Law-related programs and classes make the study of law pertinent by focusing on issues of genuine concern to students and by attempting to help students develop legal survival skills. Information sources are provided about these programs. (Author/MLF)

As nations become increasingly interrelated, citizenship education must include development of a global perspective. (Author)

Comments on the decision of the Parliament of Europe to stress foreign language teaching in the member countries, and on the Council of Europe's efforts in curriculum planning ("threshold" and "waystage" level). Sees many problems appearing in the individual countries in forming teaching plans for their school systems. (IFS/WGA)

Discusses "Adaptation of 'A Threshold Level' for School Situations" (Strasbourg, 1978), comparing the original version (for adult education) with the school version. Finds that the latter requires a supplementary "threshold level," adapted to teaching and learning conditions at the elementary and secondary levels. (IFS/WGA)

Stresses the importance of including at least the principles of word processing in the business curriculum. Failure to teach word processing because of lack of equipment is a costly mistake for students as well as for the business community. (JOW)

Describes a successful concepts course for word processing, covering the concepts of origination, production, reproduction, distribution, and storage. Examines a typical unit and discusses career opportunities and the future. (CT)

Discusses integrating religious studies into the social studies curriculum. Topics include content revision and structure and selection of content. (KC)

Presents 14 principles for use in the development of a curriculum guide. (Author/FL)

The criterion for determining whether a matter is controversial is that contrary views may be held without those views being contrary to reason. Suggests that education which ignores controversial issues is seriously inadequate and that to teach a subject in a way that makes no reference to its controversial parts is to misrepresent it. (Author/KC)

The conventional school curriculum has largely ignored the local community. School-based fieldwork projects patterned after "Foxfire" can bridge the gap between classroom and community. (Author/MLF)

The cumulative learning effect is explained to help overcome lack of coordination and scheduling difficulties in programing for the gifted. An example is recounted of the model's application in an interdisciplinary series on experiencing history. (CL)

Describes videotape educational programing in culinary arts at the Culinary Institute of America. (CMV)

A description is given of a course designed to provide school nurses with an expanded knowledge about cancer and to improve negative attitudes. (JD)

Curriculum mapping breaks with traditional curriculum practices by revealing what is actually being taught, how long it is being taught, and the match between what is being taught and the district's testing program. (Author/MLF)

Presents an analysis of sponsorship as that concept has developed since 1968 in Project Follow Through and discusses the future of the sponsorship concept. (Author/IRT)