Defining and developing a quality control technician curriculum for an associate degree program is a difficult and puzzling job. There are as many definitions of quality control and curriculum ideas as there are educators asked. However, one could start by dividing the field into its major areas--heavy manufacturing, maintenance, research, and…

Recent trends in science education associated with the evolution of science curriculum development centers in the Asian region are reviewed. These trends, and factors influencing them, are discussed under the following headings: science education and curriculum development centers; adaptation phase; shifts toward indigenous programs; science…

Distance education, especially in the form of correspondence study, is not a new phenomenon, but the success of the British Open University has given it a new image. Distance education programs have been developed to respond to a variety of societal and educational situations for which traditional classroom-based approaches are less feasible. They…

The following papers on foreign language curriculum development for the 1980s are included: (1) "Foreign Language and the Humanistic Tradition: The Relationship to the Coming Decade," by Claire Gaudiani; (2) "Practical Implications of New Trends and Directions," by Wilga Rivers; (3) "Directions in Foreign Language Curriculum Development," by H. H.…

A collection of 12 essays provides an overview of population education in Asia and Oceania with regard to concepts, status, approaches in curriculum and materials development, methodologies, and research and evaluation. The collection is presented in five sections. Section I explores general definitions of population education; its role as part of…

In 1964 the island of St. Lucia began the St. Lucia Mathematics Program, a five-year program designed to develop materials and a primary level program of modern mathematics for use in the English-speaking Caribbean territories. Representatives from the ministry of education, the teachers' college, and the University of the West Indies Institute of…

This report contains a narrative description of a project to produce a manual for use by student personnel staff to enhance the employment-related interpersonal skills of handicapped community college students. The first two sections overview the project and discuss the need for the project as reflected in the research, literature, and a…

Cultural pluralism is the rationale currently used for implementation of American Indian or Native Studies, but the practice of Indian Studies has always been an inherent part of Indian cultures. Problems currently facing Indian Studies include: belief by some that Indian Studies most properly belongs in the home; inadequate and/or erroneous…

Described in this paper is the development and evaluation of the Employability Skills Series by the Florida Department of Education, 1975-1977. Focusing on skills involved in getting and keeping any job, the series is intended for use with secondary students and adults and is on approximately a fifth grade reading level. It consists of six student…

The document is the first volume of the final report on an inservice training institute in career education; five teams of K-12 educators from three different school districts in one region of Pennsylvania in the three one-week sessions, which were held at four-week intervals. The goals of the institute were to improve the scope of the…

The report summarizes the activities of a two-week workshop designed to teach the basic technique of developing competency-based curriculum materials. Participants were the staff of a proposed career development center for high school and postsecondary students. The workshops were conducted in February and March of 1974 and were Phase Two of a…

Part of the AIR Career Education Curriculum Project for grades K-9, the handbook is intended for school district administrative personnel considering introduction of career education for their districts. Report 1 lists and describes procedures for career education implementation, with potential options for each procedure. Focus is on the first,…

With the aid of a grant from the Advanced Institutional Development Program, a group of Central YMCA Community College (CYCC) faculty were given released time to inquire into curriculum priorities. This document establishes the focal points of future curriculum discussions and outlines the developments which this faculty group hopes will ensue as…

The major thrust of the project dealt with the problems of current elementary, junior high, and senior high courses in United States history. Nine specified objectives were: 1) to encourage social scientists to participate in curriculum development; 2) to secure an identification of basic ideas and concepts concerning American society; 3) to…

This report identifies and reviews projects and strategies that have proved successful in eliminating sex bias in vocational education. The information is intended to facilitate the development of affirmative measures by the States to eliminate sex discrimination in vocational education programs and to aid them in complying with regulations of…