This bulletin provides a foreword to the Program of Studies series published by the Montgomery County, Maryland Public Schools. This series outlines the unified curriculum for students from kindergarten through high school. A statement of educational goals of the system and a discussion of educational standards and requirements for graduation from…

The speaker discusses two methods of teaching. He describes the data transmission system with its use of technology (computer assistance, audio-tutoring, etc.) as merely an updating of the traditional attempt by the teacher to impart a body of subject matter and by the student to absorb and store it for future retrieval. Opposed to this…

The Agenda for Action is a model for institutionalizing a continuous and rational system of curriculum improvement. It defines the process and procedures whereby all teacher education and school service personnel programs in the College of Education at Bowling Green State University are to be reviewed and subsequently redesigned to assure that…

This is a report on teacher-designed population education, a project that was a joint venture of the Rhode Island Education Association, the National Education Association, and the University of Rhode Island. The project gave 15 Rhode Island teachers an opportunity to learn about population education and to design their own teaching procedures.…

Variable junior high school schedules were developed to inject variety and expanded course offerings in the traditional daily schedule. This report collects tables, figures, and diagrams to explain the Racine, Wisconsin, junior high school variable scheduling plan. Sample student schedules, programs of studies, the rotation cycle, and comparisons…

A review of systems engineering concepts as applied to training programs at Army training schools was conducted. It was concluded that through systems engineering, the programs are being reoriented toward actual job requirements, reducing the "nice-to-know" and focusing on the "need-to-know." Since the programs are being constructed by personnel…

This monograph aims to: (1) provide the reader with an overview of how Sweden uses adult education to help people to grow and mature; (2) motivate the professional reader to examine further the extensive literature in adult education, and to make a study also in Sweden; and (3) order and present facts learned during a visit to Sweden and state…

The volume purports to define the structure and substance of special educational provisions offered to California gifted children (in the upper 2% of general mental ability). Following a review of California's program of special education for the gifted, the nature of special education for the gifted is defined in terms of principles, needs, and…

The general thesis, which this article attempts to find an adequate theoretical framework for, is (to quote Bernstein): "How a society selects, classifies, distributes, transmits and evaluates the educational knowledge it considers to be public, reflects both the distribution of power and the principles of social control."

Illustrates and discusses the nonlinear curriculum and suggests some implications of the teacher's role in this approach to informal learning. (ED)

Article examines the various philosophical aspects of the "Tyler rationale," and attempts to weight support and criticism in light of current thought on the matter. (Author/HB)

Views the spectrum of opinions on curriculum issues as ranging from advocacy of measurable, programed, teacher-prepared objectives to advocacy of a flexible, limited, pupil-oriented framework. Also discussed are structuring the learning environment, existentialism vs behaviorism, process vs product, and other issues. (BP)

Urges the mythic approach to literary criticism as a way to develop an organized, linear college English curriculum that will make literature relevant to students' experience. (AA)

It is recommended that more opportunities be afforded in the classroom for undergraduate students to study the area of art and sport. (MM)

A curriculum is a perspective: it gives view to human knowledge, values, and skills. It imposes discipline because it presumes to create a plan or a structure for seeking and recognizing and valuing experience. (Author/IRT)