The University of North Carolina at Charlotte has long offered undergraduate and graduate programs in Spanish[left right arrow]English Translating and Translation Studies (TTS). The curriculum is based on a systematic articulation of history, theory, and method for all course work in different translation modes and content domains, and on…

The preparation of early childhood educators in Tunisia has become part of the mainstream pre-service teacher education programmes. Nonetheless, this field has not yet reached the expected maturity as evidenced by the lack of a guiding vision. A case in point that attests to this state of opacity is the example of foreign language (FL) education.…

There is a fundamental difference between the courses given at university drama institutes in the Netherlands and those of the drama departments in the American universities. This is one of the points to emerge from this article on the University of Amsterdam's Institute of Dramatic Art written by a senior staff member of that institute.…

The science program of a Florida school system is used as an illustration of one approach to educational accountability. Excerpts from the law, "The Educational Accountability Act of 1971," are presented to provide a feeling for the requirements, impact and implications imposed. The program described is called "The Coordinated-Articulated Science…

This paper, presented at the 1971 Annual School Science and Mathematics Association Convention, identifies crucial directions in science curriculum planning and discusses the supporting rationale. (DT)

Reviews the objectives, curriculum, teaching,and evaluation methods of elementary science in Lebanon. Also discusses some of the problems of science teaching, which include the excessive reliance on authoritarian textbooks, the emphasis on rote-learning, the pressure exerted by official examinations on teachers and students, and the resistance of…

CURRICULUM PATTERN OPTIONS FOR VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE ARE PRESENTED IN THIS GUIDE. MAJOR PROGRAM OBJECTIVES ARE TO DEVELOP--(1) AGRICULTURAL COMPETENCY FOR PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE, (2) AGRICULTURAL COMPETENCY FOR OFF-FARM OCCUPATIONS, (3) AN UNDERSTANDING OF CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AND REQUIRED TRAINING, (4) THE ABILITY TO ENTER AND ADVANCE IN AN…

Presented are the rationale and description of the curriculum objectives developed for the Adaptive Beginning-School Learning Environment Program (ABLE). Included are brief discussions of: an analysis of the historical backgrounds and theoretical assumptions and approaches of extant preschool programs; the rationale for designing the ABLE program…

Describes the physics program in Scottish secondary schools. The discussion includes (1) the course objectives, (2) the instructional approach, (3) curriculum sequence, (4) laboratory experiments, (5) student project work, and (6) the tests used. Bibliography. (LC)

This article presents a short version of the rationale for the environmental education program now going on in Maine." (Author/JS)

Describes the rationale and objectives which define the relationship between content and skills of the Civic Education Social Studies Curriculum. The curriculum is a project of the Carnegie-Mellon Education Center in cooperation with five Pittsburgh and two Bakersfield, California high schools. (KC)

The career "cascade" approach to career education for learning disabled students is described. The model is developed on the belief that career education must be life centered, developmental, and individually designed. (PHR)

This booklet gives the rationale and objectives of the Science: Grades K-6 course developed by the North Carolina Public Schools. It is designed to give an outline for introducing the program to principals and teachers. A set of transparencies is available for use with it. The program suggested closely follows the conceptual schemes developed by…