One of the major objectives of programing for the educable mentally retarded is the development of the individual's economic competency or efficiency. In order to reinforce this objective it is necessary that classroom activities employ real money and that some type of work experience be provided so that students learn to manage a given amount of…

This paper evaluates current practices in curriculum design and discusses some proposals for using efficient Fisherian experimental designs to remedy certain shortcomings in current practices. Two general questions are approached in this paper: (1) how to obtain rational and empirical evidence that a basic curriculum under planning and development…

The need to broaden the perspective of foreign language study in order to make it available to the majority of secondary students and the place of foreign languages in the curriculum are discussed. This paper suggests that foreign language study be considered a social study. The evidence cited here supports such a conception of foreign language…

This publication has been designed to augment existing community programs and to initiate sound educational programs which will include the sexuality dimension in the total curriculum, kindergarten through grade 12. It is hoped that it will lend some clarity so such questions as should the schools teach sex education; and if so, what, by whom, how…

This publication is designed to illustrate how information about the effects of smoking can be incorporated into virtually all grade levels and curriculum areas. The book is organized into four parts. The first is a brief listing of basic facts related to cigarette smoking and its effect on health. Part Two covers units for grades kindergarten…

A series of eight summary statements, expressed as "from-to" movements for the improvement of curriculum design, serves as an outline for a discussion of efforts to relate curriculums more meaningfully to the education of disadvantaged youth: (1) From a curriculum that is rigidly scheduled and uniform to one that is flexible and geared to the…

This annotated bibliography on curriculum is the third publication of the auxiliary series to "Schools for the 70's--and Beyond," a publication and action program of NEA's Center for the Study of Instruction. Addressed principally to curriculum specialists and to university and school researchers, it is designed "to serve as an intellectual…

This research on motivation has been focused on (a) development of a measure of motivation of young children to achieve in school, a measure consonant with a five-faceted theory of constituents of motivation, and (b) a curriculum for teaching motivation to preschool children, also grounded in the theory. The resulting measure, Jumpgookies, is an…

Genre studies are offered as a needed alternative to the historical approach to the study of public speaking. Five ways to classify rhetorical genres are suggested: (1) by the changes which messages produce in audiences, (2) by the dominant methods or characterizing strategies of a message, (3) by style, (4) by culture or world view, and (5) by…

Presented is a discussion of the use of motor activity learning which may be used to foster the development of science concepts by mentally handicapped children. For the purposes of his presentation, the author uses "mentally handicapped" to designate those children who fit into any of the categories of those who are mentally retarded, have…

This issue of Impact, a bi-monthly magazine produced by the ERIC Center at The University of Michigan, examines a variety of viewpoints, issues and explorations about out future world. Included is a speech by B.F. Skinner, a presentation on the future and its impact on life/career planning, a curriculum plan for a course in futuristics, and…

The basic questions are what should be the Army's role in enlisted education programs at the high school level and what curriculum considerations are required to support the enlisted man from a service retention standpoint. For many years the Army has administered on-duty and off-duty education programs that instead of being geared to equipping…

Design tools used for instructional planning can be described in terms of inputs, outputs, major components, and their interrelations. The outputs are course length; student flow; and requirements for resources, such as facilities, material, personnel, and dollars. The inputs are the teaching institution, learners for whom the course was designed,…

The Concentrated Study (COS) program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is fulltime study of a single subject for a short period with no concurrent academic commitments. Chapter one describes the first trial of COS at MIT. Emphasis is placed on planning and preparation, description of course work and activities, and evaluation.…

This paper analyzes the writings and character of Confucius from the perspective of his title of the "First Teacher." Confucius functioned as a scholar who, in a time of political chaos, attempted to glean from the past those principles and attitudes capable both of serving the social order well and of enduring. To achieve peaceful…