Technology is a field of study within itself, and its disciplines are that of the practitioner. Technology is the tool to describe the built environment, it provides the base for "know how," and it is the base for the designer and problem solver. (JOW)

This excerpt from "Designing Challenging Vocational Courses: A Guide to Preparing a Syllabus" presents a step-by-step process for designing challenging vocational courses and preparing a syllabus to communicate course expectations to students. (Author)

In this companion to "Opening Doors", Friedman and Webb provide more helpful, hand-on tips for bringing SEM to life in your school. Readers learn, step-by-step, how to create a schedule that includes a weekly E-Slot for enrichment learning experiences as well as ideas for injecting interest-based experiences into the E-Slot, regular curriculum,…

Historically, one of the central concerns that has plagued the field of teacher education is the observation that "fragmentation" characterizes the experience of learning to teach. Too often, university-based teacher education programs consist of a set of disconnected individual courses; separate clinical work from coursework; and lack a vision of…

This paper explores the impact of a specially designed programme of communicative strategies on English second language (ESL) development in a scaffolded case study that set out to promote teacher-guided, constructive learner talk in the outcomes-based education arts and culture classroom. The programme was implemented in a multilingual secondary…

Article presented suggestions for seeking political goals and favorable political decisions vital to the survival of the programs in art education. (Author/RK)

Article considered projects for the development of science courses and science curricula for the American high school, junior high/middle school, and elementary school. (Author/RK)

Laboratory-based curriculum planning often takes too long to be of use to teachers. The author suggests, however, that the New Zealand International Society for Education through Art (INSEA) has created a balance between curriculum development as seen from the classroom teacher's view and that of the educational researcher. (RK)

Consists of two articles that (1) suggest use of the Delphi method for eliciting the recommendations of experts on the content of a meaningful and timely course of study for education and training programs and (2) discuss the importance of linking training evaluation to the processes of design and implementation. (JOW)

This report is designed to describe the current status of population education on the world education sceme and to relate this development to American education. (Author)

The successful implementation of college TV broadcasting for the purpose of better serving the community is contingent upon systematically surveying, analyzing, structuring, and executing certain criteria. The purpose of this article is to explore these criteria. (Author)

The Secondary School Physical Education Council of the National Association for Sport and Physical Education sets forth here recommendations for sound and comprehensive physical education programs in secondary schools. Role and function of the following components of a physical education program are considered: (1) the instructional program; (2)…