A series of laboratory classes in the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at Nottingham University are examined including the place of the laboratories within the medical school, the influences promoting changes during the eight years since their inception, and the effects of assessment. Possible criteria for evaluation are described. (JMF)

Social pharmacy as practiced and taught in Sweden is addressed. Focus is on the pharmaceutical educational system and Sweden's pharmacy college at the University of Uppsala. Topics include student selection, curriculum, social pharmacy courses, specialized studies and research. Comparisons are made with the Finnish system and its University of…

Expresses concern by chemists at Oakland University about the hazard of toxic substances, particularly as this concern is not shared by nonchemists in the occupational safety and health fields. Describes a four-year curriculum focused at producing occupational health generalists with a firm scientific foundation. (CS)

Discussed is an exhaustive inquiry into the curriculum of British secondary schools. It concentrates on the four curriculum aspects of language, mathematics, science, and pupil personal and social development. (RE)

This article picks up the debate on the requirements of materials criticism and provides an extensive critique of the Philosophy for Children program, contributing both a description of the program material and a basis for further discussion and exchange on the issue of materials criticism. (Author/MLF)

The authors describe a model graduate reading program designed for potential reading specialists. The model suggests that teaching educational philosophy, psychology, sociology, and physiology precede the teaching of reading methodology, thereby first developing a theoretical foundation. (KC)

The article describes a program for elementary age students at the Meeting Street School (North Kensington, Rhode Island) which was designed to help normal children understand what it means to be handicapped. (SBH)

Discusses elements in selecting program content in the design of industrial arts curricula: the cluster approach, using a trade-and-job-analysis approach to curriculum design, or the concept approach, which takes a broader emphasis from the social institution of industry and the knowledge base of technology. (MF)

This paper examines current Australian thought on definitions, time allotments, curriculum design, and theoretical orientation for career education at the secondary level. Australian career education objectives are compared to those of the United States. Several operational programs are described and problems for the future considered. (SJL)

Tests of attitudes and behavior of teachers showed a direct relationship between open attitudes and open educational practices; custodial pupil control orientation was inversely related. (Editor)

The author considers the role of the school, the teacher, and the curriculum in socializing children to our heterogeneous society. She outlines the "planned variation" curriculum design of Head Start and Follow Through to illustrate how differing social perspectives lead to the creation of different early curriculum experiences. (SJL)

The article offers guidelines for developing specialized programs for gifted students. Sections address rationale for a specialized program, definition of giftedness, identification strategies, program models (including B. Bloom's and A. Tannenbaum's models), curriculum models, and program evaluation. (SBH)

Describes a science curriculum, grades 1-12, which features an interdisciplinary approach with a focus on science as an adjunct to reading and math. (Author/MA)

Suggests science activities for gifted students based on the characteristics and needs identified and discussed in the article. (MA)

A study carried out in an Ohio community of attitudes of parents towards the implementation of a sex education program in school is reviewed. (YG)