Presents a retrospective look at the curriculum reform known as the New Social Studies. Defines New Social Studies as a content organization reflecting a discipline or a teaching-learning methodology emphasizing induction, inquiry, and problem solving. Suggests that more parent involvement and student cooperation are necessary before more…

Describes the rationale behind applied academics and the research that supports it. Presents tech prep as a curricular framework that exploits the benefits of applied academics and strategies for getting an applied curriculum off the ground. (Author)

Business education can play a pivotal role in the tech prep movement. Tech prep is based on proven practices that have been used in business education. The expanded basics as well as keyboarding/computer skills have long been taught in business education. (JOW)

Suggests that teachers have to promote the features and benefits of innovations as industrial arts programs move toward technology-based curricula. Offers activities to integrate into the program to create awareness, gain acceptance, and foster support for curriculum changes. (JOW)

Analyzes the arguments against an alternative path to midwifery certification known as direct entry. Indicates that midwifery has not become or need not remain a nursing specialty. (JOW)

Identifies the elements that contribute most to effective environment education. Finds that environmental educators believe that the framework provides a valid and useful representation of the major elements that contribute to successful environmental education. (Author/CCM)

Describes ways to use the Internet in marketing education and provides a sample lesson plan for Internet activities. (SK)

The style in which reflection is advocated takes different formats, and strategies for developing it can become subjective. A framework for using both objective and subjective competencies enables the placement of reflection within the wider context of society and health care policy. (SK)

Describes how the University of North Texas is paying royalties to faculty members and their departments for developing online courses. (EV)

A Delphi panel of 19 experts identified 8 main knowledge areas of biotechnology: bioprocessing, foundations, genetic engineering, agriculture, biochemistry, medicine, environment, and bioethics. Round 2 elicited 84 subdivisions and round 3 adjusted the ratings. The resulting classification suggests a different context and focus for technology…

An interview with William Schubert emphasizes how formal study of curriculum can help teachers succeed with diverse learners. In particular, he stresses the use of interests and concerns from students' outside experiences in the curriculum. (SK)

Discusses the necessity that middle school curriculum reform include other implementation elements such as creating small communities for learning and empowering teachers and administrators. Notes that the Carnegie Corporation's "Turning Points" recommendations for curriculum change are an interactive web rather than a checklist. (JPB)

Presents a strategy for implementing curriculum compacting in the middle school classroom and discusses how to administer a curriculum compacting test. Describes curriculum compacting pathways, contracts with student rights and responsibilities, and a compacting grading policy. Includes several planning worksheets. (SAH)

Comments on the responses to the original article in this journal issue concerning universalism and multiculturalism. Indigenous science offers important scientific knowledge that western modern science has not yet learned to produce. (SAH)

Presents seven practical and two abstract problems encountered when composition was removed from an English department by the dean during the spring of 1998. Lists four main reasons for moving composition out of English including: organization; quality; lack of commitment; and pedagogy. (SG)