Presents three different curricular approaches to early childhood education and stresses the importance of consistency among philosophy, theoretical underpinnings, and practice in deliberations surrounding training programs for early childhood workers. (Author/MLF)

This study examined the effectiveness of the Early Childhood Curriculum (ECC) as a viable instrument for the immediate acceleration of cognitive development among preschoolers. During an eight month tutorial project, ten 3-year-old children received one 15 minute lesson each week from the curriculum. (Author/SB)

Reports an attempt to observe, describe, and account for the ways in which four teachers planned their curricula and explores the relationship between the teachers' perceptions of some of the elements in the planning process and the ways in which they go about their planning. (Author/MLF)

Examines the social and cultural conditions in which U.S. art education was constructed, considering the social interests that underlay its formation. Traces curriculum theory from around 1870 to the present. States that the history of curriculum involves a story of social transformation, political interests, and economic agendas. (GEA)

Focuses on two programs that anticipated current writing across the curriculum programs: the Functional Writing Program at Colgate (1949-1961) and the Prose Improvement Committee at the University of California at Berkeley (1950-1965). Discusses how both programs viewed writing as an activity to unify the intellectual community and link…

It is taken for granted that doing research means collecting and processing data in ways that allow researchers to report in print. The use of visual rather than literary media for conducting and reporting research is discussed. (RM)

The author reviews trends in the curriculum field, pointing out how it suffers from "ahistoricism." Schools must be responsible for countering cycles and fashions. Curriculum reform efforts should be an attempt to solve problems based on knowledge from previous experience. (MD)

Describes a program of curriculum review and development carried out in a semirural school district in Pennsylvania. (FL)

Presents findings on the current state of development of gerontological content in the curricula of the nation's graduate schools of social work. Findings indicated that these schools have made a significant start toward incorporating gerontological content. Proposes four basic models to accommodate further expansion in gerontological social work…

Considers the role of the curriculum scholar in the university and with the public school. (RK)

Offers a composite picture of the typical junior high school speech programs in two Ohio suburban school systems. (MH)

This paper reports some of the results of the "Raising Standards in Numeracy" project which was funded by the Welsh Assembly during the period 1999/2000. Schools in which pupils achieved standards significantly higher than would have been expected from their prior attainment were identified using value-added analyses in order to explore…

A conceptual model is described which results from the need to organize world of work knowledge to enable curriculum developers to prepare accurate, realistic instructional materials. (MS)