Revisits high schools that were pioneers in curriculum integration in the early 1990s to see where they are now. Profiled are Woodland High School (California), Polytech High School (Woodside, Delaware), and Dauphin County Technical School (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania). (JOW)

The "Curriculum Integrator" designed to give teachers a framework for integrating vocational and academic curricula. Steps include: (1) establish a design team, (2) identify career clusters, (3) identify standards, (4) apply standards, (5) apply assessment strategies, (6) use standards for redesign, (7) develop an implementation plan, and (8)…

Review of nursing education research revealed cultural factors that contribute to nursing's lack of equal status in higher education: antiintellectualism in nursing and academic denigration of practice. These factors are linked to the history of women's education, separation between intellectual and practical, and the low status of caring in the…

Describes how a personal discovery of universities around the world initiating liberal education programs led to a new understanding of the value of liberal education for international development abroad and curricular adaptation in the United States. (EV)

Interviews with 109 individuals gathered data about specific events teachers experienced as they implemented integration projects. Findings indicated that teachers experience three stages of growth: (1) learning about each other; (2) curriculum strategies; and (3) instructional strategies. (JOW)

The Polytechnic High School of Kent County (Delaware) is organized in five clusters, each of which has five academic teachers. The teaming of academic and vocational teachers demonstrates the importance of group dynamics and team process in teacher preparation. (SK)

Approaches to integration include tandem/cluster courses, general education requirements, cross-curricular efforts, applied academics, academic modules in occupational courses, multidisciplinary courses, colleges within colleges, and remediation or English as a Second Language with an occupational focus. (SK)

A study examined vocational/academic integration (VAI) in four Illinois secondary sites, assuming that why schools or teachers choose to integrate will affect how they go about it. The case studies revealed the process of VAI in two different lights: as a highly formalized, documented, and administered procedure; and as an informal collection of…

Contextual learning and applied academics may be the answer to reaching all students and helping them excel in school and in their careers. Career and technical educators already use the techniques of this exemplary practice. (JOW)

Describes the challenging, award-winning programs at high schools: Sussex Technical High School in Georgetown, Delaware; William H. Turner Technical Arts High School in Miami; and Michael E. DeBakey High School for the Health Professions in Houston. Explains how they combine rigorous academic coursework with career and technical education. (JOW)

Gives an overview of trends in correctional education and describes a successful program in Delaware that focuses on teaching moral reasoning in addition to academic skills. Describes how the program was designed and offers contacts for those wanting to initiate similar programs. (JOW)

Advocates covering academic subject areas, such as taking tests and going on field trips, in the yearbook. Suggests ways of getting good coverage: assign a reporter to cover a department all year; keep clip files that contain academic-oriented coverage; have reporters get to know department chairs; and develop student surveys on study habits,…

Examines research in academic literacy and its relationship to professional development, curriculum development, and teaching; and relationship between academic literacy specialists and subject specialists. Proposes looking at research relationships in terms of co-production. (SK)

Creates awareness of the need for more research related to the planning, development, and implementation of tech prep programs and explains why it is needed. (Contains 27 references.) (JOW)