The Planning-Implementing-Evaluating (PIE) approach to teaching seeks to involve students in three basic stages of instruction. Stage 1, planning, includes the identification of student learning objectives, facilities, and methods, and entails the preparation of curriculum, educational materials, and instructional activities. Stage 2,…

Social pressures on college administrators regarding disadvantaged students are discussed from the viewpoint of one community college president who emphasizes the vagueness of the term "disadvantaged." It is noted that for many students the campus is their first sustained immersion in a going, middle-class, American community, and that its impact…

This study examines the laws of Arizona, California, Florida, Massachusetts, and New York in an attempt to determine who has what kind of authority to control the curriculum of public and private schools in each state. The five states studied were selected to represent different degrees of centralization in the control of school curriculum. The…

This article principally summarizes: (1) highlights of some of the "work in progress," or developments taking place, in English programs in community colleges, (2) some of the reasons why changes are likely to continue to take place in community college English programs, and (3) a proposal for a "mosaic pattern" that could provide a relatively…

This booklet is intended to stimulate sharing of ideas and successful kindergarten programs among Individually Guided Education (IGE) schools. Four selected schools which have integrated kindergarten into a nongraded approach to education are described in terms of organization, the different curricula followed, the kinds of assessment used, and…

This speech explores the gap between curriculum theory and curriculum practice. It begins with a discussion of Joseph Schwab's pursuit of "the practical" in curriculum theory and then searches for a basis for "the practical." Schwab's theory involves two parts: "deliberation" as the process of dealing with a problem before taking action and "the…

Reviewed are research findings on special class placement for educable mentally retarded children and proposed are administrative and curricular alternatives. Research on special class placement is described as inconclusive and relying on untested assumptions. Normalization and individualization are seen as underlying principles in assigning…

Intended for teachers of gifted students in grades 4-6, the guide emphasizes the need for specialized instruction in mathematics, suggests methods for teaching mathematical facts and concepts, describes approaches and materials to develop students' understanding of mathematical principles, and explores ways to build skills and creativity. Stressed…

Focus on Inner City Social Studies (FICSS) is a project conceived by Melvin Arnoff to promote change in social studies curriculum and instruction in accordance with the needs and problems of an urban society. In practical terms, the purpose of the project, developed from 1968-1971 on a grant to Youngstown and other Ohio school districts, is to…

One object of this conference was to develop a practical strategy for designing a more cooperative communications structure among adult educators, publishers, and media specialists, thus assuring continuity for effective activity in developing and testing instructional materials for various categories of educationally disadvantaged adults. Another…

The adaptation is proposed of an evaluation technique to the needs of the State Department of Education of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by demonstration in a selected group of schools. Improving educational quality through Comprehensive Achievement Monitoring (CAM) is accomplished by providing students and educators with longitudinal and…

Incorporating various elements of individualized instructional programs and continuous progress plans, a type of open-end education is recommended as a way to enable each child to realize his own potential and make his greatest contribution to society. Aspects of open-end education discussed briefly include a definition of the term (it…

An experimental bibliography course designed for prospective graduate students suggests three major course content divisions. The unit topics include: (1) evaluation of the usefulness of reference tools, (2) discussion of literary periodicals, structure of modern articles, and documentation, and (3) an introduction to descriptive-analytical…

This publication contains curriculum suggestions for teaching Environmental and Community Health-Consumer Health, for grades seven, eight, and nine. Outcomes desired at this level include: 1) being aware of the practice of health quackery and being able to recognize those traits that characterize the health fraud, his techniques, and his products;…

The first part of this paper synthesizes a model for conducting inservice activities to assist schools in defining assessing the extent of open education and in identifying the action steps needed to move toward greater open education in classroom and school. Some of the implications of the basic assumptions underlying open education are…