This study addresses the inadequacies of the traditional ninth-grade science curriculum at The Charter School of Wilmington (CSW) and proposes a focused initiative to enhance the curriculum's relevance and effectiveness. The current Integrated Science & Research curriculum lacks socioscientific inquiry, neglecting to incorporate social issues…

Structural and functional characteristics of legal education define law learning in terms that determine, through the kind of professionals it trains, the strongest possibilities for societal use of law. (Author/KE)

The authors of this book determine that traditional social studies curricula are no longer relevant to helping students cope as informed citizens in a changing society and offer a new approach to social education focusing on the full range of data sources, media, and forms of human action. The social studies curricula outlined here are based on…

The special function of curriculum development is to select and organize the content so that the desired goals of the curriculum are most effectively achieved. Various curriculum development models are examined, and issues that should be emphasized in the development and implementation of a science-technology-society curriculum are discussed. (RM)

Explores some of the conflicts in Jewish religious culture related to choosing literature to enhance or reflect literacy and to ensure continuity. Outlines questions that have stimulated postmodern skepticism about the stability of canons, and offers guidelines for selecting new materials into the canon and, hence, curriculum. (DSK)

This document examines specifically relevant issues and offers useful guidance in making decisions for elementary and secondary school mathematics education in the 1980's. The expertise of 19 authors is reflected in 14 chapters that provide an overview of mathematics today and recommendations for the future. The individual chapters are titled: (1)…

The goal of this curriculum development project is to promote student initiated research into problems of the inner city. Initial project planning is reported in ED 055 012. Emphasis in this annual report is placed on the teacher's role in program development. The first section clarifies how the developers believe teachers should be involved in…

Offers a conception of the K-12 social studies curriculum based upon a probing treatment of problems, ideas, and values of democracy. Maintains that democracy must be practiced in the schools if effective democratic citizenship is expected. Offers four guidelines for curriculum development, and identifies seven curriculum strands. (JDH)

Presented are the goals of the Marine Social Studies Project of the Curriculum and Research Development Group at the University of Hawaii. The successful implementation of the project in various states and a summary of participant reactions to a workshop are discussed. (SA)

A 3-year Project ABLE social studies curriculum for vocational students was developed by high school teachers around general vocational, citizenship, knowledge, and self-fulfillment objectives and emphasized problem-solving ability, use of new instructional materials, different teaching strategies, and individualized instruction. Structured at…

This is a brief overview of Project Canada West, initiated in April 1970 to develop relevant curriculum for Canadian education. Events and activities leading to the formation of the Project are discussed, including the influence of the publication WHAT CULTURE? WHAT HERITAGE? by A. B. Hodgetts. Problems in the organization of knowledge for the…

This publication contains seven papers, six of which were presented at a 1968 conference sponsored by the Elementary Education Advisory Council of the ASCD in cooperation with the Department of Elementary-Kindergarten-Nursery Education of the NEA. Topics covered include elements and issues in curriculum-making for children, present trends in…

This report describes a three-year project at Fordham University (New York) to develop three core courses for a new Master of Arts in Liberal Studies (MALS) program for students seeking an advanced, critical, and multidisciplinary approach to contemporary social and ethical issues. During the first year a multidisciplinary planning committee…

Claims that early childhood education programs in Australia have been dominated by ideas and practices introduced from elsewhere and only in recent years have alternative paradigms existed. Provides an overview of the development of early childhood programs in Australia, describes the context in which early childhood education curriculum has…

Interdisciplinary learning is most simply defined as the co-teaching of courses by at least two faculty members from different departments in the institution. Interdisciplinary learning in the United States began after World War II with the proposal of a core curriculum covering Western civilization, literary texts, science, and English…