This booklet summarizes findings of a study, the Effective Schools Project, which sought to promote public discussion about improving educational quality in Australia. Questionnaires that were distributed with 300,000 booklets elicited a total of 7,203 responses from principals, parents, staff, and schools. Respondents were asked to identify the…

This document provides a structure within which teaching staff can improve students' learning experiences and predict specific learner outcomes in health education. The material is presented in four chapters followed by an appendix. Chapters 1-3 examine the system's values, learner values, philosophy of education, mission for public education and…

A survey of training programs for teachers of English as a Second Language is presented. The survey focused on 177 graduate level ESL teacher education programs. The study categorized 177 graduate-level programs into three groups. Over 1,300 different course titles occurring 2,567 times across the programs are integrated in 27 areas that are later…

Intended for teachers, administrators, members of school district governing boards, and concerned others, this model curriculum guide was developed to reflect the strongest possible professional consensus about the English-language arts content that every student in the State of California should be exposed to before graduating from high school.…

David Clavier advances four arguments for placing administrative control of public relations education programs in the hands of journalism departments: (1) tradition, (2) professional associations, (3) essential skills, and (4) resources. However, there is a trend away from teaching public relations in journalism departments because such curricula…

The importance of thinking suggests the need for learning activities which promote this ability of man if he is not to be totally dependent as a learner and a thinker. Four examples of the kinds of activities which might stimulate student thought, both intuitively and cognitively, were provided. (Author/RK)

Article presented three examples of an informal humanities approach attempted at the elementary level, specifically, at the Brookside School, a coeducational day school at the Cranbrook educational community in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. (Author/RK)

Describes a new 4-semester chemistry-biochemistry sequence, an integration and condensation of the traditional 5-semester sequence of general chemistry, organic chemistry, and medical biological chemistry, which has been sufficiently successful at the University of Michigan to be worthy of consideration as a component of regular premedical-medical…

A criterion for development of syllabi for mathematics courses is discussed. This criterion is based on the biogenetic law that individuals develop through all the stages of the development of the species. (SD)

Surveys the research literature on the influence of curricula on attitudes toward science. Research includes teacher's perceptions, comparisons among school subjects, curriculum variables, case studies, and instructional effects. (GS)

Article focused on Women's Studies in the curriculum of higher education and examined the field in terms of rationale, program requirements and administration. (Author/RK)

Presents the opinion that the future of physics may well depend on teacher willingness to enable more young people to be successful in their physics studies. (GS)

Explains the terms "naturalistic" and "formalistic" as they apply to mathematics. Outlines the problems involved in deciding what kind of mathematics is appropriate for the average sixth former. Identifies new ideas in the applicability of mathematics and presents a case for teaching mathematics from a naturalistic point of view. (GS)