The far-reaching implications of curriculum change for educational reform and renewal was the subject of a CERI workshop, June 29-July 4, 1970. Reprinted from The Nature of the Curriculum for the Eighties and Onwards,'' Paris, CERI, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, 1972. (Editor)

Author summarizes the results of his survey of teachers of adults which attempted to show the relationship between the training involvement of teachers and various other factors. Attitudes to courses, opinions on course content, etc. were polled. The survey showed that the functional aspects of training were of major concern. (Editor/LF)

Provides a critique and a defense of Maryland's Project Basic, a curriculum design that uses adult activities as the source of objectives for the curriculum. (Author/MLF)

Reports the results of a survey of 104 graduate schools concerning courses in rhetoric and composition introduced from 1974 to 1978. Describes courses according to the following categories: the teaching of rhetoric and composition, theory, advanced writing, basic writing, research, and stylistics. (TJ)

Addresses the current breach between qualitative and quantitative methods for evaluation. Develops an argument for the continuity of qualitative and quantitative methods. (Author/MLF)

Some theorists are rejecting the traditional model of curriculum and raising questions about the relationship between schools and society. (Author/MLF)

The results are presented of a survey of engineering schools to determine the extent and methodology of incorporating product liability information into the curriculum. (BB)

Focuses on three foundational assumptions in postmodern thought, have implications for curriculum. Discusses the nature of open systems, the structure of complexity, and transformatory change. Argues that curriculum specialists could benefit from study of contemporary developments in the fields of biology, chemistry, cognition, literary theory,…

This article discusses the implications for curriculum theory, research, and practice of William James' thought. Also considered is the question of what curriculum theory and research might be like if James had garnered greater influence than Thorndike. (IAH)

Surveys professors regarding their attitudes about the use of multicultural literature in their adolescent literature classes, and examines syllabi to determine which adolescent literature authors are being taught. Finds these professors value multicultural literature both in theory and in practice. Notes only one non-American author mentioned on…

Discusses a study of oral communication's place in the English language arts curriculum of K-12 schools based on a telephone survey of all 50 states and an examination of curriculum frameworks. Analyzes major conceptual bases and organizational patterns. Finds that over 60% of the frameworks give extensive treatment to oral communication, but…

The aim of this study is to evaluate the changes in the curriculum of 1-5 grades in Elementary Schools and the efficiency of school administrator in managing change in the change process. The questionnaire was applied to the school administrators for the elementary schools of Usak province of Turkiye. The questionnaire comprises 3 open-ended…

The purpose of this paper is to make the case for organising teaching and learning in early childhood education around concepts and generalisations rather than inert facts. It is now widely accepted that facts alone are not enough to help children discern patterns and relationships, group things together, see big ideas and solve problems. Facts…

For decades, preservice training for principals looked something like this: While working as teachers, they took occasional courses at an education school on such topics as school finance, law, and educational theory. After a few years, they completed a culminating field assignment, which might have involved shadowing their own principals. Then…