Article is concerned with examining the process of curriculum development at Keele (Staffordshire, England) and its associated institutions over a period of 20 years and suggests that cooperation and opportunism are dominant themes in what has happened. (Author/MB)

Article suggests that the present system for teaching geometry in schools today is extremely limited and suggests a broader approach. (ML)

Describes a course designed to strengthen a student's background in organic chemistry, demonstrate the interfacing of chemistry and biology, expose undergraduates to graduate research, provide familiarity with instrumentation, and provide a novel field experience. (Author/GS)

The impact of the clinical faculty on the content of the pharmacology course is described in a discussion of trends in pharmacology instruction. Interfaculty communication and development of course objectives are reviewed, and descriptions of two baccalaureate courses at the University of Texas College of Pharmacy are appended. (LBH)

Describes an environmental chemistry course in terms of its objectives, philosophy, topics, principles, laboratory experiments, texts, supplementary material, and student response. (GS)

The developmental scheme of the systems approach could be applied effectively to the design of foreign language teacher education. After the performance objectives had been formulated and the learning tasks analyzed and characterized, the design of the system could be undertaken. This would involve--(1) functions and component analyses, (2) the…

This publication, first in a series of two intended for Utah's elementary teachers, outlines objectives for teaching visual thinking through art concepts. The second part in the series entitled "Art Is Elementary" (ED 158 872) provides teaching strategies and lesson plans for each objective. The subject areas in which the program is intended to be…

Designed to provide social studies educators with specific information for the development of local school district K-12 curriculum, this guide is organized into eight sections. Following an introduction, section 1 provides a rationale, goals, and major themes for the social studies and social sciences. Section 2 presents a scope and sequence…

Social studies is concerned with developing reflective, democratic citizenship within a global context, and includes the disciplines typically classified as belonging to the social and behavioral sciences as well as history, geography, and content selected from law, philosophy, and the humanities. It also includes those topics that focus on social…