Intended for educators interested in and committed to an information feedback/evaluation system, this 3-part training package contains information pertaining to the Evaluation Service Center for Occupational Education (ESCOE) and what it has to offer by way of behavioral objectives, curriculum improvement, and feedback services. Part 1 contains…

Realistic specific objectives can be derived only from a rigorous analysis of needs in terms of skills, attitudes, and knowledge, and by a full participation of all teachers. One approach for defining aims of psychiatric education in England is described. (LBH)

Examines six simplistic beliefs about curriculum and their implications for curriculum development and educational practice. Argues that simplistic notions of curriculum must be challenged, and extensive efforts must be made to develop a comprehensive concept of curriculum. (JG)

Discusses a strategy for unifying and improving the social studies curriculum through an "outcomes sought" approach. Outlines eight measurable qualities students completing social studies should have achieved. Discusses implications of this approach. (LP)

Stress is placed here on developing concepts or big ideas and behavioral objectives or measurable objectives as a means of structuring or ordering bodies of knowledge relative to venereal education. (Author)

This paper identifies the issues in which behavioral objectives and accountability are embedded and describes the historical context in which they have emerged in the field of education. (Author/RK)

Author discusses various arguments for and against behavioral objectives inasmuch as music teachers will soon have to decide whether a behavioral approach to music education has merit and should be adopted as a guiding principle for the profession. (Author/MB)

The author criticizes brief, vague educational goals and advocates broad, unambiguous objectives stated in terms of student behavior. (CP)

Describes an optimized learning activity which benefits students, faculty, and administration. Through a self-study program of minicourses, students can work at their own pace to meet performance objectives and take competency tests as often as they think they are ready. (Author/TS)

Describes a science-based three dimensional model (affective, cognitive, and processes and skills) for environmental education for grades K-12. Provides illustrative behavioral objectives and suggests lists of content and learning experiences suitable for primary, intermediate, middle school, and high school students. (AL)

Discusses recent approaches to curriculum design and educational research, and questions the desirability of behavioral objectives. Pleads for allowing students to set their own objectives (the intrinsic approach) rather than coercing them to achieve objectives set by curriculum designers. Discusses five assumptions basic to this approach. (EB)

My study explores a curriculum development project for Israel education in a liberal Jewish high school. Through an action research framework, I investigate the tensions between teaching about Israel to achieve critical thinking goals and to facilitate students' development of positive affinity for Israel. I also explore the affordances and…

This article describes how to implement the four-phase curriculum review model, a simplified process for renovating a high school health and physical education curriculum. Although this model was used at a large suburban high school, it could be adapted for use by smaller schools or other disciplines. The four phases of this model are: (1) needs…

The document consists of collected articles which provide information to teachers on constructing goals for K-12 social studies and developing learning activities which implement those goals. The project was undertaken in response to national interest in citizenship education and in an attempt to enable teachers to identify basic skills to which…