The digest examines issues related to curricula for gifted and talented students. Schools should be prepared to meet the special needs of this population in a variety of ways, including identifying their learning needs, making equipment and resources available, providing for flexible progression through learning experiences and grades, and…

An analysis is provided of the internal and external pressures which affect the community college curriculum. Following introductory comments, chapter I traces the history of the contemporary community college and the changes that its curriculum has undergone. Chapter II provides an overview of four philosophical influences on education:…

Goals for the elementary school and guidelines for school work are summarized in this brief overview of Lgr 80, a new curriculum for the first 9 years of compulsory education in Sweden. Policy statements on "equivalent" education for all elementary school children, curriculum content, and the role of the school as a socializing agent are…

The Entebbe mathematics program is described briefly and is contrasted with the School Mathematics Project. The aims of teaching mathematics in general, and also the particular goals for mathematics teaching in developing countries, are discussed. (DT)

Authors attempted to get into value-oriented programs, to give the reader a general understanding of their basis and goals, in addition to considering their practical applicability in the classroom. (Author/RK)

Suggests that the role of the journalism teachers and publications advisors should be central to the development of mass media programs in school systems. (RB)

The fundamental aim of the Schools Council in Great Britain is to promote new approaches to curricula and examinations in the light of social, economic and educational changes. (Author/PG)

Career education offers great opportunities of real service to students and an expanded role for the social studies program. (Author)

A systems view of geography, omitted from the final report of the High School Geography Project, is described as used to clarify the mission of the project and to approach current problems. (Author/KM)

What is necessary, if reshaping the curriculum is to have any significance, is making the educational experience essential to the needs of all students of all ages. Equivalency testing and conflating the high school-college experience would be beneficial. (Author/PG)

Some of the theories and curriculum practices of the Waldorf Schools are described, and it is suggested that Rudolf Steiner's ideas on human growth and education deserve further study. (CS)

The question in a growing number of colleges is not what curricular changes ought to be made but what must be done to survive institutionally and individually. (Author)

Suggestions for altering the traditional textbook format for instructional materials. (HB)