Describes how the University of Florida communications arts department interacts with the humanities, social sciences, and business departments. (CRH)

A trend in medical curriculum design toward courses organized around organ systems is described and analyzed through national survey data. The courses are also characterized by a multidisciplinary emphasis, larger credit and contact hours, and the goal of interrelating many concepts of the system for an understanding of the system as a whole. (MSE)

Uses examples related to a head of cabbage to discuss: (1) sensory development in children; (2) the integration of sensory and cognitive involvement; and (3) a child's mode of exploring and discovering. Also discusses why science curricula need to be organized around a paradigm that is holistic. (JN)

British secondary school department heads surveyed generally wanted a higher level of participation in decision making, especially in the areas of resource allocation, budgeting, use of community funds, and school curriculum design. Improved communication, better decisions, and greater commitment to organizational policy are identified as probable…

After three months of visiting high schools participating in the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Project on Redefining General Education in the American High School, the author discusses the ongoing efforts of local school faculties to rethink their curricula. (JBM)

Outlining procedures involved in arriving at a newly adopted curriculum for the Oak Park, Illinois, high school of which he is the associate principal in charge of instruction, the author argues the importance of developing a comprehensive vision of educational priorities before considering specific curricular components. (JBM)

Although "The Paideia Proposal" (1982) has been "all but totally eclipsed" by other recent publications on school reform, the Paideia Group's painstaking, unified, long-range approach (expanded on in its newly published second volume, "Paideia Problems and Possibilities," and the remaining volume, to be released later…

An approach to curriculum design for geriatric dentistry that incorporates an understanding of the students' own developmental stages into instructional activities is outlined, and the University of Mississippi's experience with this strategy is evaluated. An important element is to help students crystallize their value systems with regard to the…

Describes Project Design, a curriculum concept being implemented in Ontario schools, in which groups of students are given the opportunity to contribute to the selection and design of a material object or system which they subsequently construct, test, and evaluate. Project focus in on basic learning experiences which involve multidisciplinary…

This centralized system permits matching patients' care needs with students' learning needs and enables assignment of students to appropriate agencies. (Editor)

With a spirit that comes from seeing people help themselves, the Community College of Vermont needs no campus, full-time faculty, or football team. (Editor)

Suggests conditions or safeguards advanced with the belief that conforming to them will enhance the beneficial aspects of junior high interscholastic athletic competition and act to minimize undesirable practices. (Author/RK)

Presents the case for standards of discipline, adult leadership and academic fundamentals. (Editor/RK)

The Independent Study Program (ISP) at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry is described and its objectives specified. Data are reported for measures of achievement, personality characteristics, and academic-professional experience. Costs and faculty evaluation of the program are also given. (Author/LBH)

The use of a business-industrial model is a mistake when dealing with public education; a multi-dimensional model (defining goals in broad terms, taking a general view of knowledge, and viewing education as a study of life realities instead of disciplines and specialties) is necessary for true educational development. (MB)