Women's career patterns and their implications for vocational-technical education. (Editor)

Stresses the need for local materials centers which loan speech and hearing materials to therapists for trial and evaluation. Borrowing privileges enhance the probability of careful selection and purchase of needed materials. (MB)

A health education curriculum guide designed for nonhandicapped students was used with special education students in Canton, Ohio. The activity-centered curriculum changed the health beliefs and behavior of some children with learning disabilities but was not effective with those whose Intelligence Quotient scores were below 80. (Author/PP)

This national survey revealed that most states (all but six) require the teaching of state history. The majority of the states have a state history textbook of adequate quality, have no curriculum guide setting parameters for state history, and do not require a state history course for teacher certification. (Author/RM)

Four recent sources of classroom activities written by and for Logo teachers for use with young children are listed, and seven brief lesson plans suitable for introducing first-grade pupils to Logo are provided. Several educational computer games are included. (EAO)

New standard unit syllabuses in mathematics and science issued by the Technician Education Council in Great Britain are criticized for lowering educational standards in clarity of presentation, syllabus content, structure, organization and expected learning outcome. The previous courses are cited as superior in all or almost all respects. (IS)

College health education programs should adopt some courses to train personnel who can direct health management programs in the private sector. Guides are provided for undergraduate courses and for evaluating a company's health program needs. A sampling of current corporate health management activities is also given. (PP)

Curriculum guides can effectively guide practice if the guide writer pays attention to the context in which teachers work and to the language that teachers use in that context. Problems encountered by a curriculum project illustrate what happens in practice when guide writers fail to appreciate teachers' objectives. (RM)

The issues of science, religion, and the U.S. Constitution continued in 1979 in a creationist's Superior Court complaint against the teaching of evolutionary theory. The legal strategies by the adversaries were as significant as the arguments; and, in this case, academicians' scholarship was at a disadvantage in the courtroom. (Author/CM)

The development of a curriculum and scheme for mathematics instruction at one elementary school is described. (MP)

Guidelines developed by the Section on Endodontics of the American Association of Dental Schools for use by educational institutions as curriculum development aids are provided. Endodontics is that branch of dentistry dealing with diagnosis and treatment of oral conditions that arise as a result of pathoses of dental pulp. (MLW)

Four papers on values education with gifted students are presented. (CL)

Necessary elements for curricular guidelines developed by sections of the American Association of Dental Schools and approved by the association are outlined. Elements include course interrelationships, objectives, prerequisites, content outlines, sequencing, faculty and facility needs, bibliography, statement of authorship, and committee members.…

Contrasts what is taught by child language theorists and the traditional speech communication educators and suggests a new curricula which will better prepare children as competent communicators. Outlines needs and methods of disseminating new information so that it will be incorporated into the language arts curricula. (JMF)