This article discusses the three ways in which language teaching and content teaching may be related. (CFM)

Efforts of the Agricultural Education Department at the University of Arizona in developing a program to prepare cooperative extension agents are described, and the program's principles and components are outlined. (HD)

Examines the way in which federally mandated programs are implemented. Concludes that the federal mandate is often interpreted in terms of the attitudes and needs of the local community and is often misused to further ends that are at odds with those of the mandate. (Editor/RK)

Examines the social system developed by students in their high schools as well as the scope and functioning of the status system itself. (Author/RK)

It is argued that the field of curriculum since 1957 has been shaped by a domination of positivistic tradition of the natural sciences. Calls attention to the limitations of an exclusively scientific conception of education. (BF/JH)

The Community College of the Air Force is unique as a postsecondary occupational education institution because it integrates Air Force technical education and civilian-related education into programs which are totally responsive to the Air Force community. (JG)

It is concluded that death and dying courses should, in principle, be team taught, and that a philosophy teacher must be a key member of the team. Courses provide a unique occasion for significant philosophical work, and a salient test of the meaningfulness of philosophy as a human venture. (Author)

Describes mixed results for faculty development programs implemented at the State University of New York. Reports that bringing experts in for workshops and providing faculty incentives for course development were not successful, but that a one- to four-week summer training seminar was. Proposes 10 principles for successful faculty development.…

The Massachusetts World Languages Curriculum establishes language proficiency as a priority. Cost has prevented some districts from incorporating world language programs at the middle level. Staff at Wachusett Regional School District decided to expose all their middle-level students to four different languages (French, Spanish, German, and…

Offers an alternative "Circle of Courage" model of education, derived from Native American culture, for creating inclusive high schools that welcome, value, support, and facilitate the learning of adolescents with differing abilities. Best practices related to curriculum, instruction, assessment, and campus life for effective inclusion are…

Discusses life skills instruction in the transition education of adolescents with disabilities. The relationship of life skills instruction to the transition process, curricular issues related to students with special needs, models for teaching life skills, options for covering life skills in the curriculum, and cultural considerations are…

Suggests that higher education institutions should provide faculty development opportunities for service-learning that develop a common understanding on campus concerning the nature of service-learning, establish and maintain academic integrity of service-learning; increase faculty confidence in implementing a new pedagogy, and increase the…

Argues slavery has historically impacted children, and that children need to reflect on this practice, study its forms, look for examples of subjugation and domination in their own lives, and decide whether and how they might eradicate the need to subjugate others. Suggests procedures, activities, lesson sequence, materials, and expected outcomes…

Presents cooperative classroom projects using science as the initial basis for the study of bears. These projects may also involve other areas of the curriculum such as mathematics, art, and music. "Black Bear" activities include following a park ranger to study our National Parks and researching and building a full-sized brown bear…