The Washington Center for Improving the Quality of Undergraduate Education is a consortium of two- and four-year colleges that coordinates development of course designs used by 37 public and private institutions. Programs emphasize collaborative teaching, thematically grouped courses, and writing across the curriculum and have been well received.…

Discusses the nature of citizenship and notes that abstract terms such as citizenship are subject to multiple definitions that are usually functional in nature. Summarizes by constructing a model of the ideal citizen. Describes exemplary curricula and materials being used in the United States and Canada, and makes recommendations for improving…

Questions whether a radical shift in the factual content of American schools' curricula has ever occurred. Reviews a representative high school social studies textbook, finding that it contains more historical terms than does Hirsch's famous list. (NH)

Describes the steps needed to develop a computer-managed learning system that is derived from a network-based curriculum such as the Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT). System components that are described include curriculum mapping, including objectives; lesson outlines; and a framework for evaluating students and instructional…

Reviews current biochemistry, education, and polymer course options found in chemistry programs. Proposes a new core curriculum with 28 semester hours with courses in inorganic, chemical, and instrumental analysis, organic, bioorganic, and physical chemistry. Notes that the new curriculum would better prepare students for the existing employment…

Outlines some ways in which schools in different countries have incorporated career guidance in their curriculum. Uses a conceptual model to examine the changing role of career guidance in Great Britain. Explores implications of this model. Makes comments on the impact of world economics crises and of various sociopolitical aims on careers…

Provides a definition of career education. Discusses strategies and makes suggestions for planning a curriculum which includes career education. Describes the establishment of such programs both in and outside school in Brazil, Canada, China, Greece, India, Japan, Kenya, Latin America, Poland, Romania, and Spain. (KO)

Offers a practical curriculum for the composition classroom which takes into account a socially informed sequence of work. Argues that every student possesses a socially constituted generic lexicon which functions as a complex code of verbal behavior. Urges teachers to establish mediating links between familiar and unfamiliar generic contexts.…

Describes a humanities program for senior high school basic classes. Notes that the course covers Greek drama, poetry, art, classical music, and Shakespearean plays. Asserts that giving lower-ability students a chance to study the classics makes them feel less alienated from the mainstream. (MM)

Examines the stability and variability in teaching styles of two junior high English teachers. Teachers were selected on the basis of extreme differences in classroom management effectiveness and in the achievement of their students. Guidelines and suggestions for effective teaching are offered. (DE)

A discussion of medical ethics in the medical curriculum reviews its recent history, examines areas of consensus, and describes teaching objectives and methods, course content, and program evaluation at preclinical and clinical levels. Prerequisites for successful institutionalization of medical ethics education are defined, and its future is…

Describes the history of computer science departments at universities in China. Educational principles that characterize Chinese computer science education are discussed, selection of students for universities is described, and curricula for both undergraduate and graduate computer science studies are outlined. (LRW)

To offset the current extreme trend in public school curriculum toward accountability and quantifiable, testable learning objectives, this essay addresses the curricular implications of adopting a perspective of "sympathetic knowing," defined as appreciation, experiencing connectedness, and experiencing social responsibility. (TE)

A study examined the definition of student academic standing and its relationship to several administrative and academic standards (graduation requirements, grading systems, calendars, curricula, probation categories and procedures, requirements for readmission, dean's lists, and graduation rates) at 25 small colleges at six levels of selectivity.…

Reviews the uses of microcomputers in library automation, examines existing library school courses in microcomputing, and discusses the need for further integration of microcomputing into the curriculum. A prototype for an advanced course in microcomputing and the results of an implementation of this course are described. (8 references) (CLB)