This qualitative study, investigating the claims, concerns, and issues arising within the design stages of problem-based learning (PBL) curriculum units, was conducted during two masters-level classes during the summer of 1999. A hermeneutic dialectic discourse among veteran teachers (who were novice PBL curriculum designers) was facilitated by…

The distinguished teachers and historians on the Bradley Commission on History in Schools suggested the basic themes, narratives, topics, and questions essential to the study of United States history, of Western civilization, and of world history. This guide provides teachers, administrators, and parents with principles of selection and…

The role of grammar instruction in proficiency-oriented second language instruction (POI) is examined, drawing on research and theory on second language use and instruction. Several premises are stated: (1) formal grammar has an important role in POI, while focus on form and communicative practice should be maintained; (2) in POI, a syllabus that…

The purpose of this article is to give some tentative answers to questions such as 1) what is it like to teach at an experimental college? and 2) what kind of rewards and costs can the instructor expect? (Author/RK)

The following analysis traced some of the history of general education in the two-year college, with an eye toward explaining why general education has reached its present low status in the hierarchy of community college concerns. (Author/RK)

A discussion of student-generated hierarchies developed for a mathematics objective by several small groups and validated on a second group. About 40 percent of the student-generated hierarchies were validated indicating that student input can be obtained to produce useful learning hierarchies. (Author)

The purpose of this paper is to consider the function and the use of lists of objectives prepared by someone other than the learner. (Author)

Article present a brief inventory of some issues which will demand a reassessment and a change in teacher performance. (Author)

Article suggests the development of learning experiences as a way to open levels of learning for all children. (Author/RK)

Article is based on remarks made at the 1969 Joint California AHPER and Southwest District AAHPER Convention in Sacramento.

Examines current status of college science education in light of recent calls for reintroduction of science into liberal arts curriculum, presenting a course sequence as basis for discussion. Proposes advantages of and need for a committee to monitor courses in the sequence. Also lists advantages of increased exposure to science. (JM)