An examination of 1002 curriculum documents (selected from the 1969 exhibit at the National Conference of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) was made to provide the beginning of a pool of empirical data that can serve as a base for descriptive generalizations about curriculum design and engineering. Ten design…

The basic assumptions underlying this curriculum design are: (1) teachers and librarians in elementary and secondary schools are both concerned with the total cycle of student learning and (2) teachers and librarians guide student learning more effectively when they work together as a teaching team. The teacher's contribution is on the overall…

This guide was the product of a national conference and regional seminars, and is intended to help state and local administrators, curriculum specialists, supervisors, and teachers in establishing and operating programs of curriculum development for programs of vocational and technical education. The guidelines, representing broad approaches to…

There seem to be few answers to questions asked concerning how a curriculum might be structured, or how a curriculum is currently formulated, and what the implications might be of structuring a curriculum in various ways. Most of the literature in this area consists of either arguments for "psychological" versus "logical" structure or inconsistent…

Utilization of the principles of instructional systems development and of educational technology can eliminate the inadequacies of instructional program development by the (usually untrained) teacher responsible. The four military services have created an interservice committee on Instructional Systems Development, which has created an…

This report aims to provide a detailed description of the development of both the concept and content of an innovative undergraduate major in physical education established at the State University College at Brockport. The new approach views physical education as "the study of the significance for man of experiences in certain forms of human…

This study considers recent research in human development and behavior, synthesizes commonalities across the research sources, and draws implications for art education in the classroom from kindergarten through grade 12. The research findings in cognitive development of Jean Piaget and Jerome Bruner are examined, together with other sources…

The intent of this book is to plead the case of children's literature as an integral part of the elementary school's curriculum, as well as an important factor in the lives of children. Children's literature is broadly defined as any creative literary work that has been especially written and designed for children's use. That literature is meant…

This essay aims at conceptual clarification within the field of curriculum. The concepts of curriculum theory, design, and practice are approached from the point of view of axiology. The argument presented is based on a distinction between value principles and value judgments and the type of justification involved in reasoning about such…

Additional test items are presented to supplement those already presented for the first two concept areas of the multimedia, individualized course in economic analysis prepared for the United States Naval Academy. Related documents can be found under EM 010 787 through EM 010 823. The final evaluation report is ED 043 790, and the model developed…

This document is composed of the pretests, posttests, and unit tests of the multimedia, individualized course on economic analysis prepared for the United States Naval Academy. Related documents can be found under EM 010 787 through EM 010 822. The final evaluation report is ED 043 790, and the model developed for designing systems of…

Four types of classrooms are described in relation to individual child development, particularly the learning aspect of development. The first type of classroom is the normative grade school, which operates on the premise that people should be essentially alike rather than different. The second classroom is the behavioral competency school, which…

This paper criticizes the work of Barak Rosenshine on the effects of teachers on student achievement. The author cautions against accepting Rosenshine's generalizations on teaching techniques. He makes the specific criticisms that Rosenshine a) did not operationally define student achievement, b) did not assess the validity of the student…

Since this background paper is concerned with the formative decision makers, the humanities project is presented through the public statements of the project team in order to convey the nature and quality of the project. Three major decision points provide a framework for curriculum development. First is adoption of an input model that focuses on…

This curriculum guide for the teaching of English at the eighth, ninth, and tenth grade levels is presented in two sections. The first section, "Junior Secondary English Language," includes: "General Statement"; "Specific Suggestions"; "Relation of Language and Literature"; "Outline of Courses--English…