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1979
Important trends concerning the role of the liberal arts curriculum in American higher education are discussed in this collection of conference papers. The "great books" program at St. John's College is examined in a paper by Eva T. H. Brann focusing on why the St. John's plan has endured and changed little since its inception. Authors…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, College Curriculum, College Faculty, College Students
Burrows, Ann, Ed. – 1977
This report on workshop activities of the Management Approach to Teaching Consumer and Homemaking Education (MATCHE) meeting in Fresno, 1977, concerns the updating and expansion of the Foods and Nutrition modules and the four remaining core modules, and also a review, discussion, and revision of the objectives for those modules. The MATCHE purpose…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Peer reviewedChamberlain, Mariam; And Others – Thought and Action, 1988
An essay on the institutionalization of women's studies in the college curriculum is followed by three responses describing women's studies programs at individual institutions and the approaches used to organize their curricula. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Feminism, Higher Education
Download full textDinnerstein, Myra; And Others – 1981
Suggestions are presented on mainstreaming women's studies in the traditional curriculum. Directors of 17 curriculum projects involved in integrating materials on women into the college curriculum participated in a 3-day conference (Princeton, New Jersey, August 27-30, 1981). The material in the handbook is drawn from the experience of these…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Chee, P. S., Ed. – 1981
This document details the proceedings of the Mathematical Education Conference held at the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. The material is divided into the following major sections: Opening Speeches; Invited Lectures; Workshop Papers on "What mathematics should we teach at secondary and post secondary schools?"; short communications…
Descriptors: Conferences, Curriculum Design, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Mays, Marilyn Elaine, Ed. – 1998
Presented at a 1996 conference on the implications of the Human Genome Project for community and technical colleges, the 30 papers included in this monograph describe methods for incorporating genetics studies into the two-year college curriculum. Among the papers provided are: (1) "Facing the Unknown: The Ethical Challenges of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, DNA, Educational Strategies
Clarkson, Philip, Ed. – 1982
This document consists of papers presented at the Second Mathematics Education Conference in May 1982 at Lae, Papua New Guinea. Included are the following titles: (1) The Use of Academic Subjects in a Service Capacity; (2) Some Factors Affecting Mathematics Learning in a National High School; (3) An Extraneous Role for the VTR in Educational…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Conferences, Curriculum Design, Educational Research
California State Univ., Fresno. Dept. of Home Economics. – 1977
Proceedings in the areas of textiles and clothing and management are presented in this third-workshop report of the Management Approach to Teaching Consumer and Homemaking Education (MATCHE), a preservice home economics teacher education curriculum design. Presentation areas include new developments and trends in home management, new trends and…
Descriptors: Clothing Instruction, Competency Based Teacher Education, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
PDF pending restorationOlympus Research Corp., Washington, DC. – 1973
A training and dissemination conference for State education officials was conducted by the Massachusetts State Department of Education. Every State and territorial department of education was invited to send the person or persons in their State most directly responsible for elementary curriculum. Fifty-two persons, representing 37 states, three…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Conference Reports, Curriculum Development
Small School District Administrators, 1985
"Making good things better" was the theme of the 1985 AASA Small School District Administrators' Conference. The keynote speaker listed four efforts school leadership should take: encouraging people to change, accelerating the growth of people, setting organizational goals, and continuing personal growth. A full day of the conference focused on…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Dinnerstein, Myra; And Others – 1981
The result of a 3-day conference on integrating women's studies into the college curriculum, this report provides background and information on how the new scholarship on women changes the assumptions, goals, and means of liberal education. It was written specifically for the Association of American Colleges. The SIROW conference was attended by…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Change Strategies, Core Curriculum, Educational Change
Rubin, Allen, Ed.; Rosenblatt, Aaron, Ed. – 1979
Major papers presented at the Conference on Research Utilization in Social Work Education are compiled in this sourcebook. The conference focused on six topics that reviewed the state of the art of research utilization and suggested directions for the future. The papers included are: Understanding Research Utilization in Social Work (Stuart A.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Quality, Field Experience Programs
Chicago City Colleges, IL. – 1985
Papers presented at "The Future of Literature in the Community College" conference are included in this proceedings. The following papers are presented: (1) "The Value of Literature in the Community College Curriculum: One Credo, Several Courses," by Carol Barrett; (2) "The Use of Literature in the Teaching of English as a Second Language," by…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College English, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction
Kvasnickova, Dana, Comp.; Petracek, Svatopluk, Ed. – 1983
A workshop was held to exchange experiences on ways and means of incorporating environmental education (EE) in preservice and inservice teacher training programs for elementary and secondary schools. These proceedings of the workshop are divided into three parts. Part 1 provides a brief report on the workshop organization, objectives,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Foreign Countries
Burrows, Ann, Ed. – 1976
Workshop proceedings in Fresno, California, concerning the development of the Management Approach to Teaching Consumer and Homemaking Education (MATCHE), a preservice home economics teacher education curriculum design, are presented in this report. Presentations from the workshop include unique and timely competency-based individualized…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Consumer Education, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
