This paper examines the evaluation of instructional materials from three viewpoints. First, an analytic system is described which has been found useful by practitioners and researchers for examining the instructional design of materials. This system can contribute to selection among competing materials and to improved use of materials in the…

Foreign language enrollment at every level is dropping, and French courses in particular have felt the effects of this reduction. Teachers must begin to see the importance of considering the students' basic attitudes, and they must actively seek to get the students interested in learning a language. Success depends on the teacher's ability to…

Several things need to be considered when designing a bilingual curriculum for and with the Navajo community. The major consideration should be the involvement of Navajo parents and the leadership of Navajo school boards. The curriculum should be developed from the Navajo point of view about their world. Designers of a bilingual education…

In the current trend toward improvement of instruction and accountability, the writing of objectives has become an almost universal requirement. Objectives, in fact, may be at a general, specific, or competency level, but it is impossible to begin to write any of these until a course configuration (format) has been developed. Construction of a…

This paper argues that quality pre-law communication programs must be developed through an organized sustained effort in the speech communication field. The development of a pre-legal communication program is discussed in terms of three interrelated states: (1) the development of a specific academic program within the speech communication…

This book addresses the need for a theoretical framework that can effectively confront the problems of responsive, responsible renewal in curriculum development and avoid the successive waves of limited approaches and polarized viewpoints that have plagued curriculum development in the past. Part 1 discusses various historical, social, and…

This paper is addressed to elementary school principals and teachers who wish to pursue the possibility of having an industrial arts program in their school. Benefits of the program to children and safety practices are discussed. Five program models currently used in Minneapolis are detailed briefly. The five model types are: classroom, prep time,…

The Experimental English Composition Program, developed at Oklahoma State University, responds to the university's need for practical composition courses and the English faculty's concern for humanistic courses. This program presents a variety of instructional options with more personalized learning manuals and a combination of individually paced…

One of the major objectives of programing for the educable mentally retarded is the development of the individual's economic competency or efficiency. In order to reinforce this objective it is necessary that classroom activities employ real money and that some type of work experience be provided so that students learn to manage a given amount of…

This paper evaluates current practices in curriculum design and discusses some proposals for using efficient Fisherian experimental designs to remedy certain shortcomings in current practices. Two general questions are approached in this paper: (1) how to obtain rational and empirical evidence that a basic curriculum under planning and development…

The need to broaden the perspective of foreign language study in order to make it available to the majority of secondary students and the place of foreign languages in the curriculum are discussed. This paper suggests that foreign language study be considered a social study. The evidence cited here supports such a conception of foreign language…

This publication has been designed to augment existing community programs and to initiate sound educational programs which will include the sexuality dimension in the total curriculum, kindergarten through grade 12. It is hoped that it will lend some clarity so such questions as should the schools teach sex education; and if so, what, by whom, how…

This publication is designed to illustrate how information about the effects of smoking can be incorporated into virtually all grade levels and curriculum areas. The book is organized into four parts. The first is a brief listing of basic facts related to cigarette smoking and its effect on health. Part Two covers units for grades kindergarten…

A series of eight summary statements, expressed as "from-to" movements for the improvement of curriculum design, serves as an outline for a discussion of efforts to relate curriculums more meaningfully to the education of disadvantaged youth: (1) From a curriculum that is rigidly scheduled and uniform to one that is flexible and geared to the…

This annotated bibliography on curriculum is the third publication of the auxiliary series to "Schools for the 70's--and Beyond," a publication and action program of NEA's Center for the Study of Instruction. Addressed principally to curriculum specialists and to university and school researchers, it is designed "to serve as an intellectual…