Factors influencing curriculum reform in accordance with the pluralistic and ethnic nature of American society are examined. The author recommends that curriculum change be guided by an eclectic ideological position, which he calls the pluralist-assimilationist position. (Author/DB)

The history of Pioneer Community College (Kansas City, Missouri) is described, as is its modular, competency-based innovative curriculum. Although the college has no campus, no set curriculum, and no full-time faculty, it expects a spring 1976 enrollment of 6000 students. (NHM)

An analysis of the two basic types of curriculum (collection curriculum, emphasizing the autonomy of subjects, and integrated curriculum, emphasizing the connections between subjects) and the theory of their cyclical relationship through redefinition and collapse of subject boundaries in relationship to political forces for purity and relevance.…

Describes the curriculum development project sponsored by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Thai government. The purpose of the project is to develop, treat, and implement new courses in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, General Science, Physical Science, and Mathematics. Explains the organization of…

Adopted by Unesco's International Conference on Public Education at its 31st session in 1968, this recommendation deals specifically with school education, including teacher preparation. It covers topics such as legislative and administrative provisions, studies and activities for primary and secondary schools, and teaching methods. (Author/ND)

Describes a training program designed to increase assertiveness and interpersonal skills. Program contains three major components: work situation problem solving; continuing in-house training, and evaluation. Methods include videotaping, group discussion, and role-playing. Discusses facilitator's role. Reports pilot test results concerning…

Discusses how the teacher can deal with difficulties pupils of varying ages have in understanding certain chemical ideas. The article does not support using a Piagetian model for science courses in secondary schools. It suggests that Ausubel's learning theory is of much more use to the practicing teacher. (HM)

Contends that a linear approach to a social justice curriculum cannot be developed because subject matter requires allowance for unanticipated objectives and outcomes to emerge during the course of study. Thus, different models of curriculum development are appropriate for different subject matter. Considers views of social justice represented in…

Harvard University and other institutions of higher education are reappraising their curriculum in order to recapture the intellectual values that underlie the classic liberal arts program. Simultaneously these schools are attempting to make their curriculum more relevant to social needs so that their students can cope in a competitive, highly…

Discusses how changes to a curriculum can be successfully implemented. Phase I begins with the development of a curriculum plan; Phase II involves modifications to meet the needs of a given community. Illustrative of support strategy, the successful CATIJ technique used in West Virginia to identify key functionaries and reveal the communications…

A number of taxonomies of educational objectives are described, including: (1) cognitive taxonomies by Bloom, Guilford, Gagne and Merrill, Gerlach and Sullivan, and DeBlock; (2) affective taxonomies by Karthwohl and Raven; (3) psychomotor taxonomies by Ragsdale, Simpson, and Harrow; and (4) D'Hainaut's integration of the other models. (GDC)

The author analyzes the Joint Council on Economic Education economics curriculum in terms of a framework developed by Klein, Tye, and Goodlad (1975), and points to a wide disparity between the ideal or formal curriculum and what actually goes on in the classroom. (Editor)

Describes the advantages of the small school-within-a-school plan for students having difficulty growing in an ordinary large secondary school. Uses the example of Santa Maria High School in California and how it gives students an opportunity to study a curriculum suitable for their future expectations. (RK)

The SIU School of Medicine has completed a five-year experience applying an objectives-based approach to an entire curriculum. This paper describes the instructional system and the procedures for monitoring, maintaining, and improving it and provides available outcome data. (Author/LBH)

This paper, prepared for the APA Division 17 Symposia on Developmental Psychology, Chicago, 1975, describes a primary prevention curriculum model to: (a) relate curriculum intervention to concepts from cognitive-developmental theory; (b) describe phases of the curriculum; (c) present evaluation and methodology; and (d) summarize results of the…