This document is based on the results of a workshop held at the Reinhardswaldschule, Kassel, Germany in 1970; the workshop was attended by 52 participants from 14 countries who discussed "The Curriculum from the Eighties and Onwards." A framing principle for this report is that in place of the American emphasis on method in teacher education,…

This paper describes the evolution of a model for expanded teacher education initiated by the Minnesota School Science and Mathematics Teaching Project (MINNEMAST) and later developed as an experimental college-school project (called Project Interface) within the Division of Elementary Education at the University of Minnesota. The report details a…

Procedures and findings of a survey conducted in 1970-71, relative to the teaching of psychology in Florida secondary schools, are reported here. The objectives of the study were to obtain a broad range of information and relevant data pertaining to the status of psychology and to determine the needs of teachers for materials and audiovisual…

Following a brief description of population control in the last 10 years, this paper outlines a Five Year Plan for population education. Four prerequisites to the Plan are presented: a) traditional approaches must be accommodated or bypassed, b) new subject matter must be introduced at the expense of current content, c) value spheres must be…

The report covers an evaluation of the Uniform Driver Improvement School (UDIS) curriculum. Included in the sample were licensed California English-speaking traffic violators from the Richmond, Stockton, San Diego, and Los Angeles areas. Overall, the results directionally favored the UDIS over the control on both post accidents and convictions,…

Presented is a scheme for systematically analyzing curriculum prescriptions to produce probing arguments in defense of the instructional objectives of each curriculum. With the probing arguments thus defined, a defensible, analytical choice between the alternative prescriptions would be facilitated. Included are four detailed examples of the…

This paper is an annotated list of fifty documents on the reconceptualist philosophy of curriculum theory delivered and/or published since 1973 and many of those published prior to 1973 which had a formative influence on the movement. Each source is identified by author, title, editor, and publishing date, and each is summarized and evaluated in a…

Findings from a national study of 113 schools show that more copywriting and internship courses have been added to advertising school programs than courses in any other subject areas. Among supporting courses, marketing has been most frequently added as a requirement. (RL)

Substantial gaps often exist between occupational education and actual job duties, dominantly because of technological developments. The schools' response to needed change in curricula has been sluggish, piecemeal, and tardy. Authors suggest a strategy for accomplishing a closer match between school and work, and they illustrate its use in…

Discusses the special problems of evaluation in a curriculum research and development setting. (Editor/RK)

A framework for generating curriculum research is proposed from a synthesis of Dunkin and Biddle's model of teaching variables with Beauchamp's "curriculum system" planning functions. The framework systematically defines variables that delineate curriculum planning processes. (CJH)

Maintains that Transcript Analysis (TA) is capable of informing decision makers about a range of educational issues and reform proposals. Illustrates the potential of TA by examining the issues of educational quality and equity as reflected in patterns of academic vs non-academic course-taking among high school students. (BR)

Considered are the social and cultural issues that underlie the patterns of schooling, the assumptions and implications of curriculum languages for teaching mathematics, and the contradictory meaning of change and reform that underlie current efforts to improve instruction. (Author/PK)

Techniques from required measurement and evaluation courses are rarely applied in teaching. A field experience which allowed physical education majors to assist in evaluating the fitness of elementary school students was used to bridge the gap between theory and practice. Pros and cons of the program are discussed. (JL)

This study investigated the social studies curriculum perceptions of 66 pre-methods undergraduates and 164 student teachers surveyed after their field experience. Perceptions were measured on a 21-item Likert-format questionnaire developed from the curriculum guidelines of the National Council for the Social Studies. Results showed little…