Comments on the criticisms of Fensham (2002) of scientific literacy curricula being designed by scientists and science educators. Suggests that an analysis of literacy leads to several propositions from which the analogy with scientific literacy can be drawn. (Author/YDS)

A project-based curriculum should meet criteria for authenticity, academic rigor, applied learning, active exploration, adult relationships, and assessment practices. Students should be taught a systematic project-planning process to ensure that projects achieve learning outcomes. (JOW)

Explains how the Conceptual Framework for Technology Education developed in 1990 attempts to integrate curricular ideas, educational philosophy, and ideologies. Discusses the components of technological method, processes, and systems. (Contains 13 references.) (SK)

Reviews the article, "Can Mathematics Education and History of Mathematics Coexist?" (M.N. Fried) which appeared in "Science and Education". Challenges Fried's assertion that combining history of mathematics with mathematics education is inherently difficult. The assertion is considered flawed in terms of both its view of history and a limited…

A postgraduate course on palliative nursing includes four class sessions and four peer review meetings in which students discuss case studies and assignments. The course is intended to prepare nurses for the bureaucratic, biomedical, social-therapeutic, and informal roles of terminal care. (SK)

Discusses the new venture decision process and reports on the development and results of this innovative decision exercise designed to help entrepreneurship students experience the process firsthand. (Author)

In a poll of members of the Industrial Arts Division of the American Vocational Association (N=1,482), a majority of the 948 respondents expressed a preference for a change in emphasis to technology education, with corresponding changes in the division's name and mission statement. (SK)

Bloom's book, "The Closing of the American Mind," is an argument for intellectual isolationism and, as such, is potentially dangerous. In addition, Bloom has misconstrued Plato's "Republic," a text central to his critique of modernity and its education. (IAH)

A graduate course in fundamentals of curriculum is described. The discussion-centered course seeks to provide a historical/conceptual framework for treatment of curriculum issues, present a variety of approaches to curriculum construction, and help students create their own approach to curriculum. An appendix describing a paper assignment is…

Suggests that nursing education must be completely restructured to meet the health-care needs of the 21st century. Describes a curriculum that would allow nurses to acquire appropriate depth and competence in the practice area of their choice. (Author/JOW)

Curriculum change in technology education can be facilitated if affective aspects of teacher concerns are considered. Informational, personal, and management concerns should be addressed for curriculum transition to be successful. (SK)

Reduced funding and increased accreditation requirements place counseling education programs in a dilemma that demands systematic program evaluation. This article reviews the literature on evaluation of professional programs and proposes a plan for evaluation of counselor education programs. (JPS)

The new genetics presents exciting challenges to nursing. Nursing must come to terms with the ethical issues presented, implement appropriate curriculum changes, and seize opportunities to expand practice. (Author)

Discusses the 1916 Committee on Social Studies report. Describes the preparation of the report, who was involved and some of the social welfare and efficiency ideas of its authors. Observes that the report culminated in the introduction of the social studies into the U.S. secondary school curriculum. (SG)

Argues for the inclusion of the study of ecology into the science curriculum to promote ecological literacy based on David Orr's book, "Ecological Literacy." (MDH)