Discusses the need for K-12 energy education models that are interdisciplinary, relevant, value-oriented, and future-oriented. (MA)

Two headteachers/principals give their perspective on the development of middle schools specifying five areas of development. As well, a University of Southampton administrator provides his opinion of the quality of England's middle schools. (RK)

A curriculum for profoundly mentally retarded children is suggested, and need for research in the area of the profoundly mentally retarded is pointed out. (SBH)

Without a fundamental change in the status of practice from curriculum consumer to curriculum designer, there can be no expectation or hope that mainstreaming, multicultural education, desegregation, and sex-integrated learning will become actualized through the physical education curriculum. (Author)

Suggests that the secondary curriculum is not flexible enough to cope with the widely differing skills and abilities of pupils. (Editor)

A delineation of the changed body of school curriculum law, beginning with an examination of the U.S. Constitution and proceeding to examine the scope and limitations of the authority of Congress and the federal agencies, state governments, state courts, local boards of education, and parents. (CM)

A complete education in the future should include knowledge of self-care skills and a thorough understanding of how to adjust to a science-oriented world. (JD)

The thesis that knowledge falls into a limited number of logically distinct categories--the discipline thesis"--has been particularly influential in curriculum theory in recent years. Examines the implications of this thesis for mathematics and for curriculum design. (Author/RK)

Thirty steps for a curriculum development process are given in the form of a checklist with action to be taken listed for each step to assure attention to all program components at the appropriate times. (MF)

A thorough revision of present syllabus-design practices is necessary to achieve the goal of enabling the learner to use the target language with relative fluency in simulated speech transactions. Four new orientations are suggested that lead more directly to language use than do monolithic and paradigm-oriented linguistic features. (Author/RM)

Highlighted are issues and problems involved in developing and maintaining an off-campus social work learning service center in a rural area. A learning service center is a field instruction unit designed to directly interact with the practice community. (BR)

The curriculum and evaluation procedure for the new School of Medicine of the Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Beersheva, Israel, is described. This primary care, public health oriented curriculum, which has been developed according to competency based methods, is based on an analysis of physician performance. (Author/JEG)

Three areas (the physical environment of the school, the curriculum, and the school structure and staff roles) in which the early childhood program can either reinforce or discourage sex-stereotyped behavior are discussed. (CM)

The inclusion of controversial issues in science curriculum development is discussed with special emphasis on the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS). Guidelines for the responsible development and use of potentially controversial materials are included. (MA)

The role and structure of the "Open University" in Great Britain reflects basic social changes and attitudes. (JD)