Efforts at Richmond College, City University of New York, to make economics instruction more interesting, relevant, and attuned to present-day students and more attractive to those majoring in fields other than economics are reported. Focus is also on ways of restructuring economic education on the undergraduate level. (LBH)

Several concerns regarding a shift from separate science disciplines to unified science in the secondary school are expresed. As an alternative, a life science--materials science diversion is proposed with applied sciences in each division providing an overlapping of areas. (CP)

Major barriers to sociology curriculum change are: (1) the utilitarian character of university departments, (2) confusion about educational goals, and (3) lack of a clearly articulated learning theory. Strategies for curriculum improvement should be based upon learning theory, skill development, career goals, and improving a student's knowledge…

Schooling in America was originally geared to training children to conform to the existing social order and to remain content with their position in the social hierarchy; while this conservative educational philosophy has gradually changed, some traces of it remain today. (JD)

Development of master's level clinical concentration is described with focus on: theory with method skills; method learning in the modalities of individuals, families, and groups; clinical learning with other areas of social work methodology; and field experience with classroom learning. (Author/LBH)

Outlines the Employee Development Specialist (EDS) Curriculum Plan of the U.S. Civil Service Commission, which provides the means by which trainers can gain expertise in the tasks and associated competencies of the training job by participating in a series of learning experiences. (TA)

The selection of curriculum materials in death education is often a difficult task. Criteria for selection are discussed and suggestions are made so that death educators teaching in elementary, middle and secondary schools will be able to make informed choices when purchasing or using tests, films, and other materials. (Author)

Three consecutive classes (213 students) entering the medical school under a flexible-time three-year curriculum could opt for extending their program by a year or more. Of the 30 percent who so opted, a majority did due to a desire for a better personal or academic "life-style" rather than for specific academic reasons. (Author/LBH)

The issue of quality in graduate programs is discussed generally, so that programs in the pharmaceutical sciences can be viewed in the broad context of science, rather than in the narrower confines of the profession of pharmacy. Consideration is given to goals, faculty characteristics, student quality, and development procedures. (LBH)

Describes an experiment in teaching language to young children through nature study. Activities are outlined, including the linguistic, cognitive, and cultural objectives for each. Brief illustrated descriptions are also given. (MSE)

This discussion of the inclusion of descriptive cataloging as part of library education describes the descriptive cataloging segment of the curriculum at the University of Washington, including the sequence of courses and the content and objectives of each course. (CLB)

Discusses curriculum theory in relation to educational interactive videodisc. Highlights include the influence of cultural values on curriculum, curriculum design components, and curriculum engineering, which includes planning, implementation, and evaluation. Instructional design for interactive videodisc is discussed, and 41 references are…

Suggests activities that allow three- to eight-year-old children to experience science in their everyday world. Science experiences can spin off into art, music, mathematics, literature, and other areas of the early childhood curriculum. (BB)

This paper reviews the literature on integration of home economics at the graduate level; presents a rationale for a core curriculum; describes objectives and delivery of the curriculum; and proposes research needs to evaluate approaches to training doctoral students in an integrated view of home economics. (JOW)

Describes in detail a person-centered approach to a college-level world geography course taught at St. Lawrence University (NY) which bases instruction mainly on the interests of students. Discusses how this method has enhanced the learning of world geography and helped professors avoid the pitfalls of content-centered, syllabus-oriented,…