Curriculum instruction in teacher education, the role and independence of the curriculum and the self-perception of the teacher in regard to curriculum development are identified as three problem areas in the relation of teachers to curriculum. (Author/KM)

There is a critical difference between what educational researchers know and what educational practitioners do. Curriculum workers, who are the most important variable in improving the quality of education, must not only use research but must become a part of the R process. (HD)

Discusses the results of a survey published under the title: Curriculum Preferences of California Junior College Journalism Instructors''. (GB)

Study looks at three Michigan cities to see if classrooms reflect the labor market. (Editor)

The Science Curriculum Improvement Study group had significantly greater gains in utilizing science processes than a matched group using a textbook approach. (DF)

Describes and illustrates a project (IACP) to develop instructional materials for use in junior high schools to improve student ability to evaluate the opportunities and requirements for a career in industry. Article contains sample teaching guides, conceptual schemes, and photographs. (GR)

A reexamination of the significant research done in the decade from 1956-1966 and a revision of this list to include work up to 1971. Human characteristics, equality of educational opportunity, development of the individual, nature of intelligence, methodology of educational research, and principles of learning are some of the areas covered. (RB)

Examines the innovative undergraduate curriculum at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. (HS)

Curriculum theory and its function are defined, and its present state is discussed. A model which can be used to bring order to the field of curriculum theory is presented. (CJ)