The article describes elements needed in a curriculum scope and sequence for gifted students, explains a general process for curriculum scope and sequence development, and presents some examples of different curriculum frameworks which incorporate these elements (Author/CB)

Ten smoking prevention-education programs are profiled in this article. Each profile includes a program description, availability of information, appropriate contacts and, when available, a brief description of program evaluations. (DF)

The purposes of this study were to determine the health concerns of students enrolled in personal health classes, to compare the results with earlier studies that used the same instrument, and to investigate the effect of gender on health concerns. Results are discussed and conclusions regarding health education curricula are elaborated. (MT)

The life-cycle approach to the process of redesigning a business education curriculum to include word/information processing includes four steps: the study phase, the design phase, the development phase, and the operation phase. The method implements extensive curriculum changes in an orderly and effective manner. (SK)

Describes a media studies program that allows undergraduates to develop a speciality (such as broadcast sales) within a liberal arts program and communications core curriculum. (PD)

Describes a four-course series in organizational communication and the competencies the series develops. (PD)

Discusses issues related to goals of science education, considering the context of the curriculum during compulsory education and two concepts of curriculum design (balanced and core curricula). Also discusses four themes emerging from the debate on the goals: problem solving; understanding of self; cultural heritage; and moral/ethical issues. (JN)

Describes the development of a doctoral program in public relations that closely parallels the 1982 model developed by the International Public Relations Association. (PD)

To overcome the fragmentation of secondary school curricula, the authors argue for a core curriculum of cluster courses, allowing students to acquire required skills and pattern their options. They suggest clusters in languages, business, histroy, art, home economics, and industrial education, alternating through four years of the curriculum. (JW)

The function of dialogue among educators in creating a humanistic curriculum is analyzed and related to three humanistic organizational theories. (GW)

Discusses four possible approaches for teaching political science in the classroom, including analyzing the classroom as a political arena, employing case studies, using simulation games, and orchestrating encounters with political figures. (Author/JG)

Describes design of a five-session workshop program developed by the Parma (Ohio) School System to introduce the metric system to laymen. (JG)

Describes an educational interface designed to allow non-computer oriented authors to design courses for use on the Havering Computer Managed Learning System. (Author/LS)

This report offers guidance for those shaping policy and designing elementary and middle school science and mathematics courses that prepare students to be lifelong users of scientific and mathematical ideas. We have reviewed programs designed to improve elementary and middle school students' understanding of science and mathematics by…

This paper compares the curriculum design model developed by R. W. Tyler (1902-1994) with a model of instructional design at Siena College, Albany, New York, as exemplified in a course taught by L. Stokes, professor of accounting. Tyler's model, which became the basis for many other models of instruction, consisted of four parts: (1) defining…