Five important office occupations areas are listed, including a description of the specific word processing objectives within each one. The areas include keyboarding skills, written communication skills, organizational skills, word processing concepts, and positive business attitudes. Also discusses curriculum plans for the future. (CT)

Any debate about general education is seen as a debate about culture, curricula, and proportion; common or not so common values; the nature of knowledge and the desire and necessity of transferring traditions from one generation to the next; and the degree to which undergraduate study should emphasize specialization. (MLW)

Outlines methods for developing a social studies curriculum by identifying community mores, student characteristics, specific outcomes expected of students, teacher behaviors, and textbook selection. The rationale is that in determining goals, it is necessary to focus on the community and the students and their development within that community.…

The educational philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead is briefly outlined and its principles applied to the structure and development of curriculum for veterinary education. Selecting learning experiences to meet Whitehead's educational aims is discussed, and the problem of integrating literary, scientific, and technical components is noted. (MSE)

Briefly discusses music programing for special audiences. An illustrative exercise provided to point out a programing format, especially the sequencing activities and utilization of resources. (Author/MP)

Reviewed are issues identified as critical to the further development of environmental education worldwide. Four levels of goals for curriculum development in environmental education are prescribed. Results of a validity assessment of the goals are presented. (RE)

Outlines the structural elements useful for systematic construction of an industrial arts curriculum. Steps include (1) curriculum foundations (definition, rationale, goals); (2) curriculum content (scope, sequence, specifications); and (3) curriculum evaluation. (SK)

Reviews a study designed to determine which topics students and parents believe should be included in an introductory psychology course on the college level. Parents and students believed that anxiety and punishment should receive major emphasis and that little importance should be attached to the history of psychology, perception and attention,…

New nutrition curricula represent a total nutrition education program which includes a curriculum, statement of objectives, and a means for evaluating student achievement. Curriculum evaluation studies need to incorporate the best of evaluation research methodology. (JN)

Some major circumstances that require the development of new curriculum models are briefly discussed, and a statement of what a curriculum model must include to be viable is presented. (Article originally published in 1965.) (AF)

Examines eight reasons diffusion efforts fail to produce instructional change. Recommends a model for change which focuses on teachers, the instructional program, and the school system and uses a team of an internal change agent, external change agent, and a consultant or diffuser. (CK)

Discusses the need for a behavioral science curriculum in community colleges. Underscores differentiation among the terms concepts, values, and skills as basic to curricula building. Outlines objectives based on various types of academic disciplines, occupation roles, student priorities, and learning expectations. Emphasizes evaluation of…

Addresses whether English teaching has a literacy project of its own. Discusses a holistic, integrated view of literacy as comprising three interlocking dimensions: operational, cultural, and critical. Suggests English teaching should engage with philosophy, the humanities, and the arts. Proposes that educators need to develop a better…

Traditional mathematics education is a relic of the past and is inadequate for the challenges of the future. A blueprint for restructuring the mathematics curriculum is offered. Five broad goals are presented, an enriched curriculum is described, and principles related to affective learning in mathematics are identified. (IAH)