Incorporating an emerging view in which education is viewed from an integrated pedagogical-androgogical approach, this paper examines the theories and issues surrounding the incorporation of study skills into the aims and objectives of the education system and the school curriculum. The paper includes information from materials which deal with…

New American Schools (NAS) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that was founded by business leaders who wanted to improve the quality of public education. To explain how this organization works, an overview of its strategies for helping schools is provided here. The guide is intended for education leaders, policy makers, parents, and…

The National Education Commission on Time and Learning (NECT&L) is an independent advisory body authorized by Congress through the Education Council Act of 1991. It has been asked to make a comprehensive review of the relationship between time and learning in elementary and secondary education, including international comparisons, the use of…

This chapter on curriculum adaptation and development is taken from a guide to designing, implementing, and evaluating instruction and services for students with disabilities. It provides an overview of major curriculum options and systematic processes for selection, adaptation, and design of a curriculum for students with disabilities. Two major…

The Layers of Necessity Model developed by M. Tessmer and J. F. Wedman (1990 and following) proposes that designers create multiple layers of instructional design (ID) activities depending on the particularities of different design situations. To enrich the understanding of the model, a replication was conducted of a study conducted in 1992.…

This booklet contains guidelines for developing oral communication curricula in kindergarten through 12th grade. The booklet addresses the issue of whether students are being taught to communicate effectively, and discusses the following topics: enhancing the role of oral communication in elementary and secondary education; the objective,…

Issues and questions as discussion possibilities were listed. Some topics considered were the curriculum, the teacher, special education children, and the community school relationship. Finally, recommendations for art programs and special education students were made. (RK)

In perceiving a correlated arts program as the foundation for an art centered curriculum the author demonstrated a few examples of an interrelated arts approach. (Author/RK)

Article considered how our schools and universities can best cultivate the individual's deepest mental and spiritual qualities; how education can give him the creativity, the inner direction, the stability he needs in an era of dynamic and often violent change. (Author/RK)

This is another brief account of two of the seventeen NAIS member schools founded before 1776. (Editor/RK)

Author explained the plan for an elective senior course in a public high school in Columbia, Missouri. (Editor/RK)

A conceptual model for teaching and practicing social policy is presented, that distinguishes between social policy practice at macro- and micro-levels in order to sort out functional tasks, skills, and the consequent knowledge base. Suggestions are made regarding organizing social policy practice content in both the class and the field.…

Describes the concept of the Open University as this has been translated into actuality in Britain, discusses the science curriculum, identifies some weaknesses of the Open University, and points out parallel efforts in the United States. (PB)

The educational programs of 15 open-plan middle schools in Ohio were examined for evidence of innovative use of facilities, the teaching-learning environment, the psychosocial environment, and the curriculum. Little of an innovative nature was found; suggestions for fostering new ideas are offered. (JMB)

On the premise that corporate counsel must be an able diagnostician before he can focus on highly specialized and interrelated issues of business law, the author suggests an approach to corporate law curriculum in which the basic course balances the quality and quantity of material designed to create the needed sensitivity. (JT)