The rapid growth in the field of interpersonal communication has outstripped educational planning in the field, resulting in the espousal of questionable methods of selecting and presenting the materials germane to interpersonal communication. One of the more recent directions of instruction in interpersonal communication has been toward a…

INNOVATIVE VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE CURRICULUM MATERIALS WERE DESIGNED TO INCREASE SELF-UNDERSTANDING AND MOTIVATION RELATIVE TO CAREER EXPLORATION AND PLANNING. THESE MATERIALS STEMMED ORIGINALLY FROM A SURVEY OF ATTITUDES AND PLANNING RELATIVE TO CAREER DEVELOPMENT IN THE PALO ALTO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE RESEARCH DATA WAS USED AS CURRICULUM…

This document reports and interprets the survey data produced by the National Center for Education Statistics regarding course offerings and enrollments in secondary speech communication courses in 1961 and 1973. The purpose of assessing this data was to help identify the states with model programs, identify the values shown in standard-setting…

Pedagogical research in the United States has greatly influenced the methods by which research on curriculum and teaching has been carried out in Scandinavian countries. The predominant view on how to conduct scientific research in pedagogics has always been based on the positivist philosophy of science. In the late 1960s, however, criticism…

This study considers the programs of "foreign area studies" in American higher education as a case of curricular innovation and seeks to determine their impact upon the educational system. The report (1) assesses the impact of international programs by analyzing the relationships between programs and their institutional settings; (2) compares…

This book considers the basic principles and suggested criteria for dealing with educational innovations. Points discussed are a) new forces in curriculum making; b) the impact of federal programs on the curriculum; c) decision making in relationship to grants and negotiations for curriculum change; d) the effect of media, militancy, and protest…

Reported is an analysis of the meetings of three university-based curriculum development projects (one in art and two in science for elementary school students) as plans were made for first versions of curriculum and materials. A content analysis system of three phases was designed and judges were trained to apply the system to the transcribed…

This directory presents a comprehensive report on the educational theatre in the U.S. More than 60,000 data are given which describe this field as it is represented in 1,581 regionally accredited U.S. colleges and universities. The culmination of more than 18 months' work by the AETA College Curriculum Project, the book's purpose is to furnish…

The Associate of Arts and Associate of Science degree programs offered by selected colleges and universities in 13 western states were examined to determine relevant information regarding the composition of the degrees offered. The study specifically concerned: the purpose of the degree, the title assigned to the degree, the length of time…

This paper reviews recent literature pertaining to the liberal arts and general education curricula in higher education institutions today. The author suggests the establishment of a new liberal art that uses the principle of indifference to combine recognition of the familiar with the discovery of the new. However, instead of the formation of a…

The normal duties and responsibilities of school supervisors employed in 24 selected rural West Virginia school districts were determined through descriptive research methodology, and these duties and responsibilities were evaluated in terms of their importance to the supervision function. Questionnaires were sent to 38 supervisors; 34 were…

This research study was conducted to assess the effect of a biological science course, taught by lecture and auto-tutorial technique, on the prospective elementary science teachers' attitudes toward biological science. The investigator constructed the Biological Science Attitude Scale and established its reliability and validity. The subjects…

The effects of a success-oriented compensatory science program called DISCUS were determined on underachievers described as students with normal scores on intelligence tests but who maintained a grade point average below "C." Two hypotheses were formulated to focus on the attendance patterns of these students and the number of school activities…

The first of two papers constituting a case study of program reformulation in a graduate department of curriculum studies discusses the nature and status of curriculum as a field of study, and the character of program offerings by graduate curriculum faculties composed of diverse academic specialists. (Author/MLF)

The author examines the source and effect of differing valuations of types of knowledge on the adult education curriculum. He explores ideas and developments in the sociology of the curriculum and the relationship between knowledge and the curriculum in general, with application to adult education curricula. (MF)