strengthen its relationship with the liberal arts. (Author/MSE)

This article talks about the subjunctive of indirect speech, in which its important functions and meanings are depicted. An analysis of the instructional materials used in the first and second years of language study, followed by practical curriculum recommendations, demonstrates how this grammatical phenomenon can be established in an advanced…

A drug knowledge survey was administered to correctional educators and adult and youth inmates, showing that students perceived their knowledge as superior to teachers'; fewer than one-third overall were confident in their knowledge. Inservice training and curriculum development needs were identified. (JOW)

Alleges that creative writing can be taught and should be an important "writing" course in undergraduate writing programs. Argues for an enlarged professional approach to teaching creative writing. Challenges those who define curricula to consider the place it has in the development of young (meaning undergraduate) writers. (NH)

Comparison of distance learning that was developed with a business-planning approach (market research, cost-benefit analysis, feasibility study, strategic marketing) with one that did not use these techniques showed that business planning ensures that distance-learning courses are not viewed as a "cheap" option. The method identifies…

Howard Gardner's multiple-intelligences theory stresses that all humans possess the various intelligences (linguistic, logical-mathematical, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalist) to differing degrees, and most people can attain adequate competency levels. This article provides a sample checklist for…

Aims to integrate and expand upon three distinct discourses on humanistic and liberal education. Argues that humanistic education can be classified into four forms--classical, romantic, existentialist, and radical--and that they should be viewed as complementing rather than negating each other. Offers an integrative model of humanistic and liberal…

Examines middle school integrated mathematics and science education from the perspectives of theory and practice. A conceptual framework in the form of a mathematics/science continuum is included to lend clarity and precision to the phrase "integrated mathematics and science." Discusses barriers to integrating mathematics and science. (Author/SJR)