Describes a school-based project which attempts to break down the barriers between art, design and environmental education. (Editor/RK)

Author visited a special school which tried to provide a "normal" curriculum for its severely handicapped children. (Editor/RK)

Author suggested that schools should do away with their remedial departments. (Editor/RK)

Author investigated another part of the curriculum he considered "hidden," that is, teacher attitudes and the student reaction to them. Article evaluated three main types of teacher attitudes the student finds ways and means to uncover, namely, the teacher's attitude toward himself as teacher and person, toward his students, and toward his subject…

By applying futures research approaches educators are able to reject demands and/or claims based upon simplistic visions. They can, therefore, make more realistic curriculum revisions in planning communication skills programs that will benefit students in the future. (Author/RK)

This article discusses a general program of health education in schools based on the theory that children exposed to this program can, as they grow and change, respond to their bodies, function in a group, select a wide variety of appropriate foods, accept medical and dental care, and modify hazardous situations. (JD)

Historic preservation at Goucher is nominally designed to train students in techniques of maintaining the physical fabric of the past, to prepare them for graduate studies, and for careers as urban planners, historical archivists, and neighborhood preservationists. The success of the program is described. (Author/LBH)

Describes a chemistry curriculum development program for nonscience majors being developed in Israel, which emphasizes flexibility in the development and in the final course products. (SL)

This document describes primary, secondary and teacher training curricular policy relating to education for citizenship in Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic in order to make practical recommendations for improved design, quality and implementation of these initiatives in the three countries selected. The first chapter describes the Caribbean…

This book is designed to help adults gain the range of math skills they need to succeed in life and work and on standardized tests including the GED. It is expected to help students overcome math anxiety, discover math as interesting and purposeful, and develop good number sense. Lessons are organized around four strands: (1) skill lessons…

This book contains a collection of division lessons that support curriculum and instruction. It is expected that 3rd and 4th grade students will establish a firm foundation of understanding and skills in division. The lessons address broader goals of division instruction and are aimed at supporting students' growth toward proficiency based on…

Arithmetic is the major focus of elementary mathematics instruction. This book offers lessons for developing children's numerical understanding and skills. The lessons help children learn to estimate, understand numerical relationships, develop number sense, compute mentally and with paper and pencil, and use arithmetic as a tool to solve…

Research on effective beginning reading instruction has helped to define what instructional methods and content are most valuable. The research has shown that three important aspects of beginning reading instruction are alphabetic principles, reading fluency, and reading comprehension. A review of research in Part 1 of this Technical Paper…

San Antonio College, a college of the Alamo Community College District, develops a system of academic program review in order to ensure effective and efficient delivery of the instructional services provided at the institution. This document provides guidelines on completing a program review. Through the review, the college aims to produce the…