The authors present a paradigm describing how teachers and students experience the process of curricular change. Their analysis suggests that teachers may move through a sequence of stages and try a variety of strategies in order to represent women and minorities, and thus a fuller range of human experience, in their courses. (CT)

An industry-funded, school-based project which developed a sequential system of instruction for teaching watercolor to elementary students is described. This model of collaboration between a public school system and a corporation illustrates what can be done to improve art instruction. (RM)

The Desire, Ability, Means, and Need (DAMN) Cycle is a useful paradigm for understanding the lifelong learning framework in Singapore. The cycle suggests that, for learning to occur, students must have a desire and an ability to learn, including inquiring minds and higher order process skills; the means must be provided through a well-defined…

Four papers on responding to diversity in the schools were presented at the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory's Urban School Leadership Mini-Conference. This document presents two, a framework for the discussions by John Attinasi and an exploration of how differences in culture and language affect academic achievement. "Academic…

A model for improving medical training in substance abuse is presented based on the proposals of 22 Career Teacher Grant Programs. The grant provides support for training medical faculty to develop and implement a substance abuse curriculum. The model includes objectives for initial preparations and advice regarding the development and…

A key to continuing occupational segregation by sex is seen to lie in "math avoidance" by women students. Borrowing from the insights of affective education, innovators have developed "reentry mathematics" courses which turn to self-conditioning, the attitudes, the psychological mindset, and the self-defeating behaviors of…

A consortia model for colleges within a short distance of each other is described. Particular attention is given to the components of consortial infrastructure: the policy board and the role of the deans, the consortium director, the campus program coordinators, and the students' departmental boards. (Author/MLW)

Reviews current approaches to second-language syllabus design in the United Kingdom and proposes a model for planning a five-year course of study within the national curriculum framework that will take account of both the meanings a learner may wish to express and the grammatical knowledge needed, i.e., a model reconciling the semantic and…

This article examines the plight of liberal education in research-oriented institutions of higher education and proposes a model for undergraduate liberal/integrative studies that is nonindoctrinative, politically feasible, and relevant for revamping institutional life in North American culture (IAH)

Notes that criticism of the training offered by universities to future chemists is well documented. Suggests a 17-step model for the planning of a chemistry course that utilizes a competency-based training program. Explains each step and lists sample objectives. (MVL)

This article describes a teaching model, Process-Based Instruction (PBI), that is applicable to mainstream classrooms containing students with diverse abilities. PBI enables teachers to individualize instruction by involving all students in the development of plans for curriculum and learning activities. With PBI, gifted students work at their own…

This article reviews the rise of Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) in Great Britain, exposes problems presented by the behavioral objectives model and its associated IEPs, introduces the process model as an alternative, and outlines the shift from a product approach to a holistic, process approach in curriculum planning. (Author/JDD)

Proposes a model to enable programs in applied or professional psychology to clarify and refine their missions through the curricula they generate. A case example illustrates the model's application in acceptance and implementation of recommended curriculum changes in Rutgers University's Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology.…

This paper reviews service delivery models used with learning-disabled adolescents and proposes two alternative models of services. Components of an effective program include intensive basic skills instruction, explicit instruction in coping skills, successful completion of classes required for graduation, and planning for postgraduation life. (PB)

Argues that the basis for communications between teachers and between teacher and student lies in the beliefs that teachers hold about mathematics and problem solving. Proposes a framework for teacher education curricula that describes seven dimensions on which primary mathematics education can be developed. (MDH)