This applied dissertation was designed to provide a formative evaluation of junior high and high school curriculum reform as part of a state initiated pilot program in a rural school district in southwest Mississippi. The purpose of the program was to address and respond to the 8th-grade technology literacy requirements of the No Child Left Behind…

Although the technological methods in which dance artists create, develop, document and present their work have grown significantly over the past two decades, technology education in undergraduate dance curricula in the US often remains peripheral. Some dance programs in higher education, especially those with graduate programs, now include a…

Describes a systemwide pilot project to revise and restructure a course in human relations that is a required course in several diploma and degree programs in the participating institutions. (Author)

This paper has been extracted from a follow-through study of thirty-eight secondary schools involved in the trial of a Schools Council (England) curriculum projects.

THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT WAS TO GAIN INFORMATION USEFUL IN DEVELOPING PROGRAMS FOR PREPARING PERSONS FOR EMPLOYMENT IN OCCUPATIONS INVOLVING HOME ECONOMICS KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS AND FOR PREPARING TEACHERS. THE INITIAL CURRICULUM IN HOSPITALITY EDUCATION, TRAINING IN TRADE AND PERSONAL SERVICE OCCUPATIONS PROVIDING FOOD, LODGING, AND RECREATION,…

Purpose: This paper seeks to present a rationale for a learning and assessment activity involving students in the construction of inspirational parables for diversity management within a university business studies programme. The paper reviews processes from teacher and student perspectives, describes initial outcomes and foreshadows further…

The article presents a brief overview of the Neighbourhood Game Design Project, a studio-based curriculum intervention aimed at engaging students in the design of place-based mobile games and interactive stories using geo-locative technologies (for example, GPS enabled cell phones). It describes the three curricular components that defined the…

The report documents the development and pilot test of a basic training program for supervisors of driver license examiners which employed written materials. The developmental methodology of the curriculum project is described in detail. An instructional-system process is followed, and a step-by-step review of the implementation of this process is…

The part played by the British Council and the center for Curriculum Renewal and Educational Development Overseas (CREDO) in the introduction of Nuffield 'O' Level science teaching methods into the schools of Western Nigeria is discussed. (CK)

It is hoped that this pilot attempt along with other studies based on these same data will encourage further phases of the NOBELS Project. (Author)

Describes the Environmental Education Network Project sponsored by the Environment and Consumer Protection Service of the Commission of European Communities. (HM)

This article reports the findings of a university's pilot project documenting the impact of an intervention entitled Course (Re)design for Internationalization Workshop (CRIW) on faculty perspectives and their subsequent willingness to engage in internationalization of the curriculum. Two main theories, transformative learning (Mezirow, 1991) and…

This paper reports on the planning of a pilot developmental kindergarten program for a school district that traditionally emphasized an academic kindergarten program. Background information is presented which explains the reasons for initiating the change. Steps taken to plan the program are explained, and a list of possible impediments to…

MOST OF THIS REPORT OF A PILOT PROJECT TO GATHER RESOURCE MATERIAL ON AMERICAN NEGRO SCIENTISTS FOR USE IN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL CURRICULUMS IS MADE UP OF BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES AND DESCRIPTIOONS OF THE WORK OF 21 NEGRO INVENTORS, BIOLOGISTS, CHEMISTS, AND PHYSICIANS. IT IS FELT THAT MAKING THIS LITTLE-KNOWN MATERIAL AVAILABLE WILL INCREASE…

A health education curriculum plan for the Department of Defense Dependent Schools (DODDS) in Bermuda is described and evaluated. (DS)