For perspective on the interdisciplinary challenge in higher education, it is important to understand the concept and origins of the "discipline." Disciplines are convenient but artificial constructs, and while academia may be divided into them, the world is not. A sense of the balance and connection between them is vital. (MSE)

Looks at the planning and implementation of the art curriculum in Virginia Beach City (VA) Public Schools. Lists the goals of the art education program and the components that serve as the organizational framework. Provides a brief description of elementary and secondary curricula. Discusses problems and solutions involved with the implementation…

The interest in making science and technology more relevant and more accessible to all secondary students in Australia is discussed, focusing on some of the difficulties anticipated in taking such an approach. (MSE)

While the study of minority literatures has gained acceptance in college classrooms, graduate programs, and scholarly journals, its place in the discipline of literary studies is far from assured, and its success raises questions about definition and direction. (MSE)

A graduate level core course in curriculum and program design is described. Designed as a comprehensive introduction to curriculum studies, course content has three basic dimensions: perspective, paradigm, and possibility. Reading, pedagogic strategies and evaluation mechanisms are discussed. (IAH)

Presents guidelines designed to encourage children to focus on the message rather than the word as they write. Offers strategies and ideas designed to help children explore writing in ways they see as relevant. (NH)

Surveys the history of library education and publishing from 1876 to the present in order to examine the relationship between the curriculum in library science schools and library literature. The emphasis is on how publishing for library education is influenced by changes in curriculum and how practice in librarianship influences both. (58…

Raises questions about gender in relation to educational guidance and counseling. Discusses three areas of study with substantial feminist contributions: discourse theory, research on curriculum construction, and therapeutic counseling. Suggests ways toward a more thoroughly gendered approach to guidance. (JPS)

Communicative language teaching has been hailed as revolutionary and has achieved a solid base of widely accepted principles, yet its transmission to scholars has been hampered by debate and confusion. This paper explores the reasons why and suggests ways of overcoming the disunity that hinders further progress. (119 references) (JL)

Explores how practitioners might evaluate the merits of various curriculum integration formats. Provides a rationale, followed by an outline of prominent integration forms (interdisciplinary curriculum, integration around skills, and integration of students' experiences, internal life, and curricula) and criteria for establishing their merit.…

Considers feminist thought about the maternal relation as a possibly significant contribution to curriculum studies. Reframes feminists' critique of the maternal as an analysis of a hidden curriculum in child rearing. Identifies descriptive, negative, problematic, normative, and critical senses of the maternal within this critique that influence…

Looks at the role of learning counselor, which the teacher has to assume in a learner-centered approach to second language learning, and the responsibilities such a role demands. (16 references) (VWL)

Explores the placement of business studies courses within design and technology education programs in the United Kingdom. Reports the sense of isolation felt by business educators. Suggests a progression by which economic concepts could be taught on the various grade levels. Calls for further discussion of the proposal. (SG)

According to 59 responses from 214 technology teacher education programs, most courses are very technical; many used textbooks (often dated) designed primarily for industrial education; and 44% of courses were offered to technology, vocational, and training majors combined, a potential dilution of focus. (SK)

A variety of units (e.g., word, structure, notion, function, and situation) are used in synthetic syllabi, but task has recently appeared as the unit of analysis in three primarily analytic, Type B alternatives: procedural, process, and task syllabi. Descriptions and limitations of each are presented. (138 references) (Author/LB)