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 a project conducted to develop standards and guidelines for the improvement of industrial arts programs that fulfill the objectives of the Vocational Education Act of 1963. The project also sought to facilitate the incorporation of the American Industrial Arts Student Association into the total fabric of industrial arts education. (CT)

Discusses how six fundamental goals of education are attainable through education in the arts. An elementary teacher education training program designed to produce teachers who are effective at incorporating arts into general education is described. (AM)

Based on the belief that affective education cannot be left to an informal process of "warm fuzzies," the system described here is a structured instructional program with specific affective objectives and a scale for monitoring achievement. (Author/JM)

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)

Includes a description of Project Synthesis with its three-fold purpose: to describe the desired state of science education, to delineate the actual state of science education, and to assess the differences between the actual and the desired states. (MA)

Summarizes activities and programs which have been undertaken by UNESCO Associated Schools in many nations, including Bulgaria, Cameroon, Czechoslovakia, Cyprus, West Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Israel, Malta, and Romania. Projects have involved students in drawing contests, school Christmas carnivals, meetings on children's rights, and…

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)

Presents 10 comprehensive objectives related to instituting shared decision-making and individualized education in secondary schools. Illustrates applications of each objective with features from schools. (Author/JM)

Performance review, as used in one school district, is a disciplined communication process that relies heavily on interviews. In this process people in the organization cooperatively express their hopes and aspirations for a stated period and rationalize them within the context of the overall goals of the corporation. Available from Pergamon Press…

Explains why an internship is a necessary part of an applied geography curriculum. Presents a case study of an internship program at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, Toronto, which emphasizes placement in an agency with the same specialization as the student and integration of course material and field experience. (Author/DB)

Describes a grass-roots organization open to all educational administrators, however junior, in the member countries of the Commonwealth of Nations. (Editor/RK)