Reports results of a survey of professional literature, curriculum guides, textbook advertisements, and newspaper articles from World War II era in order to assess response of social studies educators to crisis of World War II and effect of the war on the social studies curriculum. Concludes that rapid curriculum change resulted in response to the…

The contributions of the Deutsches Institut fur Fernstudien (D.I.F.F.) to research in distance education and in the development of study units are analyzed in light of West German and international influences. Sixteen references are listed. (Author/MBR)

The author examines current philosophical definitions of curriculum in order to postulate a more adequate theory of curriculum change. (DE)

This paper represents the "first report" of a project designed to examine the "efficiency" of the first year economics course at Queen's University, Canada. The aim of this report is to identify and quantify the factors that account for student performance. Construction of the research and a discussion of other research findings are included.…

In its need for educational reform, Western Germany planned the establishment of a central agency for the planning and documentation of curriculum research and development. This article discussed that agency and the development of RECs. (Author/RK)

Article describes a California curriculum laboratory where teachers can make teaching aids to suit their immediate classroom requirements. (GB)

Article reviews in depth six major researches in the field of subject choice in the sixth form. (Author)

Technical programs must be made as available as other kinds of post-secondary education. (Author/PG)

Based on a study by Battelle Columbus Laboratories for the Office of Research and Development, Manpower Administrations, U.S. Department of Labor, Manpower Research Visibility is a supplement to the American Vocational Journal. (MU)

Uses the concept of industrial and organizational bureaucracy and applies it systematically to the development of curriculum theory and practice. (Author)

This paper focuses on the nature of academic work contained in the curriculum of elementary and secondary schools, how that work is organized and accomplished in classrooms, and what modifications in academic work are likely to increase student achievement. (Author)

Argues that there is often a variance between the curriculum approved by the school district and that delivered by the classroom teacher. Proposes mastery learning as a means of avoiding this variance. (FL)